THE FELLOWS SERIES
01/25/2010 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – A Talk by Aseem Inam Based on professional practice and scholarly research, this workshop will present ideas about how cities are designed and built, and the values that underlie the city-building process. Using illustrative examples and case studies, the workshop will offer alternative sets of values that can transform cities in fundamental ways.
THE FELLOWS SERIES
01/19/2010 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Lessons from Poverty, Violence, and Native America A Talk by Sousan Abadian The stories we tell ourselves and our communities can generate suffering and block us from leading the lives we say we want. We will explore how such toxic narratives are viral in nature, how we become susceptible to their influence, and how they […]
ETHICS AND THE ECONOMY (DECEMBER 2009)
12/03/2009 @ 6:00 pm – A Talk by Daniel Goleman Introduced by Deborah Ancona Respondent: Gregory Norris Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 […]
Ethics and the Making of Cities
11/20/2009 @ 6:00 pm – Dr. Aseem Inam has practiced as an architect, urban designer and planner in Los Angeles, Montreal, Mumbai, New Delhi, Paris, St. Louis, and Washington DC. Most recently, he led multidisciplinary teams on urbanist initiatives in the Caribbean, California, and on the U.S.-Mexico border. Early in his career, he created and lead the rural habitat development […]
Sin Nombre – a FREE screening and Q&A with director Cary Fukunaga
11/04/2009 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Making its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Sin Nombre is an epic dramatic thriller from award-winning director Cary Fukunaga. Seeking the promise of America, a beautiful young Honduran woman, Sayra (Paulina Gaytan), joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to […]
Becoming an Extraordinary Leader: Transforming Yourself to Transform Others
10/19/2009 @ All Day – [Enrollment closed] Co-sponsor: MIT Sloan School of Management
ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (OCTOBER 2009)
10/07/2009 @ 6:30 pm – Speakers: Sallie W. (Penny) Chisholm, Kerry A. Emanuel, Edward DeLong (Event is open to MIT Community Only) Sallie W. (Penny) Chisholm Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies Professor of Biology Kerry A. Emanuel Professor of Atmospheric Science PAOC Director Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Edward DeLong […]
ETHICS AND ENGINEERING
10/07/2009 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics Speaker: Professor Troy Duster, New York University Troy Duster is a Professor of Sociology at New York University. Having received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Northwestern University and M.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Duster’s area of research and interest include, sociology of science; […]
ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (OCTOBER 2009)
10/02/2009 @ 6:00 pm – Speakers: Dara Entekhabi, Edward DeLong Dara Entekhabi Director, Earth System Initiative Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesDirector, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering Edward DeLong Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Division of Biological Engineering
