Volume 49 – Number 22 Wednesday – March 30, 2005 TechTalk S ERVING T HE M I T C OMMUNITY Students in Africa get web link to MIT labs Janet Wasserstein Office of Foundation Relations

Students in Uganda, Tanzania and Nigeria can now perform sophisticated engineering and science experiments at MIT—without ever getting on a plane. “If you can’t come to the lab, the lab will come to you,” said Jesus del Alamo, co-principal investigator on the Africa proj- ect and a professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Students at three African universities will be able to access five MIT labs via the Internet, thanks to an iLab Project part- nership between MIT’s Center for Educa- tional Computing Initiatives (CECI), Mak- erere University (Uganda), the University of Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) and Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria). MIT faculty will work closely with their PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY African colleagues to introduce new labo- Christopher Banks of Baton Rouge, La., right, examines the workings of a disposable camera under the watchful eye of mechanical engi- ratory experiences and develop new con- neering Professor Martin Culpepper, during a ‘Take-Apart Learning’ workshop for high school students held March 24. The workshop was tent in several graduate and undergradu- part of ‘Engineering at MIT Is Fun Day,’ an event hosted in association with the National Society of Black Engineers convention. ate courses in fields ranging from electri- cal engineering to physics. “These additions to the curriculum will directly impact the education of hundreds of students,” said del Alamo. “The project is likely to have multiplicative effects that MIT builds bridges will add to its impact. This may come in the form of revamped curricula, students acquiring unique software engineering skills, and the broader use of computers to black engineers by students and teaching staff in engineer- ing education.” Professor L.O. Kehinde, coordinator Helps make NSBE convention a success of the iLab project at Obafemi Awolowo University said, “With the dearth of funds Becky Schneck “Empowering the World…One Engineer for the purchase of equipment for experi- MLOG Program, at a Time.” mentation, the iLab project is an important Center for Transportation and Logistics As its mission statement reads, NSBE’s intervention for African universities. Not purpose is “to increase the number of cul- only will it afford better access by more turally responsible black engineers who students to relevant experiments, it cer- Thousands of people from across the excel academically, succeed profession- tainly will also result in human and infra- country flocked to Boston last week for ally and positively impact the community.” structural development in partner African the 31st annual National Society of Black During the event that ran from March 23 universities.” Engineers Convention. Among the more through March 27, the society held true to The iLab project is an outgrowth of than 10,000 conference attendees packed its goals, offering an extensive list of pro- the Microelectronics WebLab, which into Hynes Convention Center were doz- fessional workshops, collegiate seminars PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY ens of MIT students, alumni, faculty and Student Jeremy Gilmore of Baton Rouge, See ILAB staff who dedicated their time and energy See ENGINEERS La., quickly discovers how a disposable Page 6 to the five-day event, which was themed Page 4 camera works during the workshop. D.C. trip focuses on resolving environmental disputes Sarah H. Wright resolving science-intensive environmental gram. The partnership is known as the graduate students Peter Brandenburg, News Office disputes to members of the Bush adminis- MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative, Anna Brown, Lindsay Campbell, Jennifer tration in Washington, D.C. or MUSIC. Peyser (project manager) and Basilia Yao. The MIT group, comprised of five stu- The group’s two-day Washington visit Each MUSIC group member will dis- Even as friends and foes of the Cape dents and one faculty member, is visiting is led by Herman Karl, co-director of cuss possible ways of applying the pro- and Islands Wind Farm Project prepare the Department of the Interior today. All MUSIC and a USGS Senior Scientist on gram’s consensus-building process known to revisit —and re-argue—the offshore six are participants in an MIT-based part- loan to MIT. The other co-director is Law- as “joint fact-finding.” This is a set of tech- turbines’ potential impact on Nantucket nership between the Department of Urban rence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban See TRIP Sound, participants in an innovative MIT Studies and Planning (DUSP) and the U.S. and Environmental Planning. The MUSIC program will present new strategies for Geological Survey’s Science Impact pro- interns making presentations are DUSP Page 6 NEWS PEOPLE ARTS

