[Mitworld] New: Educational Innovation, Cameron from Cargill, Inc.

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The MIT Alumni Association
Alumni Leadership Conference presents

"Focus on Educational Innovation"

MIT President Charles Vest hosts a lively discussion featuring 3 
faculty members whose work demonstrates new ways of thinking about 
education.  MIT Associate Dean of Engineering Dick K. P. Yue 
discusses MIT's leadership role in creating OpenCourseWare and the 
global impact of a movement toward openness and sharing knowledge.  
Shigeru Miyagawa discusses the Star Project, designed to help younger 
students understand their own cultural identities.  Henry Jenkins 
makes the case for more and better video games and demonstrates a new 
project called Revolution.

Go directly to the video page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/234/.

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MIT Department of Chemical Engineering
Frontiers in Biotechnology Lecture Series presents

Douglas C. Cameron
Director of Biotechnology
Cargill, Inc.

"The Emergence of a 'Renewable Feedstock-Based' Chemical Industry"

In this talk, Cameron discusses how a crops such as corn, wheat, soy, 
sunflower and other staples have multiple biotech applications.  Go 
directly to the video page at http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/235/.




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"Pursuing the Endless Frontier: Essays on MIT and the Role of 
Research Universities"
Charles M. Vest

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