Category: From the Vault
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...
Lester C. Thurow and Carl Sagan — “Management in the Year 2000” (1988)
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Here are presented highlights from the Spring 1988 "Symposium on Management in the Year 2000" featuring Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Lester C. Thurow, and Cornell professor Carl Sagan. Moderated by Stev...
Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum (1988) — Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader
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Panel discussion at the Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum addressing issues of whistle-blowing and ethics with Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross, and Ralph Nader. Caroline Whitbeck, moderator. Held April 14, 1988.
MIT’s Building 20: The Magical Incubator (1998)
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MIT's Building 20, built in 1943, was called the "Magical Incubator" because over the course of its long history it housed a range of laboratories involved in some of the most important and ground-breaking development...
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
1996 MIT Commencement Address — Vice President Albert A. Gore
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Vice President Albert A. Gore gives the commencement address as Guest Speaker for the 1996 MIT Commencement Exercises, on June 7, 1996.
Apollo 11 Launch (1969) — Major Alexander P. de Seversky
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This short home movie taken by Major Alexander P. de Seversky, the Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor, shows a personal view of the APOLLO 11 launch and the attending audience. MIT Museum Collections.
Is String Theory Right or is It Just Useful?, Dr. David Tong
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. David Tong 2001-2004 Pappalardo Fellow
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration (2000)
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The fiftieth anniversary celebration for arts and humanities programs at MIT features several symposia and a medal ceremony held on Oct. 6 and 7, 2000. The newly renamed School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences...
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.
