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Video date: September 19, 2006 6:00 PM

&#34;Keeping track of 550 lines of fish is not a trivial thing.&#34;

&mdash;Nancy Hopkins

Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?

Hopkins details her work with zebrafish in cancer research in an
amazing tale of determination and discovery. A must see.

SPEAKER: Nancy Hopkins  Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology Member, MIT
Center for Cancer Research

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 Video date: September 21, 2006 5:00 PM

&#34;Some say we live in a world where five companies control media in
our lives. Others say we live in a world where there are no
gatekeepers. I say, 'Yes, that's true' to both.&#34;

&mdash;Henry Jenkins

Global Entrepreneurship: Inefficiency as Opportunity in the Developing
World

In Part Two of the series, "Will Newspapers Survive", panelists examine
how commons-based peer production of content on the web creates both
competition!
  and new market opportunities.

MODERATOR: William C. Uricchio Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies
Program and Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT Professor of
Comparative Media History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

PANELISTS: Yochai Benkler Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Henry Jenkins Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Director of
Comparative Media Studies Program

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[ZEBRAFISH AND CANCER: WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?] Hopkins details her work
with zebrafish in cancer research in an amazing tale of determination
and discovery. A must see. SPEAKER: Nancy Hopkins Amgen, Inc.
Professor of Biology Member, MIT Center for Cancer Research PLAY NOW:
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[GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INEFFICIENCY AS OPPORTUNITY IN THE DEVELOPING
WORLD] In Part Two of the series, "Will Newspapers Survive", panelists
examine how commons-based peer production of content on the web creates
both competition and new market opportunities. MODERATOR: William
C. Uricchio Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies Program and
Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT Professor of Comparative
Media History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands PANELISTS: Yochai
Benkler Professor of Law, Yale Law School Henry Jenkins Peter de Florez
Professor of Humanities and Director of Comparative Media Studies
Program PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Some say we live in a world where five
companies control media in our lives. Others say we live in a world
where there are no gatekeepers. I say, 'Yes, that's tr!
 ue' to both."
--Henry Jenkins EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum
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MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning presents [PLANNING AFTER
KATRINA: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR?] Sponsored Link MIT Industrial
Liaison Program
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[SPONSORED LINK] 2006 MIT Manufacturing Conference The Impact of
Globalization on New Product Development and Manufacturing: Imperatives
for Success This 1.5 day program explores the challenges
globalization presents to new product development and manufacturing and
focuses on the critical areas of outsourcing, supply chains,
information technology and more. MIT faculty, thought leaders, and
industry experts will discuss ways to address some of the most critical
ch!
 allenges of globalization such as currency issues, new markets!
 , and
di
stributed manufacturing and product development. This conference
will also explore both the broad strategic implications of these trends
and some of the tactical questions of managing global product
development networks and global supply chains. December 6-7, 2006 For
more information, visit
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