MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2013



Opening Doors: Honoring Professor Emeritus Vera Kistiakowsky

Jonathan King, Professor of Physics

Jan/11 Fri 04:00PM-05:00PM 4-349, Pappalardo Conference Room

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Physicist, teacher, mother, daughter and professional and moral leader, Professor Emeritus Vera Kistiakowsky will be honored at a reception this Friday, January 11th at 4pm.  Offering brief remarks will be Professor Edmond Bertschinger, Chair, MIT Department of Physics; Vera's daughter Professor Karen Fischer, Brown University Geological Sciences; Professors Lisa Steiner and Mary-Lou Pardue, MIT Department of Biology; and Professor Jonathan King, MIT Biology and the MIT Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board Chair.

Refreshments will be served.

Co-sponsored by Technology and Culture Forum at MIT, the MIT Faculty Newsletter and the MIT Department of Physics

Sponsor(s): Technology and Culture Forum
Contact: Christina English, W11-007, 617 253-7707, CENGLISH@MIT.EDU