Presenters: Singh, Van Evera, Drezner
Alan Bersin, Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection Chappel Lawson, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT
A Talk and Q&A with Dr. Husam Zomlot ABOUT THE SPEAKER Dr. Husam Zomlot, a senior adviser to Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath, served as PLO representative to the UK from 2003 to 2008, among other high-level posts. He was a fellow at ...
Book Talk with Dana Priest, Washington Post The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people ...
An interview with John Tirman about his most recent book, "The Deaths of Others," published by Oxford University Press. John Tirman is principal research scientist and executive director at MIT Center for International Studies.
Dr. Ardeshir Amirarjmand, Representative of Mousavi, leader of the Green Movement Moderator: Dr. John Tirman, Executive Director of MIT's Center for International Studies Special Guest: Dr. Farzin Vahdat, Founding member of Nonviolent Initiative ...
A conversation with the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, Ahmed Maher and Waleed Rashed ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Ahmed Maher, co-founder of the April 6 Youth Movement, is a civil engineer and a prominent participant in the anti-Mubarak demonstrations in Egypt in 2011. ...
MIT experts discuss Japan's nuclear past, present, and future from a political and engineering perspective. The presentation includes an eyewitness account of the crisis and the Japanese government's response. Guest speakers: Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor ...
An eyewitness account by journalist Iason Athanasiadis
The Shah Book Talk with Abbas Milani and Ali Banuazizi took place in MIT Building 66-110, Feb 7, 2011 The Shah by Abbas Milani "...a whole new set of facts...making this book fresh and relevant to the current democracy movement in Iran and to ...
Noam Chomsky addresses the ongoing crisis in Gaza followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience. Joining Chomsky is Nancy Murray, the director of education at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Massachusetts. She is the author of Rights Matter: the ...
The Jack Ruina Nuclear Age Speaker Series: With guest speaker Prof. Scott Sagan Stanford University. November 18, 2010
Peace Meals: A new book by war journalist Anna Badkhen The book talk will be done conversation-style between Anna Badkhen and Fotini Christia This event took place on, Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 4:30pm - 6:00pm MIT Building 66-110 ABOUT THE ...
Featuring: Carol Saivetz Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for International Studies Researcher, Security Studies Program Bakyt Beshimov Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for International Studies Former Kyrgyz Opposition Leader Former Member of Kyrgyz ...
The Center's series Audit of the Conventional Wisdom continues with a look at the Obama administration's strategy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Asia. Paul Staniland, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at MIT and a ...
The Center's series Audit of the Conventional Wisdom continues with a look at the recent discovery out of the Venter laboratory: artificial life. Is this a global good or evil? Ken Oye, director of the Center's Program on Emerging Technologies and ...
A Starr Forum event presented on May 6, 2010Pulitzer prize-winning author, Kai Bird, came to MIT for a book talk and book signing: Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming of Age between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978 (Just released this April!) ABOUT ...
Guest speakers:Augustus Richard Norton, professor of anthropology and international relations, Boston University Robert Blecher, historian and analyst with the International Crisis Group Uri Zaki, USA Director, B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center Moderating the ...
A Starr Forum event presented on April 8 2010 Ambassador Barbara Bodine on Yemen: Avoiding the Mistakes and Learning the Lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan About the speaker: Ambassador Bodine's over 30 years in the US Foreign Service were spent ...
The MIT Glass Lab is located in the basement of the infinite corridor, in Room 4-003. Extracurricular classes are offered to the MIT community throughout the school year. The lab also hosts several sales throughout the year, as well as a lectureship and residency. Learn more about the Glass ...
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.
Speakers: Stephen Van Evera, Elizabeth Wood, Carol Saivetz, Bakyt Beshimov, Peter Krause, Jeanne Guillemin and Silvia Dominguez. Moderator: Richard Samuels
What message is your brain sending?
You can create your own mini flashlight.
Scenes from MIT's campus during the memorial ceremony for Officer Sean Collier on April 24, 2013.
On April 24, 2013 in Briggs Field, thousands of law enforcement officials joined the MIT community in honoring fallen MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.
After an extensive renovation project, the Barker Library reading room has reopened to reveal the grandeur of the restored oculus atop the Great Dome, and the beauty of the rotunda’s original architecture.
Natural selection at work.
An interesting feature on the MIT Professor Emeritus of Physics by LaInformacion.com.
An undergraduate helps MIT's Brain and Cognitive Science Department find a cure for Huntington's disease.
An MIT undergraduate models a new class of material: the photonic crystal.
Used with permission from "Chronicle" (WCVB-Boston).
MIT Sloan Professor of Management Thomas Kochan discusses how financial analysts have pressured businesses to perform financially.
What makes a glow stick glow?
Alberto Cavallo, the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses how Argentina has lied about its inflation rate.
Now in its 75th year, we take a look back how the Hobby Shop began, and how it evolved to what it is today.
A brief discussion by César Hidalgo, the Asahi Broadcast Corporation Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences.
Amy Robinson is a research affiliate in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Heather Paxson, an associate professor in MIT's Anthropology Program, studies the people and culture behind the renaissance of artisanal cheese making in the United States.
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.
ENGINEERyourHEALTH is an awareness initiative dedicated to instilling the perception of health and wellness as a significance and a priority, primarily focused around "condition management" and evolving into a universal understanding that health is critical to the success and future of our ...
A time-lapse video showing the day of the memorial service for fallen MIT Police Officer Sean Collier on April 24, 2013. This video was shot from Westgate, an MIT dormitory building. See more video from around campus on the day of the memorial: ...
This computer simulation shows a cross-section of the plasma inside a tokamak reactor. In this simulation, only the large-scale turbulence effects are modeled — which is adequate for some cases
Recorded 4-16-13
Recorded 4-16-13
Recorded 4-16-13
Speakers:Scot OsterwellAndy ClaymanMargaret RobertsonRecorded on April 15, 2013
Creating an online profile and building an online network, especially on LinkedIn, is an arduous but necessary task. Fine-tuning your profile, maximizing your network and connecting with contacts can be even more perplexing.A workshop presented by the Alumni Association and MIT Sloan’s ...
Recorded on April 9, 2013
An MIT undergraduate shares her experience doing cancer research at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
A future inventor works on perfecting the super battery which will regulate the power grid
Two MIT undergraduates cut their teeth on some futuristic research at the Media Lab.
Professor Annette M. Kim presents preliminary findings of her research about Beijing's elaborate underground housing market.
Jeff Stein, LGO '13 and Princeton University (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) '07, describes his internship at Boeing South Carolina, the newest major aircraft factory in the world and the second production site for the 787 Dreamliner.As someone who joined LGO ...
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