From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Dec 1 14:27:52 2004 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 14:27:52 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Bowen on OCW, Jaenisch and Marks on Human Cloning Message-ID: Hello Friends of MIT World, Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the latest additions to MIT World. OpenCourseWare presents William G. Bowen President The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation "Community Discussion on Open Sharing and OpenCourseWare" As MIT's OpenCourseWare hits the 900 courses mark, Mellon President and OCW funder Bill Bowen reflects on MIT's leadership role in creating the first web based course publication of its type in the world. Bowen's remarks are followed by reflections from MIT President Charles M. Vest, and MIT Provost Robert A. Brown. Go directly to the video page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/238/. ******************* MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice Science, Technology and Human Rights series presents Rudolf Jaenisch MIT Professor of Biology and Founding Member Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Stephen P. Marks Professor of Health and Human Rights Harvard School of Public Health "Human Cloning and Human Rights: Promises and Perils" Rudolf Jaenisch goes deeply into the biology of human cloning to get to the ethical issues that surround the debate. Stephen Marks follows by raising ethical issues through the prism of human rights on a global scale. Go directly to the video page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/239/. IN THE PIPELINE authors at MIT Charles M. 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Go directly to the video page http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/241/. ********************** The MIT Communications Forum presents Media and the Election: Is our Democracy Working? New Media, Old Politics? A panel discussion moderated by David Thorburn MIT Professor Literature Director, MIT Communications Forum Panelists Henry Jenkins MIT Professor of Humanities and Director of Comparative Media Studies Program Garret LoPorto Senior Creative Consultant QuantumLight Joseph Trippi Media Consultant, Dean Campaign This lively panel discussion was taped 19 days before the election and provides insight into the changing face of politics in the era of the internet, bloggers and web-based fundraising. Go directly to the video page http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/240/ A second panel in this series "New Roles for Established Media" will be available on MIT World later in December. IN THE PIPELINE Center for International Studies Starr Forum presents Dr. Mamphela Ramphele Co-chair of the U.N. Commission on Global Migration "30th Anniversary of The Inter-University Committee on International Migration" 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. -- 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/20041209/a232c0b3/attachment.htm From leverett at MIT.EDU Mon Dec 20 13:20:02 2004 From: leverett at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:20:02 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] Fwd: New: Media and the Election, Soldier Technology Message-ID: > > >Hello Friends of MIT World, > >Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the latest additions to MIT World. > > >The MIT Communications Forum presents > >Media and the Election: Is our Democracy Working? > >"New Rules for Established Media" > >A Panel Discussion moderated by Stephen W. Van Evera > >Panelists: >Amy Mitchell, Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism > >Alex Jones, Lecturer in the Press and Public Policy, Kennedy School >of Government > >Mark Jurkowitz, Media Writer, The Boston Globe > > This panel discussion, taped 5 days before the 2004 Presidential >election, provides insights into the fragmentation of audience and >how little the "mainstream" media actually affect voters' decisions. >Go directly to the video page >http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/243/. > >This is the second lecture in this series, presented by the MIT >Communications Forum and the Technology and Culture Forum at MIT. >See the series at >http://mitworld.mit.edu/series/67/ >. > > >*********************** > >The MIT Enterprise Forum presents > >"Technology and the Future Warrior: Protecting Soldiers in the 21st Century" > >Speakers Steve Altes, Jean-Loius DeGay and Edwin (Ned) Thomas >discuss technological innovations that will greatly enhance a >soldier's survivability under a range of combat situations. 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URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20041220/f4229033/attachment.htm From leverett at MIT.EDU Thu Dec 30 12:59:14 2004 From: leverett at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:59:14 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Vest's "Endless Frontier", Ramphele on Migration Message-ID: Hello Friends of MIT World, Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the latest additions to MIT World. authors at MIT presents Charles M. Vest "Pursuing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of Research Universities" Chuck Vest looks back on fourteen years as the President of MIT, through his annual essays which became the chapters of his new book, "Pursing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of Research Universities. In this talk he briefly outlines many of the issues facing MIT during his presidency with deep reflection, insight, and a fair amount of humor. In short, a must see event. Go directly to the page http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/245/. authors at MIT is presented by the MIT Press Bookstore and the MIT Libraries. This is the 16th event from authors at MIT on MIT World. Find the others by choosing "authors at MIT" in the video finder under "Hosts". *********************** MIT Center for International Studies Starr Forum presents Mamphela Ramphele Co-Chair, UN Global Commission on International Migration Senior Advisor to the President of the World Bank "30th Anniversary of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration" As of October 2004, 200 million people are living outside their countries of origin. Ramphele discusses the implications of a global mobile society. Go directly to the page http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/244/. With this update, MIT World takes a brief hiatus until new year. We'll be back in January with a wide range of topics including innovation, neuroethics, automobiles and invention. The MIT World archive now holds 227 of the most significant public events from MIT presented since September 2001. We welcomed 2505 new people to the mailing list in 2004. See you in '05. -- 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/20041230/eef82b6c/attachment.htm