Paradigm Shifts: From Biology to Technology to Medical Applications

03/16/2011 1:30 PM KresgeRichard O. Hynes, PhD '71, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research, Department of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Eric S. Lander, Professor of Biology ; Founding Director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; ...

Technology Day 2001 - "Origins and Beyond: Our Place in the Cosmos"

The 2001 MIT Technology Day takse place on June 9, 2001, on the theme "Origins and Beyond: Our Place in the Cosmos." Featured speakers include Eric S. Lander, "The Human Genome and Beyond;" Claude R. Canizares, "The Origin of the Universe;" Maria T. Zuber, "Probing ...

The Fruits of Diversity

MIT150 Symposium Human Diversity and Social Order Forum Series Fruits of Diversity is a celebration of the enrichment of language and the arts when diverse cultures come to know and appreciate one another. New forms of architecture, visual arts, and music express their synthesis in wonderful, ...

MIT Communications Forum: Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

What's a journalist to do when a major story must be coaxed reluctantly into public view, or emerges on what seems like a geological time scale?

Toward Efficient Airport Operations

10/26/2010 4:00 PM 4"237Hamsa Balakrishnan, Asst Professor, Aero Astro and Engineering SystemsDescription: Few of us would elect to spend countless hours at the airport watching planes arrive, depart and sit at gates. But what constitutes a punishment for some actually energizes Hamsa ...

The Energy/Climate-Change Challenge and the Role of Nuclear Energy in ...

10/25/2010 4:00 PM Wong AuditoriumThe Honorable John P. Holdren, '65, SM '66, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the PresidentDescription: In a meaty lecture that serves as a concise and comprehensive primer on the twin challenge of ...

the human factor: Intro

Engineering Smarter Drivers

10/05/2010 4:00 PM 4"237Alex (Sandy) Pentland, PhD '82, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of Human Dynamics Research, MIT Media LabDescription: While automakers market increasingly intelligent cars, they may be missing the point. No matter how sophisticated the ...

Moving Ahead: Engineering Challenges of Deep Water Drilling and Future Oil ...

09/28/2010 4:15 PM E14"674Andrew J. Whittle, ScD '87, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Nancy Leveson, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Roland Pellenq, Visiting Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Kim Vandiver, Dean for ...

Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy

09/27/2010 4:30 PM e14"633Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesDescription: Gara LaMarche believes the nation's charitable organizations have lost "moral clarity," growing more concerned with "the fix, the intervention, than about reasons for ...

RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: George C. Verghese

Professor George C. Verghese of MIT discusses research and education in his group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of computational modeling and clinical monitoring.

Communications Forum: Civics in Difficult Places

In a live demonstration of globe-straddling communication technologies like Skype, this forum connects to citizen journalists and activists around the world, some of whom frequently test the limits of governmental authority. Moderator Ethan Zuckerman wonders if these ...