From mit.world at MIT.EDU Tue May 5 14:02:53 2009 From: mit.world at MIT.EDU (MIT World) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:02:53 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Rafael Bras on Planet Water, P&G's McDonald on Values and Leadership Message-ID: <200905051802.n45I2ree011814@mrkrabs.mit.edu> MIT World Newsletter Volume 8, Number 36 | May 5, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- Planet Water: Complexity and Organization in Earth Systems March 30, 2009 Rafael Bras, a professor of civil and environmental engineering who pioneered the field of hydrologic science, delivers MIT's James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award lecture for 2008-2009. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/658 Speaker: Rafael Bras '72, MS '74, ScD '75 Dean, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, IrvineEdward A. Abdun-Nur Professor, Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT (on leave) Event Host: The Office of the President of MIT "It covers 70% or so (of the planet), but even more, water in the hydrology cycle sets the environment, makes life on Earth feasible, and whether we like it or not, we depend completely on it. It is the circulatory system of Earth -- it is the lymphatic fuel of Earth. " -Rafael Bras -------------------------------------------------------------- Values-Based Leadership March 3, 2009 A West Point start, army career, and a disciplined approach to distilling key life experiences has guided Robert McDonald through his 20 years at Procter & Gamble. He shares his insights on leadership and values. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/664 Speaker: Robert McDonald COO, Procter & Gamble Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management "Character is the most important trait of a leader -- defined as always putting the needs of the organization above your own. The officer eats last." -Robert McDonald -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: The Evolution of Trichromatic Color Vision Presented By: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience Speaker: Jeremy Nathans Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics Johns Hopkins University -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? 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It?s not very sexy but we live and breathe these words, with a special emphasis on diligence and frugality." -John Krafcik -------------------------------------------------------------- Film Music and Digital Media April 2, 2009 Panelists bemoan the demise of orchestral recording sessions at production studios, as digital audio tools put the composer?s work in the hands of directors and editors, who play with increasingly authentic sounding software-based instruments. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/663 Moderator: Martin Marks Senior Lecturer, Department of Music, MIT Event Host: MIT Communications Forum "It?s not about your music: you?re not as important as the film. You are just one more element in a film. You can write the most beautiful piece of music the world has ever heard, but if it doesn?t fit in 33 seconds on that particular cue, you can?t tell the director, this piece is 47 seconds, it?s just so great, give me more footage." -Dan Carlin -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: The Future of Computing Presented By: Materials Processing Center Principles of Engineering Practice # 3.003 Speaker: Anant Agarwal Associate Director, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Professor Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? 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To that end, Millipore's Madaus exhorts business leaders to focus immediately on building environmental sustainability into their operations. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/666 Speaker: Martin Madaus Chairman, President & CEO, Millipore Corporation Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management "A twenty percent reduction in greenhouse gases is very doable." -Martin D. Madaus -------------------------------------------------------------- The Most Important Number in the World April 13, 2009 In this compelling lecture, Bill McKibben credits NASA climatologist Jim Hansen with deriving ?the most important number in the world? ? the tolerable carbon level allowing survival of life on earth, now recognized as 350 parts-per-million maximum. Trouble is, we?re already past that sustainability point, owing to rampant fossil fuel combustion. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/667 Speaker: Bill McKibben Writer and environmental activistFounder, stepitup07.org Event Host: Center for International Studies "We?re talking five or six or seven feet of sea level rise this century, which, if we allow it to happen, are civilization challenging numbers?All of our great cities would become New Orleans?and New Orleans would become Atlantis. " -Bill McKibben -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Next Generation Solar Cells ? Lowering Costs, Improving Performance and Scale Presented By: MIT Museum Soap Box series Speaker: Tonio Buonassisi Assistant Professor MIT Laboratory for Photovoltaic Research -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly: Write to mitworld-request at mit.edu with "unsubscribe" in the subject line -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For this talk, he dissects a problem that recently grounded the shuttle, coming at it from the perspective of both an engineer, and a top-level manager with responsibility to the highest levels of government. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/668 Speaker: William Gerstenmaier Associate Administrator for Space Operations, NASA Event Host: Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium "All you hear about in the press is that the shuttle didn?t fly, you hear that it?s an aging hardware problem. But it wasn?t aging hardware, but a design problem, that was there from the beginning of the program. We were exposed to the same risk all along. We had seen this a couple times in other failures but didn?t pursue it to this level, and when we finally did pursue it, we understand it, and know where we are." -William Gerstenmaier -------------------------------------------------------------- Global Media April 23, 2009 Just as digital technology has expanded the means of producing media, so has it increased the geographic range new media may travel. Locally generated content can zip around the world in a heartbeat. But, says moderator Henry Jenkins, ?as a society we?re in a contradictory state in terms of having greater access to global content than ever before, but not having developed a conceptual framework to think about it very well.? These panelists attest to an unsettled time for global media. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/670 Moderator: Henry Jenkins Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities Director of Comparative Media Studies Program Event Host: MIT Communications Forum "The situation of ?reculturization? is a terrible one, because Mexican telenovelas in particular take a majority of space on African TV. A country like Mauritania for the last 10 years produced three films. Sadly, I?m the director of the three films. " -Abderrahmane Sissako -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: U.S.-Iran Relations Presented By: MIT Center for International Studies Starr Forum Moderator: Barry Posen Ford International Professor of Political Science Director, MIT Security Studies Program -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly: Write to mitworld-request at mit.edu with "unsubscribe" in the subject line -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But dismal economic times throw doubt on this aspiration, as these journalists attest. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/672 Speakers: Jill Abramson Managing Editor, The New York Times Philip Hilts Director, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships, MIT Cristine Russell Senior Fellow, Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Andrew Revkin Reporter and blogger, The New York Times Ivan Oransky Managing Editor, Online, Scientific American Evan Hadingham Senior Science Editor, NOVA Event Host: MIT Museum "Some journalists are still stuck in the model: We give you journalism, that?s the way it is. In this world, where we don?t know if there?s going to be a pandemic, or where the next terrorist attack will be, or how bad global warming is going to be, if I?m not engaged in a two-way street with scientifically engaged readers, I?m not responsible." -Andrew Revkin -------------------------------------------------------------- The Evolution of Trichromatic Color Vision April 27, 2009 Jeremy Nathans describes the fortuitous genetic event that gave rise to an evolutionary leap--the ability to see in color-- and links an ancient biological timeline to his very current research in human color vision. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/669 Speaker: Jeremy Nathans '79 Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Event Host: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT "Plasticity is a winning strategy for brain evolution. That permits many possible variations to be tested out on the front end. It would also argue that in the primate lineage, among those ancient primates, whichever lucky female was the first one to acquire a variation in her X-linked genes ... immediately saw a world of color that no primate had ever seen before." -Jeremy Nathans -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: The Autistic Neuron Presented By: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Speaker: Mark Bear Picower Professor of Neuroscience Director, The Picower Center for Learning and Memory -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? 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