HOUSING ASSISTANCE TRANSLATOR HONORED AN OPEN ‘MIND’ A proposal outlined at the most recent faculty Ann Snodgrass of the Program in Writing and Film director Michel Gondry, who won an Oscar for meeting would help mitigate the high cost of housing Humanistic Studies has won a prestigious award from ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’ will discuss for faculty members. the Academy of American Poets. his work Tuesday. Page 5 Page 2 Page 7

READY FOR PRIME TIME FAMILY TIME TAPPING INTO SUCCESS The Inauguration Committee has announced its President Susan Hockfield and her family share their A performance this weekend highlights Dianne plans for President Susan Hockfield’s big day. favorite music on WMBR-FM. Walker, a pioneer in the resurgence of tap dance. Page 5 Page 3 Page 7 PAGE 2 March 30, 2005 PEOPLE MIT Tech Talk Kaiser, Sipser to head departments

Elizabeth Thomson the next five years,” said Dean of Science from MIT in 1987. News Office Robert J. Silbey in a letter to biology fac- Michael Sipser is a theoretical com- ulty and staff announcing the appoint- puter scientist recognized for his work on ment. complexity theory, automata and language Professor Chris Kaiser of the Depart- Kaiser succeeds Professor Robert theory, and algorithms. He is the author of ment of Biology and Professor Michael Sauer, who held the post for five years. the widely used textbook “Introduction to Sipser of the Department of Mathematics Silbey, the Class of ’42 Professor of the Theory of Computation.” have been named heads of their respective Chemistry, noted Sauer’s “leadership “Mike combines outstanding accom- departments. and dedication to the department…. plishments in mathematics with excellent Chris Kaiser Michael Sipser Kaiser is a leader in using yeast as a Bob has been a strong advocate for the intellectual and educational leadership,” model organism to study cell biological needs of the department, and he has Silbey said in a letter to math faculty and Sipser has been on the faculty of MIT processes. He has devised genetic and bio- been a great supporter of intellectual staff. “He was enthusiastically recom- since 1980; he was Chairman of Applied chemical systems to dissect the molecular and scholarly excellence in the School mended by the Mathematics Head Search Mathematics from 1998 to 2000. He mechanisms for intracellular trafficking of of Science.” Committee.” received his undergraduate degree in proteins. His research program has been Kaiser joined the MIT faculty in 1991 as Sipser succeeds Professor David Vogan mathematics from Cornell University and recognized with Markey Scholarship and an assistant professor of biology. In 1996 as department head; Vogan held the posi- earned his Ph.D. from the University of Searle Scholarship awards. he was promoted to associate professor, tion for five years. “David has been a truly California at Berkeley in 1979. “I am confident that Chris will make and in 2002 he became a full professor. He outstanding department head who has Sipser’s and Kaiser’s appointments as an outstanding head of biology, and I holds a B.S. in biochemistry from Harvard served both the department and the Insti- department heads were effective July 1, look forward to working with him over University and earned a Ph.D. in biology tute very well,” Silbey said. 2004. Poetry translator lauded

Sarah H. Wright plumbs it, means more than emotions recalled News Office in tranquility. It has moral implications, which might not be transferable to the American envi- ronment. An MIT translator specializing in the work of an Ital- “What’s at stake historically is very dif- ian poet once called the “czar of the blush” has received ferent. In the United States, distortions of the 2004 Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship from the Academy memory may be less problematic. Americans of American Poets for an English edition of his selected believe in self-creation, in inventing and re- poems. inventing their own narratives. For Sereni, Ann Snodgrass, a poet and essayist in her own right, there’s an obligation to memory; it’s about began translating Vittorio Sereni, a postwar Italian poet, 12 identifying the particular character of a his- years ago. She has been a technical instructor in the Pro- torical moment. Memory is access to history,” gram in Writing and Humanistic Studies since 1998. Snodgrass said. A sense of scrupulous conscientiousness in Sereni’s The actual work of translating the “fierce work prompted the “czar” reference. He was a “poet of intimacy of Sereni’s private voice” from Italian rigorous moral interrogation whose work shows how the to English, Snodgrass said, “gave way to the pressure from historical events somehow brands personal inclusiveness of his language. His poems pos- memory,” Snodgrass said. sess a roving worldliness; their humanity is uni- Sereni’s life (1913–1983) spanned devastating events versal.” in European and Italian history, including two world wars, Snodgrass has received awards from the PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY and he spent two years as a prisoner of war in Algeria. A Fulbright Foundation, the PEN American Cen- Poet and essayist Ann Snodgrass of MIT’s Program in Writing and poet, teacher and