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Past Seminars

10/16/2012
Myths of "Modern" Human Origins (G)
John Shea, Professor, Department of Anthropology Stony Brook University
10/11/2012
The Artificial Leaf
Daniel Nocera, The Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry, MIT
10/9/2012
How we became oily people. The politics of petro policy
Lisa Margonelli, Director, Energy Policy Initiative; Senior Research Fellow, New America in California
10/2/2012
Matthew Wilson
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9/27/2012
Knight Seminar
Mitch Resnick, MIT Media Laboratory
*Knight Fellows only
9/25/2012
Sustainable Digital Ecology
Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Toshiba Professor of Media Arts & Science
*Knight Fellows only
9/20/2012
Functional Specialization in the Human Brain
Nancy Kanwisher, Walter A Rosenblith Professor
9/18/2012
Knight Seminar
Sara Seager, Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science and Physics, MIT
PLEASE NOTE: 4PM START TIME!
9/13/2012
Planet Earth: Bacteria & More Bacteria
Roberto Kolter, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School
9/11/2012
Science News and The Flash Mob
Lee Hotz, Wall Street Journal
5/10/2012
Addiction by design
Natasha Schull, Cultural Anthropologist with MIT's Program in Science, Technology and Society.
5/8/2012
Steven Shapin, Harvard University
Steven Shapin, Harvard University
5/3/2012
Why do we still use a keyboard and mouse to interact with digital information?
Pattie Maes, Associate Professor of Media Technology, MIT Media Lab.
Please note: Fellows only! Arrive at Knight office at 3:15pm for 3:30pm start at Maes's lab.
 
5/1/2012
MCZ Tour with Farish Jenkins
Farish Jenkins, Harvard University
Fellows only
4/26/2012
The Chandra space telecope and tour of the control center
Claude Canizares, MIT Professor of Physics, and Associate Director for MIT of the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center.
Please note: Fellows only! Arrive at Knight office at 3:15pm for 3:30pm start at Chandra Center.