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The BICEP2 Results and What They Mean: Max Tegmark
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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 ...
MIT in Service
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"The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century." This 13 minute video provides...
Infinite History Interview: Charles M. Vest
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Charles M. Vest MIT President 1990–2004 MIT Corporation life member Professor of Mechanical Engineering President, National Academy of Engineering 2007–2013 Charles M. Vest was a professor of mechanical engineering a...
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...
Turn Your Invention into a Start-Up
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You’ve invented something really cool. Now, can you protect it and create a company around it? Christopher Noble, Technology Licensing Officer of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, explains how and when to file a pa...
UROP Profile: Prashanth Venkataram
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MIT undergraduate Prashanth Venkataram models a new class of material: the photonic crystal. Published on March 27, 2013. MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) cultivates and supports research par...
The BICEP2 Results and What They Mean: John Kovac
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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 ...
Storied Women of MIT: Ellen Swallow Richards
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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: MIT Mus...
Rescuing Hubble: The Public and Political Reaction to Hubble’s Problems, John Logsdon
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented the symposium Rescuing Hubble, on Wednesday, November 13, 2...
A. Neil Pappalardo — Reflections on an MIT Education (2008)
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A. Neil Pappalardo '64 shares his life story during an inspirational 2008 talk titled "Reflections on an MIT Education." Introduced by MIT President Susan Hockfield, Pappalardo explains the lessons he learned at MIT a...
