From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Thu Nov 2 09:14:30 2006
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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 09:14:30 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Astronaut Stephanie Wilson,
Panel on Future of Newspapers
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[SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
(STS-121)]
Wilson's inspiring first hand account of the July 2006 Discovery Mission
to the International Space Station provides practical insights into the
daily life an astronaut and details the experience of repairing cracks
in the shuttle's heat tiles.
SPEAKER:
Stephanie Wilson
NASA Astronaut
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"We come down the stairs headfirst because we can. You can do that when
you're in space."
--Stephanie Wilson
EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management
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[THE EMERGENCE OF CITIZEN'S MEDIA]
The newspaper industry as a whole is charting unknown territory, as the
web becomes a primary source for content that has traditionally been
solely in the newspaper's domain. This panel takes on the changes and
disruption caused by the web, and looks at ways the industry is trying
to reinvent itself.
MODERATOR:
David Thorburn
MIT Professor of Literature
MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Director, MIT Communications Forum
PANELISTS:
Dan Gillmor
Director, Center for Citizen Media
Ellen Foley
Editor, Wisconsin State Journal
Alex Beam
Columnist, The Boston Globe
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"Journalism has been a lecture - we tell you what the news is, and you
either buy it or you don't. Now it's moving into something like a
conversation."
--Dan Gillmor
EVENT HOST: MIT School of Science
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George Packer, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
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Subject: [Mitworld] New: Lees on Cancer, Panel on Global Entrepreneurship
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[ANIMAL MODELS OF CANCER]
SPEAKER:
Jacqueline Lees
Associate Director
MIT Center for Cancer Research;
Professor of Biology
PLAY NOW:
EVENT HOST: MIT School of Science
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[GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INEFFICIENCY AS OPPORTUNITY IN THE DEVELOPING
WORLD]
MODERATOR:
Alex (Sandy) Pentland
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of Human
Dynamics Research, MIT Media Lab
Co-founder and Director, MIT Program for Developmental Entrepreneurship
PANELISTS:
Damien Balsan
Vice President, Marketing and Business Development, Way Systems
Randy Zadra
Managing Director, Institute for Connectivity in the Americas
Rick Burnes
Co-founder, Charles River Ventures
Iqbal Quadir
Co-founder and Director, MIT Program for Developmental Entrepreneurship
EVENT HOST: MIT Enterprise Forum
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From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Fri Nov 17 11:57:21 2006
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:57:21 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: Hopkins at MIT Museum,
Panel on News and Info Networks
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"Keeping track of 550 lines of fish is not a trivial thing."
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Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
Hopkins details her work with zebrafish in cancer research in an
amazing tale of determination and discovery. A must see.
SPEAKER: Nancy Hopkins Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology Member, MIT
Center for Cancer Research
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Video date: September 21, 2006 5:00 PM
"Some say we live in a world where five companies control media in
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PANELISTS: Yochai Benkler Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Henry Jenkins Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Director of
Comparative Media Studies Program
Event Host:
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[ZEBRAFISH AND CANCER: WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?] Hopkins details her work
with zebrafish in cancer research in an amazing tale of determination
and discovery. A must see. SPEAKER: Nancy Hopkins Amgen, Inc.
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eeping track of 550 lines of fish is not a trivial thing."
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[GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INEFFICIENCY AS OPPORTUNITY IN THE DEVELOPING
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examine how commons-based peer production of content on the web creates
both competition and new market opportunities. MODERATOR: William
C. Uricchio Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies Program and
Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT Professor of Comparative
Media History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands PANELISTS: Yochai
Benkler Professor of Law, Yale Law School Henry Jenkins Peter de Florez
Professor of Humanities and Director of Comparative Media Studies
Program PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Some say we live in a world where five
companies control media in our lives. Others say we live in a world
where there are no gatekeepers. I say, 'Yes, that's tr!
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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:39:23 -0500
Subject: [Mitworld] New: iWoz: Steve Wozniak's new book,
Chomsky on the Middle East
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[IWOZ: FROM COMPUTER GEEK TO CULTURE ICON:
HOW I INVENTED THE PERSONAL COMPUTER, CO-FOUNDED APPLE,
AND HAD FUN DOING IT]
Woz tells the story of the beginnings of Apple Computer, from creating
pong games to putting color on a screen, and the big eureka moment when
"games became software." A must see.
SPEAKER: Steve Wozniak Co-Founder, Apple Computer Founder, Chairman and
CEO of Wheels of Zeus (wOz)
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[QUOTE]
"I always liked to put a little fun in things, so I had two
programmed pong chips that added up to 256 bytes, but what would happen
is if you missed the ball it would display a four-letter word on the
screen.... like 'darn.'"
--Steve Wozniak
EVENT HOST: The MIT Coop
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[THE CURRENT CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST]
Chomsky shares his views on recent events in the Middle East.
SPEAKER: Noam Chomsky Institute Professor; Professor of Linguistics
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"...in Iran's neighboring states, (Turkey, Saudi Arabia and
Pakistan) the public prefers a nuclear armed Iran to any U.S. military
action."
--Noam Chomsky
EVENT HOST: Palestine at MIT
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[WILL NEWSPAPERS SURVIVE?]
Why Newspapers Matter
A panel discussion moderated by David Thorburn
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Subject: [Mitworld] New: Reporter's Notebook from Iraq, Amon on Cancer
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[REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: THE U.S. IN IRAQ]
Two well-informed journalists and an experienced Middle East diplomat
provide first hand accounts and insights into the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
MODERATOR:
Barbara Bodine
PANELISTS:
Rajiv Chandrasakaran
Author, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
George Packer
Staff Writer, The New Yorker
PLAY NOW:
[QUOTE]
"Iraq was a...more shattered society than most people understood."
--George Packer
EVENT HOST: Center for International Studies
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[THE CELL CYCLE AND CANCER]
In part 5 of the series Fundamentals of Cancer Research, Amon details
the process of cell division, and how damaged DNA can lead to
uncontrolled cell growth.
SPEAKER:
Angelika Amon
Associate Professor of Biology, MIT
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PLAY NOW:
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"The name of the game is to replicate the genetic information accurately
...and only if that happens all the time and with high fidelity will you
end up with a healthy individual."
--Angelika Amon
EVENT HOST: MIT School of Science
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Kerry Emanuel
Professor of Meteorology
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Ernie Moniz
Professor of Physics
Co-director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Director MIT Energy Initiative
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