[Mitworld] New: Vest's "Endless Frontier", Ramphele on Migration

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authors at MIT presents

Charles M. Vest

"Pursuing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of 
Research Universities"

Chuck Vest looks back on fourteen years as the President of MIT, 
through his annual essays which became the chapters of his new book, 
"Pursing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of Research 
Universities.  In this talk he briefly outlines many of the issues 
facing MIT during his presidency with deep reflection, insight, and a 
fair amount of humor.  In short, a must see event.

Go directly to the page  http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/245/.

authors at MIT is presented by the MIT Press Bookstore and the MIT 
Libraries. This is the 16th event from authors at MIT on MIT World. 
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MIT Center for International Studies
Starr Forum presents

Mamphela Ramphele
Co-Chair, UN Global Commission on International Migration
Senior Advisor to the President of the World Bank

"30th Anniversary of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration"

As of October 2004, 200 million people are living outside their 
countries of origin.  Ramphele discusses the implications of a global 
mobile society.  Go directly to the page 
http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/244/.



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