editor, Sereni was a leader in the “linea ter and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery, among Humanistic Studies has received a fellowship to support her translation lombarda” movement, which promoted restoring a sense many others. Her poems and translations have work on the poems of Vittorio Sereni, a postwar Italian poet. of dignity to the daily, among other things. His books appeared in the New Republic, Paris Review, include “Diario d’Algeria” (1947) and “Stella Variabile” Partisan Review, Poetry, Grand Street, Harvard Review Amelia Rosselli,” appeared in 2001. (Wandering Star) (1981). and American Poetry Review, among other national maga- The Raiziss/de Palchi prize comes from the Raiziss/de “There is a clear sense of trajectory between his first zines. Palchi Translation Awards Fund, which was established and final books toward a more questioning approach. He “Portal,” a book of Snodgrass’ poems, was published by a bequest to the New York Community Trust by Sonia became increasingly concerned with fluctuations and dis- in 2002 and “The Hippopotamus,” her translations of the Raiziss Giop. The fellowship will provide Snodgrass with tortions of memory,” said Snodgrass. early poems of Luciano Erba, appeared in 2003. Her book $20,000 and a six-week residency at the American Acad- She is quick to point out that memory, as Sereni of critical essays, “Knowing Noise: The English Poems of emy in Rome. Lynwood S. Bryant dies; history professor was 96

Sarah H. Wright Bryant, a native of Keene, N.H., came Bryant as a beautiful writer, a great scholar Working with Dolly and with the late Louis News Office to MIT in 1937 after teaching at the Rox- and a kind presence, full of interesting sto- Hunter’s family and friends, he helped to bury Latin School in Boston. A member ries about MIT and his other colleagues in develop the third volume of Hunter’s “A of the English and History Department the history of technology,” says Rosalind History of Industrial Power in the United Lynwood Silvester Bryant, a professor of (later the Humanities Department) until Williams, director of MIT’s Program in States, 1780-1930.” history, emeritus, whose research focused his retirement in 1975, Bryant taught Science, Technology and Society and cur- He was active in Sandwich, participating on the early inventors of the internal com- courses in constitutional law, the history rent president of SHOT. in local boards, committees and activities. He bustion engine, died of the American West and the history of While at MIT, Bryant maintained his took part in the Over-the-Hill Hikers, Sand- after a brief illness the automobile, among other things. active interest in drama, especially the wich Players and various musical activities. on March 16, 2005. During the 1960s and 1970s, Bryant’s works of George Bernard Shaw. He and Bryant graduated from the Mount Her- He was 96. articles on the early inventors and develop- his wife, the former Louise “Dolly” Gra- mon School and received A.B. and A.M. Philip Khoury, ment of heat, diesel and automobile engines ham, served as the first housemasters of degrees from Harvard University. He mar- Dean of the School appeared in such significant publications as McCormick Hall from 1963 to 1967. ried Dolly Graham in 1939. of Humanities, Arts, Scientific American. He was an early par- Charles Stewart, current housemaster He is survived by his wife; his twin and Social Sciences ticipant in the Society for the History of of McCormick Hall and head of the Politi- sister, Laura B. Wyman of Dennis Port, and a professor of Technology (SHOT), writing reviews for the cal Science Department, said, “We run into Mass.; his son, Peter of Denver; two history said, “Profes- society’s journal, Technology and Culture, alumnae all the time who have fond mem- daughters, Susan Bryant-Kimball and her sor Bryant was great- and publishing his own papers in it. ories of McCormick in the earliest days, husband, Chip Kimball ’72, of Sandwich, ly admired by his fac- After retiring from MIT, Bryant spent and who especially remember the welcom- and Emily Bryant of Orford, N.H.; four ulty colleagues in the two years as a senior resident scholar at ing atmosphere created by Lynwood and grandchildren; and many nieces and neph- Lynwood Bryant MIT humanities. He the Hagley Foundation in Delaware. There Dolly Bryant.” ews. He was predeceased by his brother was an accomplished he taught a memorable seminar, “The Bryant retired finally to his summer Royal and his sister Elinore. generalist, and his teaching and scholarship Automobile in America,” and served as home, an 1800s-era miller’s house on Memorial contributions may be made to in the history of technology anticipated the mentor and advisor to the next generation Bearcamp Pond in East Sandwich, N.H. He the East Sandwich Meeting House and Cem- Program in Science, Technology, and Soci- of historians of technology. continued his research and writing, with etery Association, c/o Gerry Hambrook, 196 ety, founded just after he retired.” “Many of them remember Lynwood occasional trips to England and Germany. Vittum Hill Road, Sandwich, NH 03227.

