From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Thu Jul 10 13:56:21 2003 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:56:21 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] John Shattuck and Lawrence Vale Message-ID: Hello Friends of MIT World Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the latest additions to MIT World. The MIT Alumni Association's Technology Day 2003 Fast Times at MIT: What's New, What's Next-Now What? presents Housing the Lowest Income Americans: The Past, Present and Future of Public Housing Professor Lawrence J.Vale Department Head, Department of Urban Studies and Planning School of Architecture and Planning Professor Vale provides an historical overview of the government's role in public housing and attitudes about the nature of public assistance. The MIT Alumni Association's annual Technology Day took on ethical issues as they related to current research at MIT. Lectures from faculty at five MIT Schools were presented at the 2003 event covering topics such as public housing, political advertising, stem cell research, global economics and nanotechnology and the soldier of the future. This is the first of the five lectures, look for the remaining ones to be presented on MIT World this summer. Check out the new Alumni Association web site at http://alum.mit.edu/ *************************** The MIT Western Hemisphere Project presents Human Rights & the US State Department John Shattuck Former US Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Ambassador Shattuck provides insights from his experiences as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights in the Clinton Administration. Topics include the war in Iraq, the underlying causes of terrorism, and how September 11th "changed the way diplomatic business is now done." This is the second event on MIT World from The Western Hemisphere Project's Spring 2003 Colloquium on Human Rights. See the Human Rights Law in the Americas: Enforcement and Evasion by Jennifer Harbury at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/75/ Thanks to everyone for feedback on the new MIT World web site. The responses have been very positive. We continue to make minor changes and adjustments in this post-launch period and welcome your comments. Again we extend our appreciation and gratitude to the site's builder and designer L/M Interactive of Andover Massachusetts. http://www.lminteractive.com/ info at lminteractive.com Funding for the new web site was provided by the Lord Foundation of Massachusetts. -- MIT World (http://mitworld.mit.edu) is a free, open streaming media web site of significant public events at MIT. It features the most recent speakers and guests from across the campus and around the world. Send comments to Project Manager MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Bldg. 9 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 http://mitworld.mit.edu/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20030710/9568a5ab/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Jul 30 17:41:02 2003 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:41:02 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Fwd: Edwin L. Thomas and Richard M. Locke Message-ID: >Hello Friends of MIT World > > >Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the latest additions to MIT World. > >The MIT Alumni Association's Technology Day 2003 >Fast Times at MIT: What's New, What's Next-Now What? >presents > > >Edwin L. Thomas >Director, Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies >Professor of Materials Science and Engineering > MIT School of Engineering > >The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies: >Taking Nanotechnology from the Laboratory to the Soldier > > > >Richard M. Locke > Professor of Entrepreneurship and Political Science >MIT Sloan School of Management > >Globalization and the Future of Corporate Citizenship > > > >The MIT Alumni Association's annual Technology Day took on ethical >issues as they related to current research at MIT. Lectures from >faculty at five MIT Schools were presented at the 2003 event >covering topics such as public housing, political advertising, stem >cell research, global economics and nanotechnology and the soldier >of the future. With the addition of these two videos, all 5 from >this series are now on MIT World. > > > >MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional >Education Programs, and is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, >the Office of the Vice President for Research, the School of >Architecture and Planning, the School of Engineering, the School of >Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the Sloan School of Management >and the School of Science at MIT. > > >Funding for the new web site was provided by the Lord Foundation of >Massachusetts. > >Thanks to all who have provided feedback on the new web site. We >continue to make minor adjustments and refinements to the features, >and appreciate all of the email suggestions. > -- MIT World (http://mitworld.mit.edu) is a free, open streaming media web site of significant public events at MIT. It features the most recent speakers and guests from across the campus and around the world. 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