From: MIT TechTV on Tue, May 24 2011 3:57 PM

In 1916, MIT crossed the river from its original location in Boston’s Back Bay to Cambridge, taking up residence on the banks of the Charles. Since then, generations of students have trekked across the bridge, including Oliver Smoot and his fraternity brothers, who left their indelible mark alon...

From: MIT TechTV on Tue, May 24 2011 3:57 PM

May 4, 2011

From: MIT TechTV on Sat, May 21 2011 6:10 AM

Dr. Kirill Korolev, 2010–2013 Pappalardo Fellow (Soft Condensed Matter Theory & Biophysics) The evolution of natural populations involves more than mutations followed by natural selection—the reshuffling of genes during genetic recombination, stochasticity, and spatial migrations are also import...

From: MIT TechTV on Sat, May 21 2011 6:10 AM

From its founding, MIT has been an engine of both local and global economic growth, playing a key role in the creation of thousands of companies and millions of jobs. More recently, MIT sits at the center of an entrepreneurial boom due to an "entrepreneurial ecosystem"—an informal network of gro...

From: MIT TechTV on Sat, May 21 2011 6:10 AM

Dr. Mustafa Amin, 2008–2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Theoretical Astrophysics) Inflation, a period of accelerated expansion in the very early Universe, provides an elegant explanation for the observed spatial flatness of our universe. It also provides a robust mechanismfor generating the observed in...

From: MIT TechTV on Sat, May 21 2011 6:10 AM

Dr. Fa Wang, 2009–2012 Pappalardo Fellow (Hard Condensed Matter Theory)In superconductors, electrons form pairs that can transport electricity without dissipation. This pairing requires attraction between electrons while the fundamental interaction between them is Coulomb repulsion. In conventio...

From: MIT TechTV on Sat, May 21 2011 6:10 AM

Dr. Lu Li, 2008–2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Condensed Matter Experiment)Like silicon in computer chips, interfaces between complex oxides are potential candidates for new functional electronics. Some interfaces between insulating oxides are conductive, and even superconducting. Transistors based on ...

From: MIT TechTV on Sat, May 21 2011 6:10 AM

Dr. James Battat, 2008–2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Dark Matter & Neutrino Physics)The Standard Model of particle physics cannot account for 80% of the matter in the Universe. This mystery looms large over physics, and has stimulated an international program to identify dark matter. In traditional di...

From: MIT TechTV on Sat, May 21 2011 6:10 AM

Nancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology, talks about her life in biology, in a talk called "48 Years of Molecular Biology: 1963-2011." Part of the Conversations with Scientists series sponsored by the MIT Department of Biology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

From: MIT TechTV on Thu, May 19 2011 11:46 PM

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 intellectual openness, as well as to increasing the numbers of women and underrepresented...

From: MIT TechTV on Wed, May 18 2011 6:08 PM

2011 has seen a wave of popular protests threaten authoritarian regimes around the world. Protests in Tunisia removed a much-loathed dictatorship, and the occupation of Tahrir Square in Cairo promises to reshape the government of Egypt. Even in countries where protests are unlikely to unseat ent...

From: MIT TechTV on Wed, May 18 2011 6:08 PM

LGO Web Seminar Series Leon Glicksman, Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering, MIT Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in Buildings Presentation Date: May 16, 2011 Abstract Residential and commercial buildings use 40 percent of US energy and over two thirds of our elect...

From: MIT TechTV on Wed, May 18 2011 6:08 PM

Aryeh Neier spoke to the MIT community about the worldwide work of the Open Society Foundations to secure education, health and justice for marginalized people. Aryeh Neier is president of the Open Society Foundations. Prior to joining the Open Society Institute in 1993, he served for 1...

From: MIT TechTV on Wed, May 18 2011 6:08 PM

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 intellectual openness, as well as to increasing the numbers of women and underrepresented...

From: MIT TechTV on Wed, May 18 2011 6:08 PM

Our team of "professors" are ready to answer your questions! Play games and demonstrations from Owlchemy Labs, Fire Hose Games, Gradient Studios, SCVNGR, Zynga - Boston, the MIT Media Lab, and the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab. Also look for other pros wandering the halls.Brain Surgery: Artifici...

From: MIT TechTV on Tue, May 17 2011 3:52 PM

From: MIT TechTV on Tue, May 17 2011 3:51 PM

"Reflections on an MIT Education" A colloquium sponsored by MIT’s School of Science and School of Engineering. Featured speaker, A. Neil Pappalardo '64 introduced by MIT President Susan Hockfield, shares his story with MIT graduates in the hope that it will give them “an idea of t...

From: MIT TechTV on Tue, May 17 2011 3:51 PM

* Peter H. Diamandis '83 SM '88, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, X PRIZE Foundation; Chief Executive Officer, Zero Gravity Corporation; Chairman and Co-Founder, Rocket Racing League; Co-Founder and Director, Space Adventures; Co-Founder, International Space University

From: MIT TechTV on Tue, May 17 2011 3:51 PM

From: MIT TechTV on Tue, May 17 2011 3:51 PM