From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Mon Jun 7 11:18:27 2004 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:18:27 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Laurence Kotlikoff on Social Security and Whitehead's Richard Young Message-ID: Hello Friends of MIT World, Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the newest videos. authors at MIT presents Laurence J. Kotlikoff Professor of Economics Boston University "The Coming Generational Storm What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future" Kotlikoff discusses his new book (co-authored with Scott Burns) that provides a bleak outlook for the Social Security system. Hear it first hand from Kotlikoff and see why he has earned the title of "Mr. Generational Accounting". Go directly to the page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/202/. There are now 15 events from authors at mit on MIT World. See them all by choosing authors at MIT from the Host section of the video finder. authors at mit is presented by the MIT Press Bookstore and the MIT Libraries. *********************** The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Director's Lecture Series for Non Scientists presents Richard A. Young Member, Whitehead Institute Professor of Biology, MIT "Engineering a New Attack on Disease" Young looks at the world of disease from a global perspective, while focusing on the place where genetic regulators succeed or fail. Go directly to the page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/203/. This is the fifth lecture from the Whitehead Institute on MIT World. See the others by using the video finder, and selecting "Whitehead" from the list of "hosts". IN THE PIPELINE Engineering Systems Symposium During the next few weeks MIT World will present 6 segments from the March 29 &30, 2004 Engineering Systems Symposium. 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URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20040607/34a83a0e/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Jun 16 10:07:36 2004 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:07:36 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Physicist Wilczek and NAE President Wulf Message-ID: Hello friends of MIT World Go to http://mitworld.mit.edu for the newest videos. MIT Physics Department presents Frank Wilczek Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT "The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity" Go directly to the page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/204/. There are now 5 events from the MIT Physics Department on MIT World. Find them all by selecting Physics in the video finder "Host" section. *********************** Engineering Systems Division 2004 Engineering Systems Symposium presents William Wulf President National Academy of Engineering William Wulf was the keynote speaker on the first day of this two day symposium. This is the first of six presentations from the symposium--the rest will be posted on MIT World during June and July. Please note that they will not necessarily be made available in the same sequence that they occurred in real time. Go directly to the page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/205/. IN THE PIPELINE From the MIT LINC Symposium Anne H. Margulies Executive Director, OpenCourseWare "A New Model for Open Sharing" 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. 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Vest, Thomas Hughes, David A. Mindell, and Daniel Roos. Go directly to the page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/206/. Frederick P. Salvucci Senior Lecturer, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MIT Fred Salvucci gives an overview of the challenges of building mega projects, and compares the building of Boston's "Big Dig" and the Boston Harbor clean up. Go directly to the page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/207/. These are the second and third of six presentations from the symposium--the remaining three will be posted on MIT World during July and August. Please note that they will not necessarily be made available in the same sequence that they occurred in real time. IN THE PIPELINE Electrical Engineering and Computer Science presents William H. Gates Chairman, Chief Software Architect and Co-Founder Microsoft Corporation Software Breakthroughs: Solving the Toughest Problems in Computer Science 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. Operational support is also provided by the Lord Foundation of Massachusetts. -- 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/20040628/39114a7d/attachment.htm