New videos are posted on Twitter--a new way to keep up with 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/20101201/d9ec6d9e/attachment.htm From mit.world at mit.edu Mon Dec 6 13:20:07 2010 From: mit.world at mit.edu (MIT World) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:20:07 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] David Carr and Dan Kennedy on Newspapers Migrating to the Web, CRE Panel on Real Estate Industry Message-ID: <201012061820.oB6IK7RO020003@mrkrabs.MIT.EDU> MIT World Newsletter Volume 10, Number 18 | December 6, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- Online Migration of Newspapers October 7, 2010 Two seasoned media observers, David Carr and Dan Kennedy map out shifting terrain in the news industry, as digital forces shake up print journalism. They also predict some likely survivors and casualties of this upheaval. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/843 Moderator: David Thorburn MIT Professor of Literature MacVicar Faculty Fellow Director, MIT Communications Forum Event Host: MIT Communications Forum "When they say the web has destroyed journalism, we forget how much journalism it has enabled. There are more resources in my backpack than the newsroom I walked into. " -David Carr -------------------------------------------------------------- What Does Re-Engineering Mean for Real Estate? October 1, 2010 Moderated by prominent real estate economist Ray Torto, this panel includes five senior executives with more than a century of collective experience at major development and investment firms and an industry information organization. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/841 Moderator: Ray Torto Global Chief Economist, CB Richard Ellis Event Host: MIT Center for Real Estate "I don?t expect real estate property values on average to show any significant improvement before roughly the end of 2012." -Brad Case -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Negotiating the Gulf Disaster Presented By: MIT Museum Soap Box Series Speaker: Lawrence Susskind Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 with 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/20101206/29c7d0d7/attachment.htm From mit.world at mit.edu Wed Dec 8 11:14:27 2010 From: mit.world at mit.edu (MIT World) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:14:27 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] John Holdren on Nuclear Energy, Gerald Fischbach on Autism Message-ID: <201012081614.oB8GERiY021669@mrkrabs.MIT.EDU> MIT World Newsletter Volume 10, Number 19 | December 8, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- The Energy/Climate-Change Challenge and the Role of Nuclear Energy in Meeting It October 25, 2010 In a lecture that serves as a concise and comprehensive primer on the twin challenge of energy and environment, John Holdren lays out the difficult options for contending with a world rapidly overheating. Holdren asserts that nuclear power has a critical role to play in this transformation -- including the elusive goal of fusion reactors -- but it must be part of a larger surge in R&D spending on new energy technology. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/845 Speaker: John Holdren '65, SM '66 Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Event Host: MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering "This is not just a problem for your children or grandchildren. Around the world, we see increases in floods, droughts, heat waves, the power of hurricanes, geographical range of tropical pathogens, all plausibly linked to climate change by theory, models and observed fingerprints ... There are bigger impacts in store as we continue on a business-as-usual trajectory. " -John Holdren -------------------------------------------------------------- Autism Research: Progress and Promises October 14, 2010 First defined in 1943, autism has not readily yielded its secrets to scientists, but in the past decade, says Gerald Fischbach, there has been ?remarkable progress? in working out the disorder?s likely causes and mechanisms. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/844 Speaker: Gerald Fischbach Scientific Director, The Simons Foundation Event Host: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT "Imagine what it?s like to go through life without understanding what people you are with are thinking. You have no way of gauging whether they are angry, sad or happy -- the compensations you must undergo to really live in that environment...It?s quite debilitating." -Gerald Fischbach -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Peace Meals Presented By: Center for International Studies Starr Forum Speaker: Anna Badkhen Journalist and Author -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 with 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/20101208/7a57aa67/attachment.htm From mit.world at mit.edu Wed Dec 15 14:10:51 2010 From: mit.world at mit.edu (MIT World) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:10:51 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] Alan Alda on Communicating Science, George Kocur on Transit Fare Systems Message-ID: <201012151910.oBFJApja016347@mrkrabs.MIT.EDU> MIT World Newsletter Volume 10, Number 20 | December 15, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- The Art of Science Communication October 14, 2010 You wouldn?t know that Alan Alda felt nervous in advance of addressing this audience of neuroscientists. In his trademark style, Alda chats up the crowd like an old friend, sharing anecdotes involving one of his great pursuits: ?I love to talk to scientists,? he says. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/846 Speaker: Alan Alda Event Host: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT "The amazing thing about the universe inside this three pounds of jello we have is that it can understand its own universe -- not all at once, not right away, not yet, fully, but you people are taking us there. It?s a beautiful thing to see." -Alan Alda -------------------------------------------------------------- Open Payment, A New Approach to Public Transportation Fare Collection October 19, 2010 Soon, a ticket to ride won?t require paper coupons, tokens, human vendors, or even Boston?s CharlieCard. Urban transit is abandoning a century old payment system for sophisticated digital payment technology, says George Kocur. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/848 Speaker: George Kocur '73, SM '73 Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT Event Host: Transportation at MIT "This is just about change in the transit industry, using technology as a lever." -George Kocur -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: The Financial Crisis, the Recession, and the American Political Economy: A Systemic Perspective Presented By: Engineering Systems Division Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems Speaker: Charles H. Ferguson Filmmaker -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 with 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/20101215/56ec2c90/attachment.htm From mit.world at mit.edu Wed Dec 22 12:19:23 2010 From: mit.world at mit.edu (MIT World) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:19:23 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] Paul Farmer on Rebuilding Haiti, Jane Pauley at McGovern Institute Message-ID: <201012221719.oBMHJNDT016616@mrkrabs.MIT.EDU> MIT World Newsletter Volume 10, Number 21 | December 22, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- Rebuilding Haiti October 29, 2010 Difficult as it is to look beyond the acute misery of Haiti?s current crisis, Paul Farmer proposes that aid agencies and others concerned with rebuilding focus on the nation?s ?old, chronic problems.? There?s no shortage of recovery ideas, he says, but these will go nowhere if they do not also advance the long-neglected, basic rights of Haitians. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/849 Speaker: Paul Farmer Founder, Partners in Health Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women?s Hospital Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Event Host: Program in Science, Technology and Society "One thing is clear: There is always a role for the promotion of basic rights, like the right to health care. (The trick is) how to do this in the field, and not just win an argument in seminar." -Paul Farmer -------------------------------------------------------------- A New Language for Mental Illness October 14, 2010 Mental illness needs a ?new narrative,? says Jane Pauley. Just as cancer has moved from the shadows to pink ribbons and races for the cure, mental illness must shed its public aura of fear and shame. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/847 Speaker: Jane Pauley Broadcast journalist and author Event Host: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT "Metaphor is a simple bridge over complexity, and demystifying the brain is a step toward destigmatizing mental illness." -Jane Pauley -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Mixing Oil and Ecosystems Presented By: MIT Museum Soap Box Series Speaker: Christopher Reddy Marine Chemist and Director, Coastal Ocean Institute Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT World on Twittter Follow MIT World on Twitter 140 characters at a time. http://twitter.com/#!/MITWorld
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