Category: From the Vault
MIT Red Tailed Hawks (Spring 2004)
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In early spring 2004, a mating pair of red tailed hawks set up residence on the MIT campus in front of Building 9. These hawks were reported to have been building nests on the MIT campus for several years. They nested...
Inauguration of MIT’s 14th President, Dr. Paul E. Gray (1980)
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A week of celebration accompanied the inauguration of MIT's 14th president, Paul Edward Gray, Sc.D. '60, in September 1980. This video compilation shows the formal as well as playful events surrounding the historic oc...
Prof. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, CAES ILP Distinguished Lecture Series (1996)
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MIT Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus, guest speaker for the CAES ILP Distinguished Lecture Series, gives a talk titled "New Frontiers in Carbon Research — A Discussion of Recent Discoveries" on March 6, 1996...
22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (1996)
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The 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration on the theme "With Liberty and Justice for All," held February 16, 1996, features Dr. Julius L. Chambers as keynote speaker. Student speakers include Kareem How...
1998 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture — John H. Gibbons, “21st Century: ‘Will Science and Technology…”
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For his first of three Karl Taylor Compton Lectures, Dr. John H. Gibbons delivers a talk on "21st Century: "Will Science and Technology Contribute to Society or Scuttle It?" Introduction by Charles M. Vest.
Technology 1934
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This silent film, which offers us a marvelous vintage tour of the Institute, was produced by MIT in 1934 "for all who might be interested in knowing more about the Institute and its significance in the world of Scienc...
Particle Physics at the Dark Frontier, Dr. Jocelyn Monroe
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. Jocelyn Monroe 2006-2009 Pappalardo Fellow
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
17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (1991)
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The Seventeenth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration takes place January 18, 1991, and features Dr. Benjamin Hooks as keynote speaker. Four students also present a youth perspective on the significance of t...
Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Dr. Paul Chesler
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9th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium May 14, 2010 Applied String Theory: From Gravitational Collapse to Heavy Ion Collisions Dr. Paul Chesler, 2009-12 Fellow (Nuclear & Particle Theory) A remar...
