British P.M. David Cameron visits the MIT Media Lab

In a visit to the MIT campus on May 14, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron met with President L. Rafael Reif and Media Lab director Joichi Ito, faculty members and students, and a group of young MIT entrepreneurs.

Starr Forum - 'Marathon Bombing: The Global Context' (Part 2)

Speakers: Stephen Van Evera, Elizabeth Wood, Carol Saivetz, Bakyt Beshimov, Peter Krause, Jeanne Guillemin and Silvia DominguezModerator: Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science at the MIT Dept of Political Science and director of CIS.

Starr Forum - 'Marathon Bombing: The Global Context' (Part 1)

Speakers: Stephen Van Evera, Elizabeth Wood, Carol Saivetz, Bakyt Beshimov, Peter Krause, Jeanne Guillemin and Silvia Dominguez. Moderator: Richard Samuels

Starr Forum: Fate of the Reset

Participants:Jeffrey Mankoff, Deputy Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Matthew Ouimet, Senior Analyst, Office of Analysis for Russia and Eurasia, Department of State
Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science ...

Chris Hayes and Ta-Nahisi Coates: "Election Year 2012 and the Twilight of ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Scholar Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks with journalist and MSNBC host Chris Hayes about his new book, Twilight Of The Elites.

SuperPacApp

The SuperPacApp helps voters get the information they need to make the most important decision of the year.

Profile: Andrea Campbell

Andrea Campbell’s core research concerns resemble a list of hot-button political issues pulled straight from the 2012 presidential campaign: Social Security, Medicare, health insurance, taxation.

ZIAD JAMALEDDINE + MAKRAM EL KADI: L.E.FT - RECENT WORKS, LEBANON

MIT Architecture's Spring 2012 Lecture Series: SpecificationsRead more at: http://architecture.mit.edu/lectures/public-lecture-seriesMarch 15, 2012This Lecture, instead of linking architecture production to its proper history (history of architecture), ...

Daron Acemoglu on Why Nations Fail

It is among the grandest topics in scholarship: Why do some nations, such as the United States, become wealthy and powerful, while others remain stuck in poverty? And why do some of those powers, from ancient Rome to the modern Soviet Union, expand and then collapse? From Adam Smith and Max ...

Faculty Forum Online: Homeland Security

National security in an age of massive movements of people across borders is a universal concern that involves complex issues. While borders have different characteristics and challenges, there are areas of commonality. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of crossings are not problematic, ...

MIT Political Science Distinguished Speaker Series: Gov. Ted Strickland ...

Civic Media Session: "Amplified Streets, from Print to Tweets: Social ...

Jason Pramas, Steve Meacham, and Kyle de Beausset Social movements have always been productive spaces for the creation and circulation of media texts, tools, and frames for understanding the world. In the past, movement narratives were often told by specialists: ...

MIT professor Charles Stewart on race and the 2008 election

MIT Professor Charles Stewart discusses how race played a roll in the election of Barack Obama, but in a way you might not expect. Read more about it here: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/racialpolarization-0120.html

Mobile Storytelling in Real Time

Andy Carvin, National Public Radio Liz Henry, BlogHer Dan Sinker, Columbia College Chicago, @mayoremanuel

Plenary: "Civic Media Mobilization"

Successful civic media tools - especially ones designed by this conference's attendees - reengineer how mass-mobilization happens. But does that mean we should turn the page on old lessons? Originally envisioned as a way to connect the like-minded across borders, civic media is proving just ...