Income Inequality in America
Frank Levy
Mon Jan 24, Tue Jan 25, Wed Jan 26, 10-11:00am, 8-205
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
In 2008, the top 1 percent of households received about 21% of all income, twice its income share in 1990 and roughly equal its share in 1929 at the end of the Gilded Age. Average household income in the top 1 percent doubled over these years (adjusted for inflation) while income of the average household grew by 5 percent.
This activity will consist of three sessions reviewing what we know about the causes of income inequality including immigration, technological change, the growth of the financial sector and international trade. We will also devote some time to discussing what is known about the consequences of inequality for national life.
Contact: Frank Levy, 9-523, x3-2089, flevy@mit.edu
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Planning, Funding, and Implementing Transportation Projects in the Real World (or How It Really Works)
Kate Fichter, Eric Plosky
Wed Jan 19, 01-04:30pm, 9-450
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
As a vital and complex element of any urban or regional environment, transportation infrastructure both affects and is affected by land use patterns, economic development policies, political power-brokering and environmental resources, and so offers a lens through which to study many of the choices and constraints available to today's planners. This seminar will offer a practice-oriented overview of the issues, players and trends most relevant to contemporary transportation planning, as taught by two MIT/DUSP alumni/ae currently working in the field.
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, x3-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
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StarLogo TNG Game Programming Competition
Nicole Bieber, Daniel Wendel, Eli Kosminsky
Mon Jan 10, 06-08:00pm, E15-301
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 10-Jan-2011
Single session event
Prereq: None
Have you ever wished that your code looked more like colorful puzzle pieces? Or maybe you've never coded before at all? Come join us for MIT's first ever StarLogo TNG game programming competition. You'll have one week to program a game using the latest version of the graphical programming environment StarLogo TNG. Plus, free food and awesome prizes! All levels of experience welcome.
Kickoff Event: Monday, January 10th - 6pm (free food!)
Office Hours: Jan. 11-14, 12-4pm
Submission Deadline: Monday, January 17th - midnight
First twenty people to sign up (e-mail nbieber@mit.edu) get a special limited edition StarLogo TNG flash drive!
Web: http://education.mit.edu/projects/starlogo-tng
Contact: (518) 956-3003, nbieber@mit.ed
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Your Practice and Your Values: How do they align?
Sebastiao Ferreira, CoLab Visiting Scholar, Amy Stitely, CoLab US Green Hub Program Director (MCP ’08)
Fri Jan 7, Sat Jan 8, 09am-05:00pm, TBD
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This two-day workshop is open to students, alumni, staff, and professionals interested in exploring the practice of “values-based planning.” Participants will review the theoretical frameworks behind activist planning, advocacy planning, and action research. Facilitators will then guide the group through a series of reflective practice exercises that will allow participants to contrast their personal values with their professional experiences. Once participants become explicitly aware of the alignment (or misalignment) between their values and professional activities, they will craft an action plan for orienting their future practice.
This workshop is designed to help participants set a personal and professional intention for facing the planning challenges of the new year.
Contact: Amy Stitely, CoLab US Green Hub Program Director (MCP ’08), astitely@mit.edu
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