[Mitworld] New: MIT's Deans on Globalization, Rebecca Henderson on Sustainability

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 8 | Number 11 | November 7, 2008
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[BEYOND THE BENCH:
 PREPARING MIT STUDENTS FOR THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP]

MODERATOR:
James A. Champy '63, SM '65
Chairman of Consulting
Perot Systems Corporation
Life Member, MIT Corporation

PANELISTS:
Richard Samuels PhD '80
Director, Center for International Studies

Subra Suresh ScD '81
Dean, MIT School of Engineering
Ford Professor of Engineering
Professor of Biological Engineering

Marc A. Kastner
Dean, MIT School of Science
Donner Professor of Science, MIT

Deborah Fitzgerald
Kenan Sahin Dean, MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

David Schmittlein
John C Head III, Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management

Adele Naude Santos
Dean, MIT School of Architecture and Planning


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/612/>

[QUOTE]
"We should reach out and touch the world and make ourselves better and
smarter. We have a lot to learn and teach about the diversity of a
globalizing planet...We want (our students) to step boldly and
intelligently into the global market of ideas and commerce."
-- Richard Samuels


EVENT HOST: The Human Factor <http://thehumanfactor.mit.edu/students/>

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[GETTING UNSTUCK:
 HOW TO PROMOTE MORE SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS]

SPEAKER:
Rebecca Henderson '81
Eastman Kodak LFM Professor, MIT Sloan School


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/610/>

[QUOTE]
"Here's the good news: focusing on sustainability gives us the emotional
power and moral juice to do these things. In organizations really trying
to tackle sustainability, there is a level of excitement and energy that
is quite palpable."
-- Rebecca Henderson


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management <http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Energy: The Past Must Not Be Prologue

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