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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 ...
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...
Rescuing Hubble: Hubble Astronomy Highlights
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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...
Common Threads: The Evolving Student Experience at MIT
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Common Threads: The Evolving Student Experience at MIT presents an exciting overview of MIT's changing public face and the growing diversity of its student body. Drawing upon interviews with MIT presidents, professors...
Storied Women of MIT: Margaret Hamilton
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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 ...
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...
Illuminating Passion: 50 Years of Jazz at MIT
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MIT Music and Theater Arts is celebrating the golden anniversary of its jazz program this spring with an exhibit in the Lewis Music Library, panel discussions with jazz artists and alumni, and a gala concert. MIT's j...
Storied Women of MIT: Kristala L. Jones Prather
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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:...
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...
Storied Women of MIT: Dina Katabi
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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:...
