Spring 2012 Picower Institute Symposium - "Translating Developmental Science into Healthy Lives"

On May 19, 2013, 250 members of the MIT community gathered on Jack Barry Field with LED outfitted umbrellas as part of UP: The Umbrella Project.

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MIT's Student Loan Art Program

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MIT's Student Loan Art Program

Through this popular annual loan program, individual students and student groups may borrow original works of art from the collection for their private rooms and communal spaces.

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MIT's automated 'coach' helps with social interactions

Social phobias affect about 15 million adults in the United States, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, and surveys show that public speaking is high on the list of such phobias. For some people, these fears of social situations can be especially ...

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How to Create a B2B Content Marketing Strategy

Sharmila C. Chatterjee, senior lecturer in marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains how to create a smart content marketing strategy.

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Predicting the popularity of tweets

Tauhid Zaman, assistant professor of operations management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains how to predict the popularity of a Twitter post.

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2013 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner

Dr. Angela Belcher received the 2013 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for applying lessons in nature to design environmentally-friendly batteries, solar cells and clean transportation fuel, among other inventions.

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Awakening

This 30-minute documentary features the March 2012 premiere of "Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring through Music," by composer Jamshied Sharifi '83.

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Today MIT, tomorrow the world

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Today MIT, tomorrow the world: Members of the Class of 2013 tell their ...

Five graduating seniors discuss their time at MIT and what they look forward to in the future.

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Andy Cavatorta

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Andy Cavatorta

Robot instrument builder and MIT alum Andy Cavatorta discussed the creative process as part of CAST's 2013 "Music and Technology" seminar series. For more information: http://arts.mit.edu/cast/sss-lecturedemonstrations/

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Iran and American Foreign Policy: Where the US Went Wrong

Institute Professor Emeritus Noam Chomksy, MIT Professor of Linguistics; Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, authors of "Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran"

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MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

On May 15, 2013, 3dim earned the grand prize at this year’s MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.

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MIT Glass Lab: Where art meets science

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MIT Glass Lab: Where art meets science

The MIT Glass Lab is administratively co-sponsored by the Materials Processing Center and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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A World Without Friction

Learning the difference between kinetic and static friction.

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Jesper Juul: 'Half-Real: A Video Game in the Hands of a ...

Jesper Juul: 'Half-Real: A Video Game in the Hands of a Player'

Jesper Juul offered this lecture on Nov. 28, 2006. Juul is a video game theorist and assistant professor in video game theory and design at the Centre for Computer Game Research Copenhagen, where he also earned his PhD.

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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.

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Glaciers with chocolate

Did you know that glaciers hold nearly two percent of Earth's water?

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

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

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Basic Brain Anatomy

What message is your brain sending?

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How to Make Your Own Circuit Board

You can create your own mini flashlight.

The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry's Most Elegant Theorem

This lesson teaches students about the history of the Pythagorean theorem, along with proofs and applications.

Don't Be a Zombie Organization

Steven Spear, senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, discusses how organizations can display either zombie or agile hero qualities.

Richard M. Locke

Richard M. Locke is deputy dean at the MIT Sloan School of Management and head of the MIT Department of Political Science

Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Bicycle trick riding, no. 2 / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899. SUMMARY Opens with a man riding a bicycle in a backwards circle, on a stage with a painted backdrop of a city street. He dismounts, then remounts the ...

Senior Congressional Staff Seminar

Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...

Herald Square / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White. (1896)

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Showing "Herald" building, street and elevated railroad. NOTES Copyright: no reg. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:11 at 24 fps. MAVIS 214311. Filmed May 11, ...

Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James ...

Passaic Falls / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.

OTHER TITLES Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Paterson Falls CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896] SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A beautiful picture of the falls of the Passaic River, near Paterson, N.J. NOTES Copyright: no ...

Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / ...

Bird's-eye view of San Francisco, Cal., from a balloon / Thomas A. Edison, ...

CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1902. SUMMARY As early as 1874, passenger balloon flights were being made over San Francisco. San Franciscans - and Americans in general - were fascinated with the thrills and dangers of flight. Although ...

2013 MechE Grads

Photos of 2013 MechE grad students

2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Bob Wurtz

The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Bob Wurtz of the NIH presents his talk, entitled "Adding corollary discharge to motor computations for action ...

2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Krishna Shenoy

The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Krishna Shenoy of Stanford University presents his talk, entitled "Motor cortical control and prostheses: a ...

Tamar Flash: 2013 McGovern Institute Symposium

The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Tamar Flash of the Weizmann Institute presents her talk, entitled "Geometry, time and compositionality in ...

2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Larry Abbott

The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Larry Abbott of Columbia University presents his talk, entitled "Network Models of Motor Cortex."

2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Moshe Abeles

The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Moshe Abeles of Bar-Ilan University presents his talk, entitled "Detecting the dynamics of binding amongst ...

2013 McGovern Institute Symposium: Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi

The annual McGovern Institute symposium took place on May 8, 2013 and featured nine talks on the subject of motor control and the motor cortex. In this video, Sandro Mussa-Ivaldi of Northwestern University presents his talk, entitled "Geometrical aspects of modularity ...

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