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AWARDS & HONORS Profs take on national roles Two graduate students in electri- cal engineering and computer sci- Sarah H. Wright W i l l i a m s ence have won Microsoft Research News Office is the author Fellowships, awarded by Microsoft of “Dream Corp. annually. Ce Liu and Adi Aka- Worlds: Mass via are among 12 Fellows for 2006-07 Two professors in the School of the Consumption selected from 133 applicants from the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and in Late Nine- United States and Canada. The fel- one in the MIT Sloan School are currently teenth-Century lowship pays for tuition and fees and serving as leaders of national associations France” (Uni- provides a stipend of $20,000, plus a in their respective fields. versity of Cali- $2,000 travel allowance for attending Deborah Fitzgerald, professor in the fornia, 1982); conferences and a TabletPC preload- program Science, Technology and Society “Notes on the ed with Microsoft software. In addi- (STS), is president of the Agricultural His- Underground: tion, the Fellows will get to interview tory Society; Rosalind Williams, director of An Essay on STS and Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Technology, for a paid summer internship with the Deborah Fitzgerald JoAnne Yates Rosalind Williams company. Scholarships are awarded Writing, is president of the Society for the Society, and the for two academic years and may be History of Technology; and JoAnne Yates, Imagination” extended up to a maximum of three Sloan Distinguished Professor of Manage- ization of agriculture and food, particularly (MIT Press, 1990), and “Retooling: A His- years. ment in MIT’s Sloan School, is president in 20th century America. She is co-orga- torian Confronts Technological Change” of the Business History Conference, 2004- nizer (with MIT historian Harriet Ritvo) of (MIT Press, 2002), which draws on her J. Kim Vandiver, dean for 2005. the “Modern Times, Rural Places” seminar experiences at MIT. undergraduate research, will Dean Philip S. Khoury of the School series. She is the author of “The Business Yates’ forthcoming book, “Structuring receive the Offshore Technology of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences of Breeding: Hybrid Corn in Illinois, 1890- the Information Age: Life Insurance and Conference Distinguished Individ- described the three women as “outstand- 1920” (Cornell, 1990), and “Yeoman No Technology in the Twentieth Century,” ual Achievement Award for 2005. ing historians of technology and science More: The Industrialization of Agriculture examines the life insurance industry’s The award recognizes Vandiver’s who have been wonderfully honored for in America” (Yale, forthcoming). adoption and use of information technol- numerous “technical breakthroughs their outstanding leadership of their aca- Williams came to MIT in 1980 and has ogy both before and after the arrival of in the dynamics of vortex-induced demic guilds. Each brings true luster to served as Associate Chair of the MIT Fac- computers. She is the author of “Control vibrations that have enhanced the the humanities and social sciences at MIT ulty and as Dean of Students and Under- through Communication: The Rise of Sys- design of structures to withstand and nationally.” graduate Education. She is a cultural histo- tem in American Management” (1989). high ocean currents, enabling the Each professor continues her teaching rian of technology whose current research She also studies contemporary communi- offshore energy industry to pro- and research while providing leadership in uses literary texts of the late 19th and cation and information technology adop- duce oil and gas in progressively professional groups outside MIT. early 20th century to portray the impact of tion and use as they shape and are shaped deeper water.” He will receive the Fitzgerald, who came to MIT in 1988, global transportation and communication by work practices over time. Yates came to award at a ceremony in Houston on focuses in her research on the industrial- systems. MIT in 1980. May 3.

Dr. David J. Perreault, the Emanuel E. Landsman Career Devel- opment Associate Professor of Elec- trical Engineering and Computer Sci- ence, will receive the 2005 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award at the Soci- ety of Automotive Engineers Inter- national’s 2005 World Congress in Detroit on April 12. The Teetor award annually recognizes outstanding engi- neering educators and gives them an opportunity to become acquainted with the automotive and aerospace industries.

