[Mitworld] Kastner on Science Policy for the Obama Administration, Panel on Media and the Election

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 25 |  February 11, 2009

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The Impact of New Media on the Election
November 13, 2008

New technology may have permanently changed U.S. politics and campaigning.  These panelists, who have both observed and driven this change, attest to how truly transformative the 2008 presidential election turned out to be.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/638

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

Event Host:
MIT Communications Forum

"There were subtle but incredibly powerful and viral mechanisms to give every single person a way to 
engage. It was no longer the idea of being a passive supporter."
-Ian Rowe

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Science Policy and the Obama Administration: Advice to a New President
November 19, 2008

MIT Dean of Science Marc Kastner advises the President’s first move should be to increase the prestige of science in 
government, by giving the science advisor a more important role, listening carefully to career 
scientists in government agencies, and encouraging rather than punishing them for speaking out.


http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/639

Speaker:
Marc A. Kastner
Dean, MIT School of Science

Donner Professor of Science, MIT


Event Host:
Center for International Studies

"The gigantic amount of data being generated by rapid sequencing requires new approaches: biology 
needs theory for the first time, needs integrating ideas to explore information and come up with clarity."
-Marc A. Kastner

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In The Pipeline:

Do-It-Yourself Biology

Presented By:
MIT Museum Soap Box series

Speakers:
Natalie Kuldell & Reshma Shetty


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