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Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 14:12:30 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] MIT150 Panels on Personalized Medicine,
Shirley Ann Jackson and Charles Vest on Gender Equity
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MIT World Newsletter
Volume 10, Number 44 | May 4, 2011
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Personalized Cancer Care
March 16, 2011
In the final of four symposia on pathbreaking cancer research, Tyler Jacks expresses ?great optimism
that we?re getting close, that we can see over the horizon...and we will be successful in controlling
the disease in the not too distant future.? Panelists discuss how personalized medicine will pave
the way to this future.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/899
Moderator:
Michael Yaffe
Howard and Linda Stern Career Development Associate Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, MIT
Attending Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
Member, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom
"This is precisely what we mean when say personalized medicine: providing therapy to a subset of
patients we know will respond very well to that therapy and avoiding those patients where we know
it will have an adverse effect."
-Michael Hemann
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Academic Leaders: Perspectives and Current Challenges
March 28, 2011
Two influential academic leaders, both holding a significant place in MIT?s history, reflect on
efforts to achieve gender equity in science and engineering at MIT and other institutions of
higher learning.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/901
Speakers:
Shirley Ann Jackson '68, PhD '73
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Charles M. Vest HM
President, National Academy of EngineeringPresident Emeritus, MIT
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom
"If the U.S. is to maintain scientific and engineering leadership in the 21st century and contribute
to solving global challenges, it must have the full creative and entrepreneurial participation of
all people, and continue to tap talent from abroad. But as long as women face barriers that inhibit
success in research-intensive universities, the nation will be deprived of a vital source of
talent... and our global future and social stability will be at risk."
-Shirley Ann Jackson
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In The Pipeline:
A Conversation with Sherry Turkle
Presented By:
Communications Forum
Speaker:
Sherry Turkle
Abby Rockefeller Mauz? Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology
MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society
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Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:24:57 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] MIT150 Panels featuring Women Leaders in Science and
Engineering
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MIT World Newsletter
Volume 10, Number 45 | May 9, 2011
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Celebrating Science and Engineering Breakthroughs I
March 28, 2011
Three eminent scientists in biology and medical engineering, Susan Lindquist, JoAnne Stubbe and Sangeeta Bhatia discuss their pioneering work at MIT -- a research base they regard as unmatched for its collaborative environment and enthusiasm for even the most marginal and offbeat ideas.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/902
Moderator:
Hazel Sive
Member, Whitehead Institute
Associate Dean, School of Science, and Professor of Biology, MIT
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom
"The drug discovery pipeline?typically takes about 15 years, close to a billion dollars, to go from
10,000 small molecules to one FDA-approved drug."
-Sangeeta Bhatia
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Celebrating Science and Engineering Breakthroughs II
March 28, 2011
Four women who have made ground-breaking contributions in different disciplines describe their
research, which has not only involved ?thinking outside the box,? but in some cases persevering
in the face of skepticism.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/903
Speakers:
Angela Belcher
Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Biological Engineering
Christine Ortiz
Dean for Graduate Education, and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Sara Seager
Professor of Physics and Ellen Swallow Richards Associate Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Maria T. Zuber
E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics
Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom
"It?s fantastic to be at place like MIT where when you say you want to do something like look for
life on Mars, people actually want to help you rather than tell you you?re out of your mind."
-Maria Zuber
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A Conversation with Sherry Turkle
Presented By:
Communications Forum
Speaker:
Sherry Turkle
Abby Rockefeller Mauz? Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology
MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 12:08:44 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] MIT150 Panel featuring Mildred Dresselhaus,
Lotte Bailyn and Cherry Murray, Daniel Roos on the Auto Industry
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Volume 10, Number 46 | May 11, 2011
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Effective Practices for Recruitment, Mentoring, and Retention
March 29, 2011
With many years of academic and corporate workplace experience among them, panelists Mildred Dresselhaus,
Lotte Bailyn, and Cherry Murray share expertise and best practices for recruiting and retaining women to science and engineering careers.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/910
Moderator:
Barbara Liskov
Institute Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom
"My next important mentor was Enrico Fermi. I had the privilege of walking to school with him everyday,
because we lived pretty close to each other, and when he saw me he would always walk across the street
to walk with me. I was too shy to go over to him. He liked women in science, but at that time,
not all of the men liked women (being) in science?there was a certain amount of prejudice about that.
But Enrico Fermi was really a straight shooter; he liked people that did the work."
-Mildred Dresselhaus
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The Future Automotive System: The World That Changed The Machine
April 5, 2011
Once dominant as a global industry, car manufacturing ?has undergone tremendous stress,? says
Daniel Roos, and has now reached an ?inflection point,? with major changes brewing.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/904
Speaker:
Daniel Roos '61, SM '63, PhD '66
Japan Steel Industry Professor of Engineering Systems and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Event Host:
Transportation at MIT
"The auto industry is at an inflection point: major changes may occur, with new technologies, new
players and startups, new business models, and more complex systems. It raises the question: Who
will control future value chains?"
-Daniel Roos
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In The Pipeline:
Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through Innovation and Technology
Presented By:
Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium
Speaker:
Robert Braun
Chief Technologist
NASA
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Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 13:22:05 -0400
Subject: [Mitworld] MIT150 Panels on Women in Science and Engineering,
Youssef Marzouk on Uncertainty in Complex Systems
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MIT World Newsletter
Volume 10, Number 47 | May 26, 2011
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Celebrating Science and Engineering Breakthroughs III
March 29, 2011
Although these three speakers travel in quite disparate worlds -- natural language processing,
mechanics of tiny organisms, and violent cosmic events -- they convey a comparably infectious
enthusiasm for their research.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/905
Moderator:
Sallie (Penny) Chisholm
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biology;
Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies
Director, MIT Earth System Initiative
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom
"Gravitational waves are extremely aloof: They see matter and go right by. They are wonderful
messengers: We don?t have to worry about what?s between the source and us as observers."
-Nergis Mavalvala
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Quantifying Uncertainty in Complex Physical Systems: Application to Energy Conversion and Environmental Modeling
April 12, 2011
In search of better-burning fuels, or more accurate projections of climate change, researchers inevitably
work through multiple models, sometimes at great cost. Youssef Marzouk hopes to provide energy and
environmental scientists constructive and efficient new approaches to modeling complex engineered systems.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/907
Speaker:
Youssef Marzouk '97, SM '99, PhD '04
Boeing Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Event Host:
Transportation at MIT
"Having constructed machinery that lets us propagate uncertainties, evaluate variances, evaluate any
aspect of the probability distribution in the model output, we can now apply robust formulation
much more effectively. "
-Youssef Marzouk
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Shaping Policy in Academia and Across the Nation
March 29, 2011
Issues of work/life balance and campus climate dominate this panel looking at policies to foster
and retain girls and women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As moderator
Marc Kastner notes, in spite of dramatic improvements at places like MIT, significant
challenges remain.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/906
Moderator:
Marc A. Kastner
Dean, MIT School of Science
Donner Professor of Science, MIT
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom
"In my spare time, when I?m not running major U.S. astronomical facilities, I have three children,
9, 11, and 13. I know all about family issues."
-Heidi Hammel
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In The Pipeline:
Design for Fun: What Makes a Game Good, and a Good Game?
Presented By:
The MIT Education Arcade
Sandbox Summit: Game Changers
Speaker:
Drew Davidson
Director, Entertainment Technology Center
Carnegie Mellon University
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