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2000 MIT Commencement Address — Dr. Carly Fiorina

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Dr. Carleton "Carly" S. Fiorina, President and CEO of the Hewlett-Packard Company, delivers the 2000 MIT Commencement Address on June 2, 2000.

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...

1993 MIT Commencement Address — President Carlos Salinas de Gortari

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Dr. Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Constitutional President of the United Mexican States, gives the 1993 MIT Commencement Address on May 28, 1993.

“Automatically Programmed Tools” (1959) — Science Reporter TV Series

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In this 1959 MIT Science Reporter television program, researchers John Francis Reintjes and Douglas Taylor Ross present the APT project, a novel system for the computerization of numerical control being developed at t...

16th Killlian Award Lecture No. 1 (1988) — Jay W. Forrester, “The Common Foundation…”

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Jay W. Forrester delivers the first of two talks for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, titled "The Common Foundation Underlying Physical and Social Systems: Information Sources and Methods for Mod...

Quantum Walks with Integrated Photonics, Yoav Lahini

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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Yoav Lahini, 2012--15 Pappalardo Fellow (Theoretical & Experimental Condensed Matter)

Population Genetics in a Petri Dish, Dr. Kirill Korolev

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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Kirill Korolev, 2010--2013 Pappalardo Fellow (Soft Condensed Matter Theory & Biophysics) The evolution of natural populations involves...

Recollections of Churchill’s Visit to MIT for the Mid-Century Convocation of 1949 (1999)

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For its 1949 Mid-Century Convocation MIT invited Winston Churchill to give the keynote address in front of a crowd of thousands—an historic event for MIT and for the international community. This short video produced ...

MIT Centennial Procession (1961)

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This short silent film shows the formal procession of MIT professors and other dignitaries gathering for the academic assembly at the MIT Centennial celebrations in 1961. MIT president Julius A. Stratton and his wife,...