Category: From the Vault
Sir Salman Rushdie named Honorary Visiting Professor of the Humanities (1993)
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In November 1993, author Salman Rushdie made an unannounced visit to MIT to accept an award as Honorary Visiting Professor of the Humanities. Rushdie had been living in hiding ever since a death sentence was issued by...
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 ...
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
20th Killian Award Lecture (1992) — Noam Chomsky, “Language: The Cognitive Revolutions”
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Professor Noam Chomsky delivers the 20th annual James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award and Lecture, "Language: the Cognitive Revolutions", on April 8, 1992. The Killian Award was established in 1971 to reco...
24th Killian Award Lecture (1996) — Daniel Kleppner, “Views From a Garden of Worldly Delights”
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Dr. Daniel Kleppner, Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics and associate professor in the Research Laboratory for Electronics, delivers the 1995-96 James R. Killian Faculty Achievement Award lecture entitled "Views From a...
14th Killian Award Lecture No. 1 (1986) — Franco Modigliani, “The Life Cycle Hypothesis”
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Professor Franco Modigliani's lecture, titled "Life Cycle Hypothesis of Savings", is the first of two talks he gave for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award Lecture series. Kresge Auditorium, April 2,...
“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.
Founding of MIT: Persistence of Vision
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This 11-minute documentary — Founding of MIT: Persistence of Vision — examines the challenges faced by MIT's founder William Barton Rogers and explores how his founding principles continue to influence today's MIT.
Coretta Scott King Procession at 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (1994)
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On February 11, 1994, Coretta Scott King is escorted to Kresge Auditorium during the traditional silent march at the 20th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration at MIT.
“Sailing by Computer” (1966) – Science Reporter TV Series
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Novel approaches to ship design using state-of-the-art computers are presented in a 1966 interview of Halsey Herreshoff, instructor at the MIT Department of Naval Architecture in charge of research in ship model testi...
