[Undergrads] US Senator Jeff Bingaman Lecture Friday, 3:30pm in 32-123

[Martin F. Holmes]

Dear Undergraduates,

The UA is proud to support a major lecture by United States Senator Jeff
Bingaman on April 25, 2008 as part of the Compton Lecture Series.  The speech
will focus on clean energy and will begin at 3:30pm in 32-123.  Hope to see you
there!

Thanks!
Martin Holmes
UA President


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U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., will deliver a 2008 Compton lecture titled,
"Forging a Clean Energy Future," at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, in Kirsch
Auditorium (Room 32-123).

Sen. Bingaman has represented New Mexico since 1982. Among other
responsibilities, he is chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources, which has jurisdiction over national energy policy and the
public lands of the nation. He led the Congressional effort to pass major
energy legislation in 2007 and is author of one of the Senate's leading
climate-change "cap-and-trade" bills. In addition, he was the Senate leader in
passing the America Competes legislation last fall that calls for major new
investments in federal research and development and in science education.

The Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the late
Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and
chairman of the Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The purpose is to give the MIT
community direct contact with the important ideas of our times.

This event in the series is sponsored by the MIT Information Center and the
Office of the President. Sen. Bingaman's talk is open to members of the MIT
community.