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Saturday, May 19, 2007
9:45am-5:00pm
Buildings 34 (50 Vassar Street) and 32 (Stata Center)
CONTEMPLATION AND EDUCATION
Training the Mind: From Stress to Bliss
Thursday, April 26, 2007 -- 6:30pm
Location: Simmons Hall
Speaker: Robert A. F. Thurman
Robert Thurman is a scholar, author, former Tibetan Buddhist monk, the Je Tsong Khapa Professor of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, Director of Tibet House in New York City, a close personal friend of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, and father of five children including the actress, Uma Thurman. He has lectured all over the world; his charisma and enthusiasm draw packed audiences.
Moderator:
The Venerable Tenzin LS Priyadarshi
Buddhist Chaplain and Visiting Scholar
MIT
Sponsored by MIT Prajnopaya and the Technology and Culture Forum at MIT
REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Please go to Prajnopaya (The Buddhist Community at MIT) for information.
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Speaker: Philip Zimbardo
Philip Zimbardo is internationally recognized as the 'voice and face of contemporary psychology' through his widely seen PBS-TV series, Discovering Psychology, his media appearances, best-selling trade books on shyness, and his classic research, The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Monday, April 2nd, 2007 --
4:00pm
Location: Wong Auditorium, Building E51
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An Unscripted Dialogue with
Ben Barres and Nancy Hopkins About Issues of Equality in the University
Friday, March 23, 2007
4pm-6pm
Broad Institute Auditorium
Professor Ben Barres is a neuroscientist at Stanford University
who was an undergraduate at MIT. His letters drawing attention
to gender and minority issues in the sciences have appeared
in Nature and the Tech.
Professor Nancy Hopkins is a geneticist at MIT, who has
been invited to speak all over the country about her long-time
study of and advocacy for women in science. This will be
her first time speaking at MIT about these issues.
For those who have been thinking about these questions,
which have surfaced again and again within the MIT biology
community:
- How does someone's identity affect the way her/his work is judged?
- What would make people consider an issue to be about gender or race?
- What do people mean when they say "(s)he just doesn't fit in with our department?" What makes someone a "good fit" for being an academic scientist?
- Why does my advisor discuss my work with a male colleague in the lab, when it's my work and I'm standing right there?
- How can someone advocate for women and minorities when they deny that sexism and racism exist in their own
institute?
- Why are people afraid of having these discussions in public?
Please join us for an interactive conversation about these issues.
Contact information for this program: beyondthevote@mit.edu
Iran: War or Peace?
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 -- 4:30pm--E51-345
Speaker: Kenneth Pollack
Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, and Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies
Co-sponsored with the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar and the Center for International Studies
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Can Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation Co-Exist?
Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 7pm - 32-141 (Stata Center)
Speakers:
Matthew Bunn, Senior Research Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Geoff Forden,
Science, Technology and Global Security Working Group, STS, MIT
Marvin Miller, Senior Scientist Emeritus, Center for International Studies, MIT
Moderaor:
Owen Cote,
Center for International Studies, MIT
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Diverse Applications of Nuclear Technology
Thursday, March 8, 2007 - 7pm - 32-141 (Stata Center)
Speakers:
Ian Hutchinson,
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Jeffrey Coderre,
Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Alan Jasanoff,
Associate Member, McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Dwight Williams,
Martin Luther King Visiting Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Moderator:
David Kaiser,
Program in Science, Technology and Society, MIT
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The Future of Nuclear Energy
Thursday, March 1, 2007 - 7pm - 6-120
Speakers:
Allison Macfarlane,
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
Andrew Kadak,
Professor of Practice, Nuclear Engineering, MIT
Victor Reis,
Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, US Department of Energy
Moderator:
John Durant,
Director, MIT Museum
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 - 4:30pm - E51-345
Speaker: Gilbert Burnham,
Center for Refugee and Disaster Response, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Co-sponsored with the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar and the Center for International Studies
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Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons
Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 7pm - 6-120
Speaker: Joseph Cirincione, Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress
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Co-sponsored with the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar and the Center for International Studies.
Grassroots Climate Action Conference
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, Stata Center, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA
Video files
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Morning session: Broadband | Dial-up
Afternoon session: Broadband | Dial-up
For further information and complete program listings, please go to www.MassClimateAction.org
Return of the Middle East Cold War:
A View from the Region's New Ideological Battle Front
Tuesday, November 7, 2006; 4:30 pm in E51-345
Speaker:
Rami G. Khouri,
Syndicated Columnist and Director,
Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs,
American University of Beirut
Co-sponsored with the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar and the Center for International Studies.
Technology and Social Isolation
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006, 7:00-8:30 pm, Main Dining Room of MIT Bldg. W11
Speakers:
Noboru Tsubaki
Japanese Media Artist, and head of Space Design Section, Kyoto
University of Art and Design
The Rev. Amy McCreath, MIT Episcopal Campus Minister and Coordinator of
Technology and Culture Forum
Xaq Frohlich, MIT graduate student in Science, Technology and Society
Sponsored with the MIT Office of the Arts.
Towards a Sustainable Energy Future
A 3-Part Series
Part 1: October 18th
The Challenge: Meeting Global Energy Demands Sustainably
Our dependency on fossil fuels and public attitudes limiting change
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006, 6pm at the MIT Museum
Speakers:
Kerry Emanuel
MIT,
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Ernest Moniz
MIT, Physics; Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor
Watch the Soap Box Special live as a webcast
on October 18 at 6:00pm.
This webcast requires Real Player version 8 or higher, available at www.real.com. To test if your computer can play this webcast, follow this link. Archived video of the Soap Box events will be available online one day following the original broadcast.
Part 2: October 25th
The Role of New Technologies in a Sustainable Energy Economy
What is R&D contributing to meeting the long-term challenge?
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 at the MIT Museum
Speaker:
Dan Nocera
MIT,
Chemistry
Angela Belcher
MIT, Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering
Watch the Soap Box Special live as a webcast
on October 25th at 6:00pm.
This webcast requires Real Player version 8 or higher, available at www.real.com. To test if your computer can play this webcast, follow this link. Archived video of the Soap Box events will be available online one day following the original broadcast.
Part 3: November 1st
Growing Pains: Transitioning to a Sustainable Energy Economy
How to move towards a sustainable energy policy
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 at the MIT Museum
Speaker:
John
Heywood
MIT, Mechanical Engineering and Director
Sloan Automotive Lab
Stephen
Ansolabehere
MIT,
Political Science
A collaboration between the MIT
Museum, the Energy Research Council, and the Technology and Culture Forum
Watch the Soap Box Special live as a webcast
on November 1st at 6:00pm.
This webcast requires Real Player version 8 or higher, available at www.real.com. To test if your computer can play this webcast, follow this link. Archived video of the Soap Box events will be available online one day following the original broadcast.
September 29, 2006, 1pm-3pm, Lobby
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The goal of the fair is to introduce incoming students and other members
of the MIT community to the student classes, centers, programs and
academic departments at MIT who, through their activities, have demonstrated
an interest in sustainable international development. The fair represents
the opportunity for MIT students to become informed participants in
the global effort to promote justice and sustainable development.
Please check this website or the IDF
hompage during the summer for updated information.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 4:30pm E51-345
Dr. Norton, a Middle East scholar, widely published author and professor in Boston University's Departments of International Relations and Anthropology, will present a lecture as part of the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar
Co-sponsored with the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar and the Center for International Studies.
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