[Mitworld] Alan Alda on Communicating Science, George Kocur on Transit Fare Systems

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 20 |  December 15, 2010

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The Art of Science Communication
October 14, 2010

You wouldn’t know that Alan Alda felt nervous in advance of addressing this audience of neuroscientists. 
In his trademark style, Alda chats up the crowd like an old friend, sharing anecdotes involving one 
of his great pursuits: “I love to talk to scientists,” he says. 

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/846

Speaker:
Alan Alda



Event Host:
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

"The amazing thing about the universe inside this three pounds of jello we have is that it can 
understand its own universe -- not all at once, not right away, not yet, fully, but you people are 
taking us there. It’s a beautiful thing to see."
-Alan Alda

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Open Payment, A New Approach to Public Transportation Fare Collection
October 19, 2010

Soon, a ticket to ride won’t require paper coupons, tokens, human vendors, or even Boston’s 
CharlieCard. Urban transit is abandoning a century old payment system for sophisticated digital 
payment technology, says George Kocur.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/848

Speaker:
George Kocur '73, SM '73
Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT


Event Host:
Transportation at MIT

"This is just about change in the transit industry, using technology as a lever."
-George Kocur

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In The Pipeline:

The Financial Crisis, the Recession, and the American Political Economy: A Systemic Perspective

Presented By:
Engineering Systems Division
Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems

Speaker:
Charles H. Ferguson
Filmmaker

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