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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Hello all, and welcome to the snowy/rainy February. I want to draw your attention to a number of STS events this month, some of which have not yet been otherwise announced, some of which are part of the “Subway Series” with Harvard, and some of which are part of the MIT150th. It should be a stimulating month, and then it will be spring ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Please do join us,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D'>David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Monday, February 28<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C0504D'>Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less from Each Other <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C0504D'>A book discussion with Author Sherry Turkle <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Moderated by David Mindell and Mitch Resnick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>4pm Building E14, 6<sup>th</sup> floor, reception to follow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday, February 11<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C0504D'>The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C0504D'>A </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'>panel discussion organized by Mike Fischer and co-sponsored by STS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7pm-10pm <span style='color:#1F497D'>room</span> 6-120<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>(Subway series) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday, February 15<sup>th<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C0504D'>MIT’s Moments of Decision: An Historical Retrospective</span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>, sponsored by STS and MIT150</span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C0504D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>4pm Building E14 (new media lab), 6<sup>th</sup> floor , reception to follow<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Moderated by David Mindell, closing comments by MIT President Susan Hockfield<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Panel:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Karen Arenson</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa2 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Former Alumni Association president and education reporter for <i>The New York Times</i></span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Deborah Douglas</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa2 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Curator for Science and Technology, MIT Museum </span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>John Durant</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa2 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Director of the MIT Museum </span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>David Kaiser</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa2 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Associate Professor in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society</span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Merritt Roe Smith</span></b></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=A6><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Cutten Professor of the History of TechnologyProgram in Science, Technology, and Society</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>STS Symposium – 150<sup>th</sup> Celebration <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4pm Building E14, 6<sup>th</sup> floor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>(Subway series) </span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday, February 22<sup>nd</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C0504D'>Tangible Things: Exhibiting Harvard Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Laurel Ulrich, History Department, Harvard University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ivan Gaskell, Harvard Art Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4pm, Harvard Science Center 469<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tuesday, March 1<sup>st</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C0504D'>Brown Bag Lunch with John </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'>Logsdon (GWU)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'>on JFK and Space Policy History <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Time TBD</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Building E51-275<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please visit <a href="http://mit.edu/sts/news/index.html">http://mit.edu/sts/news/index.html</a> for the spring 2011 colloquia schedule. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>