Stephen Buchwald, the Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemis- try, was honored at the American Chemical Society National Meeting on March 14 as the author of the greatest number of requested arti- cles in 2004 by CAS’ Science Spot- light service. CAS Science Spotlight is a free web service that identifies the most cited chemistry-related research publications as reflected by the more than 100 million citations found in the journals, patents, conference pro- ceedings and other sources covered by CAS.

MIT Libraries Director Ann Wol- PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY pert has been chosen to receive the Simmons Graduate School of Library MIT President Susan Hockfield, center, enjoys a musical moment with her daughter, Elizabeth Byrne, and her husband, Dr. Thomas and Information Science (GSLIS) Byrne, during the taping of ‘Dinnertime Sampler,’ a music and talk show that will air tonight on WMBR-FM. 2005 Alumni Achievement Award. The award is presented annually to a GSLIS graduate with demonstrated achievement in the library/informa- Tune in on the first family of MIT tion profession—in particular, excel- lence and influence that exceeds the boundary of his or her current posi- Denise Brehm “I was told that people don’t sleep at times during taping. tion. The award committee chose News Office MIT, so I’ve been working on it,” Hock- “There was a time when they tried Wolpert because she “exemplifies field says. to play the song and there was nothing all of the qualifications of someone Is she keeping the family awake “click- on the CD and Susan said, ‘Oh. I guess I deserving the award and has helped MIT’s first family may not be musically ing on the keyboard” at night? he asks. didn’t burn it right.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my and motivated many others in her adventurous, but Susan Hockfield, her hus- “She pretends to be tired when I have God, we’re not gonna have any music!’” profession.” This year’s award will be band and daughter were daring enough to go to sleep,” says 13-year-old Elizabeth said Chemi. “The stuff off air was ridicu- presented at Simmons’ Alumni and to bare just a bit of their private selves to Byrne. lous. I wished they would have said that Professional Development Day on disc jockey Eric Chemi and his listeners “Once Elizabeth’s tucked in, then I get stuff on air. Like, when they were argu- April 1. on “Dinnertime Sampler,” a music and talk to work seriously,” Hockfield says. ing about the music. The dad said, ‘Look, show hosted by the senior on WMBR-FM. What’s a typical day like for the presi- we’ve got this Simon and Garfunkel CD.’ Senior John Velasco has been The interview will air tonight from 6 dent? And she’d say, ‘We’re not gonna play that.’ chosen to receive a Howard R. to 7:30 and will be webcast live at http:// “Oh … radio shows, defending latkes, And the daughter said, ‘Well, we can play Swearer Student Humanitar- www.wmbr.org/?p=listen. taking on the really important tasks at the just one.’” ian Award from Campus Compact, a The show’s format calls for Chemi’s Institute,” replies Hockfield, who said she On air, Hockfield says no to “Mrs. Rob- national organization that supports guests to share favorite songs and talk gets about 100 e-mails a day—“very few of inson” and Elizabeth puts her foot down community service in higher educa- about the music, but Chemi’s peripatetic them junk.” against “Scarborough Fair” and “Bridge tion. Velasco, who was nominated by style takes the conversation down a mean- When Byrne insists on playing a song Over Troubled Water.” President Susan Hockfield, is being dering path, revealing something about by New Age Irish singer/composer Enya, “We’re playing ‘Cecilia’” says Hockfield. honored for his iMath program, the family dynamic. his wife and daughter acquiesce, but not “They came in really serious and, like, which he developed to help eighth- After playing “Titles,” the theme song without a few good-natured barbs. “It’s so set the ground rules and stuff. Then, after graders understand math via the from “Chariots of Fire” (“one of our favor- repetitive,” Hockfield says during the tune. they figured out what kinds of questions I Internet. Velasco will receive $1,500 ite, favorite songs of all time and favorite When the second Enya tune starts up, she was gonna ask, they relaxed,” said Chemi, for iMath. The award will be pre- movies of all time,” says Hockfield’s hus- pushes the stop button and says, “I think whose questions include: Do you get a sented at a ceremony in Portland, band, Dr. Thomas Byrne) and some Paul that’s just about enough of that, thank you ride to work when it snows? Do you elbow Ore., in April. Simon “travel music,” Chemi asks Hock- very much.” people out of your way in the Infinite Cor- field if she’s been getting enough sleep In an interview afterward, Chemi said ridor? What do you do on weekends? since