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Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds — Prof. Sara Seager

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For thousands of years people have wondered, "Are we alone?" With over 400 planets discovered to orbit nearby stars, the existence of "exoplanets" is firmly established. Astronomers are now able to routinely measure p...

The Economics and Politics of Brexit

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IAP Economics 2017 "The Economics and Politics of Brexit" John Van Reenan January 20, 2017

Storied Women of MIT: Maria Zuber

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Storied Women of MIT is a series of 60-second historical profiles of MIT students, researchers, and staff that demonstrates the role of women at the Institute from its founding to today. Images/footage courtesy of:...

MIT OpenCourseWare Press Conference (April 4, 2001)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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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 ...

Charles M. Vest Presidential Press Conference

Teaching Excellence at MIT 11 years ago

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Press conference on behalf of the MIT Corporation, announcing the Presidency of Charles M. Vest. Recorded June 18, 1990.

The BICEP2 Results and What They Mean: John Kovac

Teaching Excellence at MIT 11 years ago

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Alan Guth (MIT), Scott Hughes (MIT), John Kovac (Harvard), and Max Tegmark (MIT) joined in an event to discuss the results of BICEP2, and the background for understanding the results and their implications. Recorded ...

Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases

Teaching Excellence at MIT 10 years ago

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IAP 2014: January 16 Lecture by Martin Zwierlein MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms

Storied Women of MIT: Li Fu Lee

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Storied Women of MIT is a series of 60-second historical profiles of MIT students, researchers, and staff that demonstrates the role of women at the Institute from its founding to today. Images courtesy of: Amy Kua...

The Five Questions to Ask Before Building a Startup

Teaching Excellence at MIT 11 years ago

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IAP 2014: January 13 Colin Kennedy, Elliot Cohen You’re at MIT; you're smart, driven, and creative: all the ingredients to build a startup and change the world. A year after you take the plunge, you’ll look back at ...