Collaboration contest, at the Future of News and Civic ...
Collaboration contest, at the Future of News and Civic Media conference
From the Future of News and Civic Media Conference, June 17-19 2009, co-hosted by MIT's Center for Future Civic Media and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. One of the little gems that the Knight Foundation introduced at the Future of News and Civic Media ...
Announcement of 2009 Knight News Challenge Winners
Announcement of 2009 Knight News Challenge Winners
The 2009 Knight News Challenge Winners, as introduced by John S. and James K. Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen. Held as part of the Future of News and Civic Media conference MIT, hosted by MIT's Center for Future Civic Media. The 2009 winners ...
Ethics and Enlightened Leadership
Ethics and Enlightened Leadership
04/30/2009 2:00 PM KresgeHis Holiness The Dalai LamaDescription: His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke at an inaugural event for a new institute in his name, the Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values. He tempered his provocative ideas about promoting ethics in a secular society ...
The Future of Science Journalism
The Future of Science Journalism
04/28/2009 7:00 PM MuseumJill Abramson, Managing Editor, The New York Times; Andrew Revkin; Ivan Oransky; Evan Hadingham, Senior Science Editor, NOVA; Phil Hilts; Cristine RussellDescription: Susan Hockfield states that science journalism "is now, and in the decades ahead, absolutely ...
Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance
Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance
04/24/2009 6:00 PM Simmons HallCarol Gilligan, University Professor, New York University School of LawDescription: In this complex narrative documenting paradigm shifts in developmental thinking, Carol Gilligan defines the very capacity of our human nature-to have a ...
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. ...
Distributed Leadership in the Obama Campaign
Distributed Leadership in the Obama Campaign
03/19/2009 E51"395Marshall Ganz, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of GovernmentDescription: The Obama campaign owes its victory not to a single charismatic candidate, but to the efforts of a disciplined and motivated organization whose roots go back ...
Politics and Popular Culture
Politics and Popular Culture
The 2008 presidential campaign may have fused politics and entertainment once and for all. Three panelists and moderator Henry Jenkins discuss the nature and implications of this convergence.
Israeli Post-Election Politics: Results, Challenges, and ...
Israeli Post-Election Politics: Results, Challenges, and Goals (MIT Hillel)
Come February 17 to hear University of Haifa's Yisrael Ne'eman discuss the upcoming Israeli election results. The results of this election will have an important impact on Middle Eastern politics, and will set the tone for the new dialogue between President Obama and ...
Key DoD issues for the Obama Administration
Key Issues In the Department of Defense for the Obama Administration
This MIT SSP IAP event, held on January 15, 2009, features MIT Security Studies experts Cindy Williams, Owen Cote, Harvey Sapolsky, and CIS Wilhelm Fellow, Admiral William Fallon. The panelists review the key spending, weapons system, and doctrinal issues facing the ...
Charles Stewart on race and the 2008 election
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.
Science Policy and the Obama Administration Advice to a New ...
Science Policy and the Obama Administration Advice to a New President
11/19/2008 6:00 PM Broad InstituteMarc A. Kastner, Dean, MIT School of ScienceDescription: The mood of gloom has eased somewhat within the science community, with the advent of a new presidential administration, and Marc Kastner captures the mix of hopefulness and ...
The Medium Religion
The Medium Religion
11/15/2008 5:15 PM 32"123Boris GroysDescription: Noted philosopher, critic and essayist Boris Groys, who has previously delved into the Soviet post"modernist and Russian avant"garde art scene, turns his attention now to the recent and dangerous marriage of religion and digital media. In a ...
The Impact of New Media on the Election
The Impact of New Media on the Election
Panelists discuss how new technology may have permanently changed U.S. politics and campaigning.
Religion and the Election: What Do We Think We Know?
Religion and the Election: What Do We Think We Know?
10/20/2008 7:00 PM 34"101Dr. Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary,; National Evangelical Coordinator for the Barack Obama Campaign; Dr. Alan Wolfe, SM '56, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, ...
The Electoral College Experts Debate and Audience Dialogue
The Electoral College Experts Debate and Audience Dialogue
10/17/2008 1:15 PM Bartos theaterArnold Barnett, PhD '73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan; Vikram Amar, Professor of Law UC Davis Law School; Dr. Alexander S. Belenky, Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals; Robert ...
The Electoral College: Its Logical Foundations and Problems ...
The Electoral College: Its Logical Foundations and Problems What (if ...
10/17/2008 8:30 AM Bartos theaterDr. Alexander S. Belenky, Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals; Judith Best, Professor of Political Science at State University Of New York/Cortland; Robert Hardaway, Professor of Law University of Denver ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the System of Electing a ...
10/17/2008 9:15 AM Bartos theaterAkhil Amar, Professor of Law at Yale Law School; Vikram Amar, Professor of Law UC Davis Law School; Robert Bennett, Nathaniel L. Nathanson Professor of Law, Northwestern Law; Alexander Keyssar, Professor of History and Social Policy, ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the ...
What (if Anything) Should Be Done About Improving the System of Electing a ...
10/17/2008 11:00 AM Bartos theaterArnold Barnett, PhD '73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan; Dr. Alexander S. Belenky, Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals; David C. King, Lecturer in Public Policy, JFKennedy ...
Presidential Energy Debate highlights video
Presidential Energy Debate highlights video
In this highlight video of an Oct. 6, 2008 debate at MIT, representatives of the John McCain and Barack Obama presidential campaigns speak to the differences between their candidates' approaches to solving the nation's energy problems. View full debate. Read news ...