Category: From the Vault
Technology Day 1994 — “For the Wonder of it All: The Arts at MIT”
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MIT's Technology Day 1994 titled "For the the Wonder of it All: the Arts at MIT" takes place on June 3, 1994, and features the following presentations: Philip Morrison on "Art and Science"; I. M. Pei '40 and William M...
Victor Weisskopf & Philip Morrison, “Forty Years after Los Alamos: MIT and the Bomb”
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Professors Victor Weisskopf and Philip Morrison deliver presentations for the 1985 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture series on the theme "Forty Years After Los Alamos: MIT and the Bomb." Moderated by Francis Lowe; April 17...
MITv “Election ’76” (Nov. 1, 1976)
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The MITv NEWS student-run program on Nov. 1, 1976, features a debate on the imminent national elections chaired by Nancy Lukitsh with guest speakers Jeff Pressman (MIT), Walter Dean Burnham (MIT) and Chris Arterton (...
15th Killian Award Lecture (1987) — Mildred S. Dresselhaus, “Adventures in Carbon Research”
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Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus delivers the first of two talks for James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, titled "Adventures in Carbon Research", on April 1, 1987. Established in 1971 as a trib...
16th Killian Award Lecture No 2. (1988) — Jay W. Forrester, “The Common Foundation…”
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Professor Jay W. Forrester delivers the second of two lectures for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, titled "The Common Foundation Underlying Physical and Social Systems: Applications of Systems Dy...
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.
“View From The Road” Series (1965) — Kevin Lynch
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A film short produced by Professor Kevin Lynch BCP '47 produced this high-speed film as part of his studies into the theory of city form and of human perceptions of the city.
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
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,...
Philip Morrison and Lester Thurow — Symposium on Forecasting the Future Across Industries (1988)
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Physicist Philip Morrison (Institute Professor) and economist Lester Thurow (Dean of the Sloan School of Management) address senior executives at the "Symposium on Forecasting the Future Across Industries: Tech/ Scien...
