Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
09/19/2006 6:00 PM MuseumNancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of BiologyDescription: Through her rapport with the zebrafish, Nancy Hopkins has made large contributions to the fields of developmental biology and cancer research. But her model organism, and to some ...
Words for the Web with Neal Kane
Words for the Web with Neal Kane
Neal Kane, President of Libretto, Inc. shares pointers on best practices for web writing. Neal is widely regarded as one of New England's leading business writers and messaging strategists.
Why History Matters: International Law and the Origins of ...
Why History Matters: International Law and the Origins of the Arab-Israeli ...
02/22/2010 4:30 PM 66"110Victor Kattan, Fellow, University of London; Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MITDescription: Given the volume of writing on the Arab"Israeli conflict, "you might think that everything has been said," says Noam Chomsky. But Victor Kattan's ...
Where Morals Come From (And Why it Matters)
Where Morals Come From (And Why it Matters)
09/20/2007 5:30 PM Wong AuditoriumBeatriz Luna, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; John Mikhail, Associate Professor, Law Center and Philosophy Department, Georgetown University; Patrick Byrne, ...
When I'm 64: Discounting, Time Preference, and Personal ...
When I'm 64: Discounting, Time Preference, and Personal Identity
06/09/2007 9:00 AM Shane Frederick, Sarofim Family Career Development Professor, and Associate Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan School of ManagementDescription: Neither philosophers nor economists can satisfactorily explain some quirky aspects of ...
What's New at the Media Lab?
What's New at the Media Lab?
03/01/2007 5:00 PM 3"270Henry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California; ; Frank Moss, Director, MIT Media Lab; Professor of the Practice of Media Arts and Sciences; Jerome B. Wiesner Professorship of Media ...
What Can We Learn From Related Industries?
What Can We Learn From Related Industries?
08/12/2004 3:15PM Wong AuditoriumScott Sarazen, Senior Vice President, Life Sciences, MassDevelopment; Andrew Parece, Vice President, Analysis Group/Economics Analysis Group, Inc; Tamsin S. Randlett, Senior Director, Government Affairs, Gap Inc. ; Stephen M. Sammut, ...
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Beginning of a Long Thaw?
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Beginning of a Long Thaw?
09/23/2009 4:30 PM Wong AuditoriumJulia Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow For Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Wayne Smith, Senior Fellow and Director of the Cuba Program, Center for International PolicyDescription: To the dismay of ...
U.S. - Iran Relations
U.S. - Iran Relations
05/05/2009 4:00 PM Ne30Jim Walsh, Research Associate, SSP MIT; Suzanne DiMaggio, Global Policy Director, Asia Society; Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT, Director Security Studies ProgramDescription: ...
Toward Efficient Airport Operations
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 Writing of Fantasy
The Writing of Fantasy
11/14/2007 7:00 PM 32"123Susan Cooper, Author; Gregory Maguire, Author; Roger Sutton, Editor in Chief, The Horn Book; Dr. Robert M. Randolph, Chaplain to the InstituteDescription: Sometimes the world gives off a glare "that's hard to look at directly," says Susan Cooper, and for her, making ...
The RNAi Revolution
The RNAi Revolution
06/08/2006 10:30 AM 46-3002Phillip A. Sharp, HM, Institute Professor; Founding Director, McGovern Institute for Brain Research Description: When a Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of molecular biology embraces a new area of research as revolutionary, attention must be paid. Phillip A. Sharp's own ...
The Origin of the Universe The Human Genome and Beyond
The Origin of the Universe The Human Genome and Beyond
06/09/2001 KresgeClaude Canizares, VP for Research, Associate Provost; Eric S. Lander, Professor of Biology ; Founding Director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Member, Whitehead InstituteHost(s): Alumni Association, Alumni Association
The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
06/11/2009 3:00 PM KresgeDr. Maria T. Zuber, E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT ; ; Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and ...
The Mysterious Field of Engineering Systems
The Mysterious Field of Engineering Systems
06/16/2009 8:30 AM Wong AuditoriumNorman R. Augustine, Retired, Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin CorporationDescription: One of the nation's revered technology leaders dispenses anecdotes and wisdom on the slippery subject of engineering systems (or systems ...
The Most Important Number in the World
The Most Important Number in the World
04/13/2009 4:30 PM Wong AuditoriumBill McKibben, Writer/ OrganizerDescription: "Just a sleep"deprived activist and organizer." That's how environmentalist Bill McKibben describes his current incarnation, with writing career in abeyance while he proselytizes about the danger of climate change. ...
The MIT AgeLab and New England UTC's AwareCar
The MIT AgeLab and New England UTC's AwareCar
The MIT AgeLab and New England University Transportation Center have developed the AwareCar to better understand driver state, the role of health & wellness, and in-vehicle systems as a means to improve driver performance across the lifespan.
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
04/02/2007 4:00 PM Wong AuditoriumPhilip G. Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford UniversityDescription: Perhaps no one comprehends the roots of depravity and cruelty better than Philip Zimbardo. He is renowned for such research as the Stanford Prison ...
The Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project
02/16/2001 10"250Eric S. Lander, Professor of Biology ; Founding Director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Member, Whitehead InstituteDescription: Dr. Lander is a geneticist, molecular biologist and a mathematician, with research interests in human genetics, mouse genetics, population ...
