From mit.world at MIT.EDU Tue Jan 5 09:24:29 2010 From: mit.world at MIT.EDU (MIT World) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:24:29 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] Carol Gilligan on Ethical Resistance, Panel on Growth in a Down Economy Message-ID: <201001051424.o05EOTHx016567@mrkrabs.mit.edu> MIT World Newsletter Volume 9, Number 19 | January 5, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance April 24, 2009 In this complex narrative documenting paradigm shifts in developmental thinking, Carol Gilligan defines the very capacity of our human nature?to have a voice and to communicate?as the grounds of both love and democratic citizenship. Dissecting the roots of healthy ethical resistance, Gilligan weaves together developmental psychology, neurobiology, ethics, and politics in ethical and moral decisions. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/729 Speaker: Carol Gilligan University Professor, New York University School of Law Event Host: The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values "If you separate reason from emotion, if you separate voice from relationship, and mind from body, we lose our grounding in the human world, then it is possible to act without knowing, or even without registering the consequences or the impact of our actions." -Carol Gilligan -------------------------------------------------------------- The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy November 16, 2009 Stay calm, stick with your vision and business fundamentals, and you?ll survive and perhaps even thrive in rough economic times, counsel these entrepreneurial aces. In a conversation with the Kauffman Foundation?s Bo Fishback, panelists reflect on their experiences bringing novel tech products to market and new companies to fruition, in good times and bad. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/733 Moderator: Bo Fishback Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Event Host: MIT Enterprise Forum "In these cycles, when you?re at the bottom, it looks like the end. You just have to work through that. If you?re able to maintain enthusiasm, passion and particularly ethics, it?s incredibly important. " -Daphne Zohar -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air Transportation Presented By: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Giant Leaps Speaker: John P. 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While discussing the challenges facing businesses attempting to transition to a more just and sustainable economy, Jeffrey Hollender enumerates the many reasons he?s feeling bleak these days. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/731 Speaker: Jeffrey Hollender Chief Inspired Protagonist, Co-founder, and Executive Chairperson, Seventh Generation Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management "It takes twenty liters of water to make 1 liter of soda." -Jeffrey Hollender -------------------------------------------------------------- Global Pandemics November 17, 2009 In his role as a biochemist, Hidde Ploegh explains the "essential features of the lifestyle of the flu virus" discussing not only how viruses work to invade our systems and cause the flu, but also adding insights into the political and societal framework in which public health groups and governments deal with viral disease. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/734 Speaker: Hidde Ploegh Professor of Biology, MIT Member, Whitehead Institute Event Host: MIT Museum "There are important societal forces at work that limit the effectiveness of vaccination campaigns, but we should not lose sight of the different lifestyles of these pathogens in discussing how we fight them." -Hidde Ploegh -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Contemplative Dimensions of Human Experience Presented By: The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values The Human Impact Speaker: Fr. Thomas Keating Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT World Lectures on iTunes U Make your iPod smarter today http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/mit.edu

MIT World lectures are available for download at Apple's iTunes U site. These free downloads are available as either video or audio files. As of today there are 192 MIT World lectures available--we add more files to this collection weekly. You can also find a vast collection of course lectures from MIT's OpenCourseWare. Free downloads of MIT World lectures at iTunes U http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/mit.edu -------------------------------------------------------------- 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/20100112/5c34ff2b/attachment.htm From mit.world at MIT.EDU Wed Jan 20 11:42:25 2010 From: mit.world at MIT.EDU (MIT World) Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:42:25 -0500 Subject: [Mitworld] John Holdren Keynotes Aero/Astro Giant Leaps, Fr. Thomas Keating on the Human Experience Message-ID: <201001201642.o0KGgPUH013935@mrkrabs.mit.edu> MIT World Newsletter Volume 9, Number 21 | January 20, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------- The Next Giant Leaps in Energy, Environment, & Air Transportation June 11, 2009 It?s no exaggeration to say John Holdren?s job involves tackling the most critical issues of our age: economic recovery and growth, health care, energy, climate change, global pandemics, national security, ecosystem preservation?the list goes on. As President Obama?s science and technology advisor, Holdren leverages the resources and collective acumen of the nation?s researchers and innovators to address these complex and urgent matters. To an MIT audience, Holdren makes the case that aerospace science, technology and education will provide a ?crucial contribution to and driver of http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/735 Speakers: 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 Ian Waitz Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Aeronautics & Astronautics Department, MIT Michael Bair SM '93 Vice President, Business Strategy & Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes David Danielson PhD '08 Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy?s Advanced Research Projects Agency Alan Epstein '71, SM '72, PhD '75 Vice President, Technology & Environment, United Technologies Pratt & WhitneyProfessor Emeritus, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT Lourdes Maurice Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Environment, FAA Event Host: Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics "Now we face a gap of 5 years or more, between the end of Shuttle operations scheduled at the end of 2010, and the availability of a successor capability in the Constellation Program to put US astronauts in space with US launchers." -John Holdren -------------------------------------------------------------- Contemplative Dimensions of Human Experience April 28, 2009 In a mind-stretching talk covering the history of the planet, development of higher-order consciousness, and East-West religious practices, Trappist monk Thomas Keating claims that humanity is poised to take its next evolutionary step, to the ?furthest levels of human understanding.? http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/736 Speaker: Thomas Keating Trappist monk (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) Priest Event Host: The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values "Humans are designed to negotiate, collaborate, dialog, and forgive. This is the human response waiting to be expressed in society." -Thomas Keating -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Leadership Amidst Crisis Presented By: MIT Sloan School of Management Dean?s Innovative Leader Series Speaker: S.D. Shibulal Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Infosys Technologies, Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------------- Follow MIT World on Twitter A new decade, a new way to stay updated http://twitter.com/MITWorld

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