[Mitworld] Do- It- Yourself Biology, Panel on Defense Spending

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 29 |  March 11, 2009

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Do-It-Yourself Biology
January 14, 2009

Two speakers who know their way around Petri dish and beaker discuss the possibilities and pitfalls of do-it-yourself biology with a live audience at the MIT Museum.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/646

Speakers:
Natalie Kuldell
Instructor of Biological Engineering, MIT

Reshma Shetty PhD '08
Founding Member, Ginkgo Bioworks


Event Host:
MIT Museum

"Some people may want to use the technology for good, some for bad. This probably won’t change anytime soon. We must think how to put in place a community that overwhelmingly uses technology for good, for constructive purposes."
-Reshma Shetty

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Key Issues In the Department of Defense for the Obama Administration
January 15, 2009

Panelists discuss the challenges facing the Obama administration and the Department of Defense
and offer advice on getting a handle on the half a trillion dollars defense budget.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/647

Moderator:
Barry Posen
Ford International Professor of Political Science

Director, CIS Security Studies Program, MIT

Event Host:
Securities Studies Program

"The simplest approach to Defense program allocations is to decide what kinds of wars we think we’re going to fight, and what is the relevance of the program in one of these kinds of wars."
-Owen Cote

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In The Pipeline:

Politics and Popular Culture

Presented By:
MIT Communications Forum

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

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