<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hello, all,</div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to bring your attention to Rosalind Williams's very interesting presentation at last week's Inauguration Symposium on "The Future of Education." Roz spoke on "MIT Culture: The Future as Past." You can watch Roz's presentation here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://amps-web.amps.ms.mit.edu/Institute/2012-2013/symposia/2012sep21-future_of_education/">http://amps-web.amps.ms.mit.edu/Institute/2012-2013/symposia/2012sep21-future_of_education/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Her remarks begin around 1:18 into the video. Many thanks to Roz for representing STS and SHASS so well at this important event.</div><div><br></div><div>And in case you missed it, Ted Postol was featured in a recent article in the New York Times on US missile defense strategy:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/science/us-missile-defense-protections-are-called-vulnerable.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/science/us-missile-defense-protections-are-called-vulnerable.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please share with me other items I might have missed -- it's always great to see STS scholars and scholarship making an impact in the world --</div><div><br></div><div>best,</div><div>Dave</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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