From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Mon Jun 2 16:06:19 2008 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:06:19 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Wieman on Science Education, Panel on Thermodynamics and Energy Message-ID: <62166.DYWAWLAR@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 44 | June 2, 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: USING THE TOOLS OF SCIENCE TO TEACH SCIENCE] Spurred by such real-world challenges as global warming, Carl Wieman has transformed his curiosity about improving science education into a vocation. Wieman is convinced that science education must be improved, not simply to inspire and train the next generation of scientists, but to educate a citizenry "to make wise decisions on tough questions." SPEAKER: Carl Wieman '73 Director, Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative, University of British Columbia 2001 Nobel Laureate PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "The problem with a lot of traditional science teaching is that it implicitly assumes if we give students factual knowledge, other expert ways of thinking come along for free. Cognitive psychology research shows that's not what happens.... The brain is much more similar to muscle than previously thought. To develop the brain requires strenuous effort over a long time." -- Carl Wieman EVENT HOST: The Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [THE SECOND LAW AND ENERGY (PANEL)] In this valedictory panel to the two-day symposium, 10 speakers offer brief takes on how the Second Law of Thermodynamics might prove useful in seeking answers to our current energy challenge. MODERATOR: Seth Lloyd Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Systems, Engineering Systems Division, MIT PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "What is the optimum combination of size, energy, power density, and system complexity to reduce entropy generation in energy conversion systems?" -- Ahmed Ghoniem EVENT HOST: The Department of Mechanical Engineering ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT Museum Soap Box Spring 2008 Series on Creativity and Innovation presents William J. Mitchell Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences Director, Smart Cities research group, MIT Media Lab Ryan Chin Doctoral Student, Smart Cities research group, MIT Media Lab The City Car ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORS Office of the President Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), MIT Libraries Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD), MIT Information Services and Technology Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: Publisher MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-336 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Santa Barbara PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "I take material we find in nature, and superimpose another pattern on it, creating a different optical material. I'm sculpting out a particular environment for photons." -- Evelyn Hu EVENT HOST: The Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [PRIME TIME IN TRANSITION] A veteran of some of TV's finest cop dramas sees wrenching changes in his business, but reassures his audience that "TV will always be a place for storytelling." SPEAKER: John Romano Television and film writer and producer PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Bad shows let the widget solve the problems; good shows allow the widget to be factored into the thinking process. That element of human fallibility and doubt makes good TV." -- John Romano EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT Museum Soap Box Spring 2008 Series on Creativity and Innovation presents Dave Berry Principal, Flagship Ventures Building Microbe Refineries ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORS Office of the President Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), MIT Libraries Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD), MIT Information Services and Technology Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: Publisher MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-336 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dreyfoos Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences Director, Smart Cities research group, MIT Media Lab Ryan Chin MA '00, SM '04 Ph.D. Candidate, and Research Assistant, Smart Cities Group, Media Lab PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "The point is how to use the concept of urban mobility to transform cities for the better." -- William J. Mitchell EVENT HOST: The MIT Museum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [GLOBAL TELEVISION] There's a lot that seems familiar on TV in other countries, and indeed, as these panelists recount, there's been a flow across borders of TV content and style nearly as long as the medium's been around. MODERATOR: David Thorburn MIT Professor of Literature MacVicar Faculty Fellow Director, MIT Communications Forum PANELISTS: William C. Uricchio Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies Program and Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT Roberta Pearson Professor of Film Studies, School of American &Canadian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham Eggo M?ller Visiting Professor, Department of Screen Arts and Cultures, University of Michigan PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "It's important to recognize that while quality television does come out of America there's plenty of dreck produced here as well." -- Roberta Pearson EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT Museum Soap Box Spring 2008 Series on Creativity and Innovation presents John Hockenberry Distinguished Fellow MIT Media Lab Hugh Herr Associate Professor MIT Media Lab Human Augmentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORS Office of the President Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), MIT Libraries Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD), MIT Information Services and Technology Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: Publisher MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-336 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I had to be what Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois termed 'the Talented Tenth'." -- Jamira Cotton EVENT HOST: MIT Annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program in Science, Technology and Society 2008 Morison Prize Lecture in Science, Technology and Society David P. Billington Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering Princeton University "The New Epoch" and the 21st Century Imperative for Engineering History ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORS Office of the President Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), MIT Libraries Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD), MIT Information Services and Technology Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: Publisher MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-336 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As soon as I have to take those things away, it's a whole new ball game." -- David Macaulay EVENT HOST: School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [RECENT HISTORY OF BOSTON TRANSPORTATION] SPEAKER: Frederick P. Salvucci '61, SM '62 Senior Lecturer, Center for Transportation and Logistics, MIT PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "The core of the Boston subway system (was) built between 1895 and 1915. That's a huge amount of subway construction with basically hand labor, horses and human beings' muscles working very hard, a few steam shovels....(It's a) much bigger deal than the Big Dig, if you correct for inflation." -- Fred Salvucci EVENT HOST: MIT Annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The School of Engineering and the School of Science present A. Neil Pappalardo SB EE '64 Chairman and CEO Meditech Reflections on an MIT Education ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORS Office of the President Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), MIT Libraries Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD), MIT Information Services and Technology Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: Publisher MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-336 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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SPEAKER: Jose Mariano Gago Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "The EU intends to become the most advanced knowledge-based economy in the world while achieving at the same time social cohesion and sustainable, environmental development." -- Jose Mariano Gago EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [BUILDING MICROBE REFINERIES] Within the next five years, David Berry projects, American drivers may be filling their tanks with gas that's not been pumped out of the ground, but synthesized in a laboratory. SPEAKER: David Berry '00, PhD '05 Principal, Flagship Ventu PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "We developed a biochemical pathway...to (create) a molecule that looks like, smells like, tastes like, and is chemically identical in every stretch of the imagination to petroleum." -- Dave Berry EVENT HOST: MIT Museum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The MIT Energy Conference Solutions that Scale to Meet the Energy Challenge: Technology, Policy and Entrepreneurship presents John Doerr Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Finding Solutions: Speed and Scale ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPONSORS Office of the President Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), MIT Libraries Departmental Consulting and Application Development (DCAD), MIT Information Services and Technology Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: Publisher MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-336 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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