From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU  Tue Jun  7 16:21:07 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:21:07 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] 
 New:  Champy on Engineering Education,  Mayor Daley on the "greening" 
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IN CHARLIE'S VISION: THE FUTURE OF ENGINEERING AT MIT

James Champy suggests changes for the future of engineering education at
MIT, in the face of increasing competition and new cross-disciplinary
fields in an era of globalization.

Speaker:
	James A. Champy
		Chairman of Consulting
		Perot Systems Corporation
		Life Member, MIT Corporation

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/267/>

EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division
<http://esd.mit.edu/>

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(eco)Logical: GREENING THE 21ST CENTURY CITY

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is the 2005 recipient of the Kevin Lynch
Award, presented by the School of Architecture and Planning, City Design
+ Development. The award was established in 1988 to honor Kevin Lynch,
an MIT professor and one of the 20th century's foremost urban thinkers.

In this presentation, Mayor Daley gives a stunning overview of the
"greening" of Chicago, demonstrating the cumulative effect on the city,
its people and its economy.

Speakers:
	Richard M. Daley
		Mayor, City of Chicago
	Ken Greenberg
		Principal, Greenberg Consultants Ltd.
	Hillary Brown
		Architect and Principal, New Civic Works
	Robert Campbell
		Architecture Critic, The Boston Globe
	Douglas I. Foy
		Secretary of the Office for Commonwealth Development,
		State of Massachusetts

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/268/>

EVENT HOST: Department of Urban Studies and Planning
<http://dusp.mit.edu/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

Program on Human Rights and Justice and the Center for International
Studies present


	Professor Hal Abelson
 		Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

OPEN NETWORKS AND OPEN SOCIETY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREEDOM, LAW,
AND TECHNOLOGY

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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU  Wed Jun 15 15:51:52 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:51:52 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Leo Marx on Jay Gatsby and American Myths
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JAY GATSBY AND THE MYTH OF AMERICAN ORIGINS

In this final lecture from the Myths about America series, Leo Marx
discusses central themes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel and connects
them to our modern political landscape. Marx's insights will likely send
you to the library to re-read this American classic.

Speaker:
	Leo Marx
 		Kenan Professor of American Cultural History (Emeritus) Program
		in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/269/>

EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division
<http://esd.mit.edu/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

MIT Sloan School of Management
Reunion 2005
Back to the Classroom


	Rebecca Henderson
		Eastman Kodak LFM Professor of Management

"STANDARDS AND STRATEGY: COMPETING IN INCREASINGLY OPEN WORLDS"

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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU  Wed Jun 22 11:42:37 2005
From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:42:37 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Abelson on Open Networks, Al-Jazeera's Mirazi on Iraq
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OPEN NETWORKS AND OPEN SOCIETY: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREEDOM, LAW,
AND TECHNOLOGY

Abelson makes the case for technology advancing academic freedom and
rallies against the idea of seeing all discourse within an academic
setting purely as intellectual _property_. He cites examples from
academic institutions that illustrate a range of approaches to this
complex subject.

Speaker:
**Hal Ableson **
Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT School
of Engineering

**John Wilbanks **
Executive Director, Creative Commons

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/270/>

EVENT HOST: Program on Human Rights and Justice
<http://web.mit.edu/phrj/>

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THE ARAB DISCOURSE AND THE INTERNATIONAL ROLE

Hafez Mirazi provides the Arab perspective on the war in Iraq and the
questions the stated U.S. agenda for democracy in the Middle East.

Speakers:
**Hafez Mirazi **
Washington Bureau Chief, Host of "Al-Jazeera Weekly" Al-Jazeera
Television

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/271/>

EVENT HOST: Department of Urban Studies and Planning
<http://dusp.mit.edu/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

Alumni Association
	Technology Day 2005


"BIOENGINEERING AT MIT: BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE SCIENCES,
ENGINEERING AND HEALTH CARE"

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	 		Spend a Semester at MIT

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	* 	investigate the latest advances in your field
	* 	design a curriculum to meet individual and company goals
	* 	learn to harness the power of new technologies
	* 	access the full range of MIT courses and resources
	* 	build a lifelong network of colleagues

Accepting applications for Fall 2005
Classes begin September 7
      For more information, please visit the
      Advanced Study Program

<http://web.mit.edu/mitpep/asp/mitw.html>

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MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional
Education Programs.

SPONSORS
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Office of the Vice President for Research
School of Architecture and Planning
School of Engineering
School of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Sloan School of Management
The School of Science

PARTNERS
Academic Media Production Services
IS&T Web Communications Services
Akamai Technologies
RiverRun Media

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