Category: From the Vault
Charles M. Vest: Diversity Interview
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An interview with the 15th President of MIT, Charles M. Vest, on Diversity. Recorded October 14, 1993.
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,...
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...
“Big City 1980” (1961) — MIT Centennial Film
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MIT professor and architectural engineer John E. Burchard '23 accompanies the program host, Garry Moore, as they consider together what the urban future holds: how and where we will live in 1980, twenty years ahead? T...
Technology Day 2002 — “When Worlds Collide: Science, Politics and Power in the 21st Century”
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MIT's Technology Day 2002, on the theme "When Worlds Collide: Science, Politics and Power in the 21st Century," features the following speakers: Ronald G. Prinn CM '71 ("From Complex Science to Contentious Policy: Les...
“The Airplane at Play” (1930s) — Charles S. Draper and Robert M. Love
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Charles Stark Draper and Robert M. Love '33 give a wonderful pilot's view of early aerial acrobatics, filming them from both the ground and the cockpit. Cameramen: Draper and Arthur Rossi; Pilot: C.W. Sutherland. Loc...
1998 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture — John H. Gibbons, “Governance of Science and Technology…”
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For his second of three Karl Taylor Compton Lectures, Dr. John H. Gibbons delivers a talk on October 22, 1998 titled "The Governance of Science and Technology: Theory, Myth, Reality", in which he discusses the role o...
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)
MIT OpenCourseWare Press Conference (April 4, 2001)
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On April 4, 2001, MIT President Charles Vest leads a press conference to announce the establishment of MIT's OpenCourseWare (OCW), the web-based program to provide free access to MIT course content, including lecture ...
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
