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2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Stories and Fables

Stories and Fables - June 18, 2012 Panel: Ethan Zuckerman-ModeratorLaura Amico-Homicide Watch DCMichael Poffenberger-resolve.orgKeith Oatley-University of TorontoBenjamen Walker-WFMUSam Gregory-WitnessRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media ...

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2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Turning Data into ...

2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Turning Data into Narrative

As media makers and members of the public, we increasingly have access to rich data sets that contain information about our communities, our politics and our government. Our panelists explore their strategies for finding and sharing stories embedded within sets of ...

2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Welcome and ...

2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Welcome and Introduction

Welcome and Introduction by Joi Ito, Ethan Zuckerman, and John BrackenRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012

2012 Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium - Dr. ...

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2012 Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium - Dr. Karen Michaeli

"New Physics Sandwiched Between Two Oxide Insulators"Dr. Karen Michaeli, 2010–13 Pappalardo Fellow (Hard Condensed Matter Theory)The continuous search for novel electronic and spintronic devices recently came to fruition in the form of oxide interfaces. ...

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2012 Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium - Dr. Sliviu Pufu

"A Membrane Puzzle"Dr. Silviu Pufu,2011–14 Pappalardo Fellow (String Theory)It has been known for quite some time that ten-dimensional string theory is contained within a fairly mysterious eleven-dimensional theory of membranes (higher dimensional generalizations ...

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2012 Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium - Introductory Remarks by ...

Introductory Remarks by Howard Messing'73 (Course VI), President & CEO, Meditech, Inc.Read more about the MIT Pappalardo Fellowships.

2012 Scolnick Prize Lecture: Roger Nicoll, MD

April 19, 2012Dr. Roger Nicoll of the University of California, San Francisco was awarded the 2012 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience for his pioneering work on synaptic plasticity, the process by which the brain's connections are modified in response to experience (click ...