coming to MIT in December. that his heart nearly stopped a couple of Tune in tonight for the answers. PAGE 4 March 30, 2005 NEWS MIT Tech Talk MIT to honor Daley for greening city Sarah H. Wright Daley’s other achievements in urban News Office design and building include Millennium Park, with its green roof adorned by a Frank Gehry bandshell, the LEED-Plati- Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, num Chicago Center for Green Technol- nationally known for programs to raise lit- ogy, Greencorps Chicago and Northerly eracy and lower crime, has been awarded Island Park. MIT’s 2005 Kevin Lynch Award for his Chicago’s example and vision, among innovative, even dramatic measures for others, will be the focus of the Lynch greening the Windy City. panel, “Greening the 21st Century.” Den- Daley will receive the Lynch Award nis Frenchman, chair of the Joint program on Thursday, April 7, at a reception and in City design and Development, will mod- ceremony beginning at 5:30 p.m. in MIT’s erate the discussion among panelists Hill- Stata Center Room 123. A symposium ary Brown, founder of New York City’s on “Greening the 21st Century City” will Office of Sustainable Development; Robert follow the presentation at 7 p.m. All the Campbell, Pulitzer Prize-winning design Lynch Award events are free critic for the Boston Globe and and open to the public. Doug Foy, the Massachusetts Adèle Naudé Santos, dean Secretary of Commonwealth of the School of Architecture, Development and former praised Daley’s “strong envi- President of the Conservation ronmental leadership” in her Law Foundation. letter notifying him he had Daley, who is currently won the prestigious award, completing his fifth consecu- which honors “outstanding tive term as mayor, will discuss contributions” to the relation- the rewards and challenges of ship between an urban place careers in public service with and the people who use it. MIT students on April 8th. Through his efforts, a “sus- The Kevin Lynch Award tainable landscaping industry carries an honorarium and has grown around the city’s is administered by MIT’s green initiatives, demonstrat- Department of Urban Stud- ing to other cities not only the Richard M. Daley ies and Planning and the joint social benefits of such a strat- program in City Design and egy, but also the economic advantages,” Development. Lynch (B.C.P. 1947) died in Santos said. 1984. A native of Chicago, he was an urban Lawrence Vale, head of the department designer and the author of seminal works of urban studies and planning and a Chi- in the field of urban planning, particularly cago native, noted the impact of Daley’s the pioneering “The Image of the City,” green initiatives. published in 1960. His other books include “As a child growing up in Chicago, “Site Planning, “Good City Form,” and the only green thing I remember was the “What Time Is This Place?” glowing dye in the Chicago River on St. Lynch served as a member of the fac- Patrick’s Day. Now, through both parks ulty of the MIT School of Architecture and PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY improvements and green energy-saving Planning for 30 years. He helped to devel- technologies, Chicago has exerted nation- op the Department of Urban Studies and Beyond cool al leadership in this area. Our hope is that Planning into one of the most renowned the Kevin Lynch Award will serve to fur- in the world. In 1988, family, friends and Ultra-cold forms of matter and recent advances in that field were the focus of Nobel ther the spotlight on this sort of mayoral colleagues established the award in his laureate Wolfgang Ketterle’s Killian Lecture on March 15. His talk, ‘When Freezing Cold entrepreneurship,” said Vale. memory and funds to support acquisitions Is Not Cold Enough,’ described work that opens a new door to the quantum world Since Daley became mayor, the city has for MIT’s Rotch Library of Architecture where particles behave as waves and ‘march in lockstep.’ Ketterle shared the Nobel planted more than 400,000 trees, created and Planning. Prize in physics in 2001 with two MIT alumni for their discovery of Bose-Einstein con- 100 school campus parks, built 68 miles of For more information, please contact densate, a new form of matter that exists only at ultra-cold temperatures. The slide landscaped street medians and spurred the Paula Anzer, lecturer and special assistant behind Ketterle shows on the left a single Bose-Einstein condensate that, on the right, construction of rooftop gardens on major to the DUSP department head, at 617-253- is cut into two pieces using a laser beam. The Killian Lecture is given each year by the buildings, including Chicago City Hall, the 2024. To make a reservation for the event, winner of the James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award. flagship of Daley’s Green Roofs program. e-mail [email protected]. Bartel named Hughes Institute investigator Professor David Bartel of biology and the years. Currently there are about 300 HHMI interrupting a gene’s ability to produce protein. