New videos are posted on Twitter--a new way to keep up on MIT World. http://twitter.com/MITWorld -------------------------------------------------------------- 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... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20100804/841d59f6/attachment.htm From mit.world at mit.edu Mon Aug 9 07:53:49 2010 From: mit.world at mit.edu (MIT World) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 07:53:49 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Nobel Laureate Robert Horvitz at MIT Museum, Ed Roberts on MIT and Entrepreneurship Message-ID: <201008091153.o79BrnVV001430@mrkrabs.MIT.EDU> MIT World Newsletter Volume 9, Number 53 | August 9, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- Lunch with a Laureate: Robert Horvitz April 27, 2010 In this informal talk at the MIT Museum, Robert Horvitz explains programmed cell death, its implications in cancer research, and the work that led to the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2002. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/806 Speaker: H. Robert Horvitz David H. Koch Professor of Cancer Biology at MIT Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Event Host: MIT Museum "It?s from such basic research that unexpected discoveries come. And it?s these unexpected discoveries that are the big leaps. Basic research is really the driver of scientific knowledge. " -H. Robert Horvitz -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT?s Entrepreneurial Development and Impact Over the Past 50 Years June 5, 2010 Ed Roberts provides an overview of the report Entrepreneurial Impact: The Role of MIT, (which he co-authored with Charles Eesley) documenting MIT based entrepreneurial activities and outcomes of the past 50 years. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/792 Speaker: Edward B. Roberts '57, SM '58, SM '60, PhD '62 David Sarnoff Professor of the Management of Technology Chair, MIT Entrepreneurship Center Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management "MIT is the most productive institution anywhere in the world in creating new companies." -Ed Roberts -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: International Media Flows: Global Media and Culture Presented By: Comparative Media Studies 10th Anniversary Symposium Moderator: Ian Condry Associate Director Comparative Media Studies -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT World on Twittter Follow MIT World on Twitter 140 characters at a time. http://twitter.com/MITWorld
New videos are posted on Twitter--a new way to keep up on MIT World. http://twitter.com/MITWorld -------------------------------------------------------------- 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... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20100809/968b82c0/attachment.htm From mit.world at mit.edu Fri Aug 13 12:02:35 2010 From: mit.world at mit.edu (MIT World) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:02:35 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Walter Lewin on 20th Century Art, Scolnick Lecture from Lily Jan and Yuh-Nung Jan Message-ID: <201008131602.o7DG2Zdd014009@mrkrabs.MIT.EDU> MIT World Newsletter Volume 9, Number 54 | August 13, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- Looking at 20th Century Art through the Eyes of a Physicist January 14, 2004 Known in the hallways of Building 37 for his famous art contests, Walter Lewin succumbs to pressure from students and colleagues to give this lecture as part of an IAP event. This talk is centered on pioneering artists whose work changed the world. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/808 Speaker: Walter Lewin Professor of Physics Event Host: Physics Department "To appreciate 20th century art you must abandon the idea of beauty. Pioneering art is a new way of looking at the world, and those works of art can be very interesting, they can sometimes be stunning, and sometimes they can knock me out, but I prefer not to use the word ?beautiful?. " -Walter Lewin -------------------------------------------------------------- Dendrite Morphogenesis and Channel Regulation: Implications for Mental Health and Neurological Disorders May 28, 2010 Lily Jan and Yuh-Nung Jan have been pioneers in the field of molecular neurobiology for more than 30 years, and their genetic studies of fruit flies and mice have provided major insights into many different aspects of brain function and development. In this joint lecture, they summarize their recent work on the genetic control of neuronal shape and of electrical properties, including many implications for human brain disorders. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/805 Speakers: Yuh-Nung Jan Jack and DeLoris Lange Professor of Molecular Physiology, University of California, San Francisco Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Lily Jan Jack and DeLoris Lange Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Event Host: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT "Although our research is primarily motivated by curiosity, we also hope that our work can contribute to human health. In recent years, there?s increasing evidence that defects in morphogenesis and function of dendrites or synapses are the potential cause of many neurological disorders including mental disorders. " -Yuh-Nung Jan -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Toying with Transmedia: The Future of Entertainment is Child?s Play Presented By: The MIT Education Arcade Sandbox Summit: iPlay, YouPlay, WiiPlay Speaker: Henry Jenkins Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts University of Southern California -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT World Getting Ready for Year Ten
With this newsletter, MIT World completes its 9th year of publication with 106 new lectures published
since September ? reaching a total of 777 in the collection. Following our annual August hiatus, we will
resume publication in early September with content from The Fifth Conference of Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC), The MIT Education Arcade's Sandbox Summit, and the MIT Enterprise Forum.
In the meantime, check out the newly updated Editor's Picks ? for a selection of some of the most
inspiring lectures of the past year. There are now 271 lectures from the MIT World archive
available for download on iTunes U. We will be offering more on iTunes U when we return.
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Thanks to MIT World content hosts, production partners, and our sponsors, the Office of the
Vice President for Institute Affairs at MIT, and The Lord Foundation of Massachusetts.
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