(eco)Logical: Greening the 21st Century City
(eco)Logical: Greening the 21st Century City
Without much national fanfare, Chicago has transformed itself into a paragon of green virtue.
100% Container Scanning: Security Policy Implications for ...
100% Container Scanning: Security Policy Implications for Global Supply ...
Allison C Bennett & Yi Zhuan ChinResearch Fest 2008In August 2007 the US government passed the 9/11 Act, requiring all US-bound containerized cargo to be scanned using radiation and non-intrusive imaging equipment at foreign seaports prior to vessel loading by ...
20"Ton Canaries: The Great Whales of the North Atlantic ...
20"Ton Canaries: The Great Whales of the North Atlantic (panel)
10/15/2008 8:00 PM 32"123Doug Fraser, Cape Cod Times; Michael Moore, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware; Robin Craig, Florida State University College of Law; Max Strahan, Whale Safe USA; Wil Burns, Journal of International ...
2009 MIT Energy Conference: Afternoon Keynote
2009 MIT Energy Conference: Afternoon Keynote
Keynote with U.S. Representative, Jay Inslee
A Life in Public Service
A Life in Public Service
04/13/2007 2:30 PM 32"123Senator Edward M. KennedyDescription: Senator Ted Kennedy delivers a scathing denunciation of the Bush Administration's science and research agenda, accusing the government of "fighting a war on truth on many fronts." He lashes out at people in power "who believe that ...
A Personal Private Sector Perspective: The Role of ...
A Personal Private Sector Perspective: The Role of Integrated Assessment ...
Dr. Brian P. Flannery, Exxon Mobil Corp., Environmental Policy and Planning
Abbas Maleki on improving Iran-U.S. relations
Abbas Maleki on improving Iran-U.S. relations
Abbas Maleki "Audits the Conventional Wisdom" of Iran-U.S. relations.
Afghanistan: Mending it Not Just Ending It
Afghanistan: Mending it Not Just Ending It
04/13/2011 4:00 PM 34"101Richard Samuels, Ph D, '80, Ford International Professor of Political Science, Director, Center for International Studies; David Miliband, SM' 90, British Foreign Secretary, 2007"2010Description: While the U.S. and coalition allies may have an ...
Air Pollution Trends and Impacts: Assessing Transportation ...
Air Pollution Trends and Impacts: Assessing Transportation in Context of ...
03/29/2011 4:00 PM Noelle Eckley Selin, Assistant Professor; Engineering Systems Division; Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesDescription: It is a complicated matter mapping the movement of pollution in the atmosphere, but Noelle Eckley Selin ...
America's Transportation Future Meets Politics and the ...
America's Transportation Future Meets Politics and the Federal Budget
Department of Urban Studies and Planning Professor Xavier de Sousa Briggs presents a lecture as part of the Transportation@MIT speaker series.
An Interview with Professor Xav Briggs
An Interview with Professor Xav Briggs
Professor Xav Briggs talks about his time in Washington, D.C., working in the Obama Administration.
Apollo: Reflections and Lessons
Apollo: Reflections and Lessons
06/11/2009 9:30 AM KresgeDr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman, former Space Shuttle astronaut, Professor of the Practice, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT ; Dr. Richard Battin, '45, PhD '51, Director of Apollo guidance, navigation and control system, Senior Lecturer, MIT ; Dr. Aaron Cohen, ...
Beyond the Headlines: Making Sense of the Stem Cell Debate
Beyond the Headlines: Making Sense of the Stem Cell Debate
11/20/2001 6"120Dr. Claudia Mickelson, Chair, Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee; National Institutes of Health and Biosafety Officer, MIT; Dr. George Daley, PhD '89, MIT/Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Mass General Hospital ; Dr. Thomas Shannon, ...
Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons
Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons
02/22/2007 7:00 PM 6-120Joseph Cirincione, Senior Vice-President for National Security and International Policy, Center for American ProgressDescription: Joseph Cirincione delivers an energetic and at times impassioned primer on the standoff with Iran on its nuclear ...
Building Bridges Between Latin America and Other Emerging ...
Building Bridges Between Latin America and Other Emerging Markets
For the last 15 years, the MIT Sloan School of Management has been home to the Institute's most renowned gathering of Latin-American leaders at the MIT Latin American Conference.On Saturday, March 10, 2012, in Wong Auditorium, some of the most important business and ...
Cause for War? Assessing the Bush Administration's Case ...
Cause for War? Assessing the Bush Administration's Case Against Iraq " ...
09/26/2002 7:00 PM 34"101Kenneth Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems and Director of the MIT"CIS Program on Political Economy and Technology Policy; ; Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector in Iraq ; ; Stephen Walt, Robert and ...
China, Taiwan , and the U.S.: A Coming Conflict? Session Two
China, Taiwan , and the U.S.: A Coming Conflict? Session Two
02/25/2002 3:00 PM WongStephen W. van Evera, Professor of Political Science; Thomas J. Christensen, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT ; ; Harvey Feldman, Senior Fellow for Asia at the Heritage Foundation; Chas W. Freeman, Jr., Chairman of Projects ...
Chomsky on Gaza
Chomsky on Gaza
01/13/2009 4:00 PM WongNoam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MITDescription: While he admits to no surprise about events in Gaza, Noam Chomsky does consider "the latest U.S."Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians" a step beyond terrorism and aggression. He says "some new term is needed for the ...
CIS Starr Forum: Don't Be an American Idiot
CIS Starr Forum: Don't Be an American Idiot
Don't Be an American IdiotHow does the U.S. use human rights in its foreign policy? Does the occupant of the White House matter when it comes to U.S. human interests abroad? What is the role of civil society in making human rights matter?Julie Mertus co-director of ...
Civic Media and the Law
Civic Media and the Law
11/04/2010 5:00 PM E14-633Micah Sifry, Founder, Editor, Personal Democracy Forum; Daniel Schuman, Policy Counsel, Sunlight Foundation; David Ardia, Fellow, Berkman CenterDescription: While these panelists diverge on the precise metaphor -- 'picking through a minefield,' 'hacking through the ...