Category: From the Vault
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...
Testing Galaxy Formation Models at the Small Scales, Dr. Simona Vegetti
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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 The distribution of masses of dwarf satellite galaxies that are observed around Local Group galaxies differs substantially from simulations ba...
Infra-Red Dating Game (1996)
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In the mood for fun, students and faculty put a twist on the popular 1960s TV show The Dating Game during Charm School Activities in IAP 1996. Called the Infra-Red Dating Game (a.k.a. Love Lab), this MIT-inspired game...
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...
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...
13th Killian Award Lecture (1985) — Philip Morrison, “The Fruits of the Tree of Astronomy”
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Professor Phillip Morrison delivers the first of two lectures for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award titled "The Fruits of the Tree of Astronomy," on April 3, 1985. Established in 1971 as a tribute t...
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
“How Fast Is Fast?” (1994) — Harold “Doc” Edgerton
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Take a look at the life and effect that Harold "Doc" Edgerton had on MIT and the world in "How Fast is Fast?", produced by the Edgerton Foundation in 1994. The film presents a wide-ranging compilation of film clips an...
President Charles M. Vest: Innovation Summit Briefing
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Recorded February 12, 1998.
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...
