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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 ...
Storied Women of MIT: Susan Hockfield
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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 New...
The BICEP2 Results And What They Mean: Alan Gurth
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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 ...
Inauguration of MIT’s 15th President, Dr. Charles M. Vest (1991)
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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 ...
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...
Atmosphere as an Intersection Part 1
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A series of lectures that each focus on the atmosphere’s interaction with a different component of the Earth system. Recorded 28 January 2013.
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...
Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring through Music
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This 30-minute documentary features the March 2012 premiere of "Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring through Music," by composer Jamshied Sharifi ‘83. Commissioned by MIT Music and Theater Arts, with funding from the M...
UROP Profile: Kamena Kostova
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MIT undergraduate student Kamena Kostova shares her research experience at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Published on June 12, 2012. MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) cul...
Rescuing Hubble: Introduction
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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...
