From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 2 16:09:45 2005 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:09:45 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Panel on Post War Iraq Message-ID: <32169.BHILQGOI@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 4 | number 17 | March 2, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Planning and Realities of Post-War Iraq In the first of a seven part series "The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq" panelists discuss the rebuilding of Iraq in the face of the insurgency. This series is presented in association with the MIT Center for International Studies. PANELISTS: - Yosef Jabareen: Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) - Charles Patterson: Senior Associate, C&O Resources, Inc. - David J. Nash: President, B.E.&K., Inc.'s Government Group - Harvey M. Sapolsky: Director, MIT Security Studies Program MIT Ssecurity Studies Program PLAY NOW: EVENT HOST: Department of Urban Studies and Planning The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq series ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: Frank Wilczek 2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics THE UNIVERSE IS A STRANGE PLACE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. 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URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20050302/6bca5ddd/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 9 17:13:47 2005 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:13:47 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Panel on Capital Markets Message-ID: <391713.VKOHHARY@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 4 | number 18 | March 9, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forecasting Markets: The Capital Update for 2005 Panelists discuss the capital markets for 2005, and cover topics ranging from IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, the weaken dollar and the role technology plays in driving the capital market. Moderator: Robert Crowley President, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) Director, National Small Business Administration Panelists: Carol Vallone: President and Chief Executive Office, WebCT Daphne Dufresne: Principal, Weston Presidio Oscar Jazdowski: Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank T.L. Stebbins: Managing Director, Adams Harkness' Investment Banking Group Chairman, Investment Banking Division and Board Member, Adams Harkness PLAY NOW: EVENT HOST: MIT Enterprise Forum - Enterprise Forum 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: Noam Chomsky Program On Human Rights And Justice Science, Technology and Human Rights Series THE IDEA OF UNIVERSALITY IN LINGUISTICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [sponsored link] MIT INDUSTRIAL LIAISON PROGRAM Technology and the Corporation 2005 MIT Information Technology Conference Emerging Priorities MIT faculty and industry leaders explore emerging priorities for the management of very large, distributed volumes of data, applications, and intuitive user interfaces in an increasingly mobile, wireless world. Topics include: * intuitive interfaces * pervasive mobile computing * intelligent systems that learn and respond * large-scale wireless sensor networks and streaming data Conference Dates: April 20 & 21, 2005 MIT Kresge Auditorium See Full Conference Agenda: [sponsored link] MIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE 2005 Summer Short Courses: * led by pioneering MIT faculty * taught on the MIT campus * designed for in-depth learning and long-term value * attended by experts who want to stay expert in biotechnology, chemical engineering, energy, IT, mechanical engineering, MEMS, nanotechnology, physics, technology policy, system architecture, telecommunications, and other topics of vital interest to today's engineers and scientists. For a complete listing of 2005 courses: MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. SPONSORS Office of the Provost 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 Send comments to: MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professional Education Programs 77 Massachusetts Avenue Bldg.9 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20050309/4d7f7f75/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 16 10:14:00 2005 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:14:00 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Election 2004: Did the Media Fail? Message-ID: <3161014.LOQUUHHY@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 4 | number 19 | March 16, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Election 2004: Did the Media Fail? In the third and final part of the series, Media and the Election: Is our Democracy Working?, Terence Smith and Cathy Young discuss the role of the traditional media on the electoral process. In the first "internet election" the speakers also consider the role of bloggers, gatekeepers, spinners and strategists in covering the race for President. Moderator: Robert Crowley President, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) Director, National Small Business Administration Speakers: Terence Smith: Media Correspondent and Senior Producer The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Cathy Young: Columnist The Boston Globe and Reason Magazine PLAY NOW: EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum Media and the Election: Is our Democracy Working? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: Sami Zubaida Diane E. Davis Department of Urban Studies and Planning and The Center for International Studies The Politics of Reconstructing Iraq (Part two of seven) POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN IRAQ IN THE 20TH CENTURY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] MIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE 2005 Summer Short Courses: * led by pioneering MIT faculty * taught on the MIT campus * designed for in-depth learning and long-term value * attended by experts who want to stay expert in biotechnology, chemical engineering, energy, IT, mechanical engineering, MEMS, nanotechnology, physics, technology policy, system architecture, telecommunications, and other topics of vital interest to today's engineers and scientists. For a complete listing of 2005 courses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. 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URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20050316/0aad59cd/attachment.htm From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Fri Mar 25 09:05:15 2005 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:05:15 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Frank Wilczek: The Universe is a Strange Place Message-ID: <32595.HQHGTKOM@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT WORLD - Newsletter - volume 4 | number 20 | March 24, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Universe is a Strange Place In the final lecture from the Ford/MIT Nobel Laureate Lecture series, Frank Wilczek, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics explains the strangeness of the universe--and how it is "stranger than I thought" in a discussion on quarks, neutrons, gluons, the strong interaction, ordinary matter and dark matter. In doing so he recites his sonnet _Virtual Particles_, plays with equations, shares the experience winning the Nobel Prize, and tells Einstein's favorite joke. Speaker: Frank Wilczek: Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT PLAY NOW: EVENT HOST: Ford/MIT Nobel Laureate Lecture Series ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN THE PIPELINE: Department of Urban Studies Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies Humphrey Evening Lecture Series "Myths about America" Howard Zinn Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Boston University "THE MYTH OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SPONSORED LINK] MIT PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE 2005 Summer Short Courses: * led by pioneering MIT faculty * taught on the MIT campus * designed for in-depth learning and long-term value * attended by experts who want to stay expert in biotechnology, chemical engineering, energy, IT, mechanical engineering, MEMS, nanotechnology, physics, technology policy, system architecture, telecommunications, and other topics of vital interest to today's engineers and scientists. For a complete listing of 2005 courses: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. SPONSORS Office of the Provost 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 Send comments to: MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professional Education Programs 77 Massachusetts Avenue Bldg.9 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20050325/b3e2500d/attachment.htm