Archived Programs
Subways, Not Submarines: Reviving Federal Investment in Public Transportation
Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 10:00am
Speakers
Three-term governor of Massachusetts;1988 Democratic nominee for president of the United States; Distinguished Professor Political Science, Northeastern University
Fred Salvucci
Departments Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urban Studies and Planning, MIT
Former Secretary of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Climate Change: Ethics in Action
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 5:15pm
Speakers
Elizabeth Wood
MIT Professor of History and Life-Long Meditator
Join us for a 50-minute Hack Your Mind session on Tuesday, November 15.
We’ve all experienced the sense of flow when life goes easily and with grace. Yet we are bombarded with emails and demands on our time pulling us in a million directions. New studies are... Read more
Nuclear Weapons, The Environment and the US Presidential Election
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 7:00pm
Speakers
Kerry Emanuel
Cecil and Ida Green Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
R.Scott Kemp
Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
James Walsh
Security Studies Program, MIT
The planet has two existential threats-nuclear weapons and global climate change. The question of how they are handled should be central to the... Read more
Decision-Making from the Soul - Session 2
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 7:00pm
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