[Mitworld] Russell Banks Reading and a Panel about Weapons

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THe MIT Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies
MIT Writers Series presents

Russell Banks

A Reading


Banks reads a short story called The Moor and the first chapter of 
his new novel, The Darling in this late fall appearance at MIT.


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The Technology and Culture Forum at MIT
J. Herbert Hollomon Memorial Symposium presents

Weapons of Mass Confusion: Assessing the True Risks

This sobering panel discussion features some of the leading minds on 
the realities of weapons in the post-9/11 world and is moderated by 
Dr. Kosta Tsipis, research Scientist, Department of Mechanical 
Engineering at MIT. 


Panelists:

Owen Cote, Associate Director, MIT Securities Studies Program
Jeanne Guillermin, Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program
and Professor of Sociology, Boston College
Steven Miller, Director of the International Studies Program, Belfer 
Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Philip Morrison, Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus

This is the 12th event from the Technology and Culture Forum on MIT 
World.  Find the others by searching on The Technology and Culture 
Forum under the "host" field in the video finder.

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IN THE PIPELINE
The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research presents
Dr. David Page
The Evolution of Sex: Rethinking the Rotting Y Chromosome


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