[Mitworld] Inside Tahrir Square, MIT150 Panel on Finance in Action

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 36 |  March 28, 2011

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Inside Tahrir Square
February 25, 2011

Greek journalist Iason Athanasiadis offers a remarkably intimate photographic portrait of the 
Egyptian revolt from its epicenter in Tahrir Square, following the brutal attacks by government 
loyalists on protesters on January 25th. David Weinberg provides perspectives on US policy in the Middle East.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/887

Speakers:
Iason Athanasiadis
Journalist

David Weinberg
Graduate student, Department of Political Science, MIT

Kristin Fabbe
Graduate student, Department of Political Science, MIT


Event Host:
Center for International Studies

"The revolution was about participating in parliamentary democracy, but the real spark was Tunisia, 
and the rise in price of basic foodstuffs."
-Iason Athanasiadis

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Finance in Action
January 28, 2011

Stewart Myers introduces the panelists as distinguished academics and practitioners who share their 
innovative application of finance theory to entrepreneurship. 

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/880

Moderator:
Stewart C. Myers
Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Financial Economics,
MIT Sloan School of Management


Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom

"If we don’t make sure people understand that there are real consequences to what happens, that real 
people’s lives are affected, then all…the modeling and the financial science can create some fairly 
amoral individuals who go out and do terrible things that hurt real people in their lives."
-Bennett Golub

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In The Pipeline:

Reflections on Major Milestones in Cancer Research and Technology Development

Presented By:
MIT150 
Conquering Cancer through the Convergence of Science and Engineering

Speaker:
Nancy Hopkins
Phillip A. Sharp
Jacqueline Lees
Robert S. Langer


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