Category: From the Vault
The Cosmic Gift of Neutron Stars, Victoria Kaspi
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MIT Pappalardo Lecture Speaker: Victoria Kaspi, Department of Physics, McGill University Recorded on October 3, 2013
“Phi Beta Epsilon” (1927)
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This light-hearted silent film shows life at the Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity at MIT during the 1926-1927 academic year. It is filled with silly gags and activities, from house-cleaning to house parties and sports even...
Spreading Itself Thin: The Physics of Cell-Cell Junctions in Immune Synapses
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. Arpita Upadhyaya 2002-2005 Pappalardo Fellow
Technology Day 1997 — “Technology At Play: The World of Sports, Games and Toys”
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MIT's 1997 Technology Day takes place on June 7, 1997 on the theme "Technology At Play: The World of Sports, Games and Toys." Speakers include Stephen C. Jacobsen ME '73, "On the Design and Manufacture of Some Interes...
2nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration — Walter J. Leonard (1975)
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Following an invocation prayer and a musical performance, Walter J. Leonard delivers the keynote address for the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration at MIT. Leonard, who at the time was Special...
The Disappearing Neutrino?, Dr. Joshua Spitz
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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 More than 80 years after its proposed existence, the neutrino remains mysterious and enigmatic. We don't know the mass of the neutrino, how ma...
Dissecting the Remnants of Nearby Supernova Explosions, Dr. Laura Lopez
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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 Supernovae are the explosive ends of the lives of massive stars. They are the most energetic events in the Universe, and they produce almost a...
Technology Day 1995 — “War, Technology, Peace and Change”
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MIT's 1995 Technology Day takes place on June 16, 1995 on the theme "War, Technology, Peace and Change." A fly-by of six vintage World War II airplanes led by a B-25, intended as a tribute to the sacrifices of MIT c...
Special meeting of the MIT community to welcome Dr. Susan Hockfield (2004)
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On the morning of August 26, 2004, MIT announced that Susan Hockfield, a distinguished neuroscientist and then Provost at Yale University, had been selected as MIT's 16th president. Later that afternoon, the MIT comm...
Midnight Concert in Lobby 7 (1979)
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This beautiful midnight concert of Bach music held in Lobby 7 in December 1979 showcases the musical talents of the MIT community. Presented by the MIT Chamber Players and conducted by Prof. Marcus Aurelius Thompson. ...
