Category: From the Vault
MITv “Election ’76” (Nov. 1, 1976)
1.98K Views0 Comments0 Likes
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 (...
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 50th Anniversary Celebration (2000)
1.84K Views0 Comments0 Likes
The fiftieth anniversary celebration for arts and humanities programs at MIT features several symposia and a medal ceremony held on Oct. 6 and 7, 2000. The newly renamed School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences...
“The Birth of Time-Shared Computing” (1985) — Prof. Robert Fano
1.98K Views0 Comments1 Likes
The history of time-sharing is the subject of this lecture by Robert Fano, delivered on April 30, 1985. Fano joined the MIT faculty in 1947 and from 1950 to 1953 he led the Radar Techniques Group at Lincoln Laboratory...
Gyorgy Kepes Interview (1988)
2.06K Views0 Comments0 Likes
Gyorgy Kepes, founder of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS), is interviewed at his home in Cambridge, MA, on the occasion of a California Polytechnic show on art and science in December 1988. The intervi...
Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum (1988) — Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader
3.70K Views0 Comments0 Likes
Panel discussion at the Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum addressing issues of whistle-blowing and ethics with Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross, and Ralph Nader. Caroline Whitbeck, moderator. Held April 14, 1988.
Inauguration of MIT’s 16th President, Dr. Susan Hockfield (2005)
2.58K Views0 Comments0 Likes
On May 6, 2005, Dr. Susan Hockfield was inaugurated as the 16th president of MIT. Hockfield, the first woman and the first life scientist to lead MIT, committed the Institute to sustaining its commitment to intellectu...
Inauguration of MIT’s 15th President, Dr. Charles M. Vest (1991)
3.42K Views0 Comments0 Likes
On May 10, 1991, Dr. Charles M. Vest was inaugurated as the 15th president of MIT during a ceremony in Killian Court. President Vest served the Institute with distinction over the next 14 years, leading MIT through a ...
Inauguration of MIT’s 14th President, Dr. Paul E. Gray (1980)
2.70K Views0 Comments0 Likes
A week of celebration accompanied the inauguration of MIT's 14th president, Paul Edward Gray, Sc.D. '60, in September 1980. This video compilation shows the formal as well as playful events surrounding the historic oc...
27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (2001) — Dr. Lani Guinier
2.56K Views0 Comments0 Likes
Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier delivers the keynote address for the 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration, on the theme "Confronting the Gap: Building and Sustaining Inclusion." Student spe...
2nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration — Walter J. Leonard (1975)
3.09K Views0 Comments1 Likes
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...
