[Mitworld] Henry Jenkins' Farewell, Nobel Laureate Eric Chivian

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 48 |  July 14, 2010

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Jenkins’ Farewell: Reflections on a Career at MIT
April 22, 2010

In conversation with William Uricchio, Henry Jenkins returns to reflect on his time at MIT and 
offers insights into MIT’s culture, his new life at USC, and the state of digital cultures, 
new media and collective intelligence.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/790

Speaker:
Henry Jenkins
Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts
University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism


Event Host:
MIT Communications Forum

"I lived in the dorms and every dorm room had books in them. And the books that survive when you 
 have tight space are books that are valued. And some of them might be graphic novels, and some 
 might be science fiction, and some might be Middlemarch. "
-Henry Jenkins

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Lunch with a Laureate: Eric Chivian
April 29, 2010

Eric Chivian believes that scientists could do a better job of explaining complex environmental 
issues to the public and public policy makers. By focusing on the health and medical components, 
he hopes his organizations will make the issues more concrete and understandable for everyone.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/797

Speaker:
Eric Chivian
Co-founder International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
 Founder and Director, Center for Health and the Envirnoment, Harvard Medical School1985 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate


Event Host:
MIT Museum

"Several of us physicians in this anti-nuclear physicians' movement started thinking of these global 
environmental issues—global climate change, loss of biological diversity, the ozone depletion—as, 
in effect, Armageddon in slow motion."
-Eric Chivian

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In The Pipeline:

Numbers, Words and Colors

Presented By:
HyperStudio
 Humanities + Digital Visual Interpretations Conference

Speaker:
Martin Wattenberg
Co-Founder
Flowing Media

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