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is investigators in the United States. It wasn’t until 2000 that scientists were aware among 43 scientists around the country named HHMI investigators remain at their origi- that these molecules existed in humans. Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators nal institutions, but HHMI pays their salaries as shown in a recent Cell paper, Bartel and col- on March 21. and funds the bulk of their research. Emphasis leagues have found that more than one third of He joins 11 other MIT faculty members with is placed on the researcher’s overall scientific the human genes are at least partially controlled that title. track record rather than on individual projects. by microRNAs. And, Bartel said, that number is A medical research organization, HHMI “That’s really the dream of every scientist—to a conservative estimate. chooses investigators based on their potential have that support to do what you think is most “What HHMI is really doing is honoring and to make significant contributions to science. exciting regardless of the risk,” Bartel said. endorsing my whole lab,” Bartel said. “It isn’t Becoming an HHMI investigator isn’t easy. Bartel’s research concerns microRNAs, mainly me, but the work of all the students, Some 320 U.S. scientists were nominated this molecules that play an active role in regulating postdocs and others, plus our collaborators, who David Bartel year, and competitions only occur every few the genomes of both plants and mammals by have made our lab what it is.” ENGINEERS Reid wins

Continued from Page 1 than 20 departments across the Insti- campus to participate in design workshops tute worked together for months to pre- that had them working with everything Golden Torch and networking opportunities for every pare for the conference. While separate from electric screwdrivers to LEGOS. The National Society of Black Engi- level of engineer from technical profes- departments at MIT have participated in MIT also provided them with admissions neers saluted Karl Reid, executive director sionals to soon-to-be college graduates to past NSBE conferences, this year’s event and career services seminars, as well as of Special Programs for the School of Engi- current high school students. marked the first time so many depart- campus tours. neering, on Thursday, March 24, naming With so many past, present and future ments worked together to create a large, College and graduate students were him the Minority Engineering Programs black engineers gathered in one place, unified presence. “Concerted, collabora- introduced to the opportunities open to Director of the Year during its convention MIT wanted to exhibit a strong presence tive recruitment efforts like this are bound them at MIT through sessions and panels at Boston’s Hynes Convention Center. at the conference being held just across to have positive impact on MIT’s diversity run by the Institute’s faculty and staff. On The 13 winners of the society’s Golden the river. as engineers in training think about where Thursday, Colbert and Materials Science Torch Awards represented the technical “We wanted to seize this opportunity,” to pursue the next degree,” said Dean for Professor Sam Allen spoke to a packed professions, corporate leadership, govern- said Irene Miller, Manager of Faculty Graduate Studends Isaac Colbert after house in a session entitled “Grad School ment and academia, or university and pre- Diversity Search, School of Engineering. NSBE wrapped up this weekend. 201.” Debra Woog McGinty from the Lead- college arenas. “The Institute wants to develop connec- The result of the collaboration was a ers for Manufacturing Program participat- “It is our way to salute and honor our tions that will bring more blacks through host of events that introduced the oppor- ed in an Engineering and Business Edu- awardees, not only for their personal the pipeline to study, to teach and to con- tunities at MIT to thousands of future cation Panel on Friday, and on Saturday, achievements and dedication to the field tribute to MIT in various roles. This con- engineers. For high school students, MIT the director of the Engineering Systems of engineering, but also for acting as stan- ference gave us the chance to do that.” sponsored a day-long experience in con- Division, Professor Daniel Hastings, spoke dard bearers for those who will walk in Showing their dedication to this goal, junction with NSBE entitled “Engineer- on “Diversity, Leadership and the Future their shoes,” said Carl Mack, the society’s faculty, staff and students from more ing at MIT is Fun.” The students came to of Engineering Education.” new executive director. MIT Tech Talk NEWS March 30, 2005 PAGE 5 Help with housing proposed for faculty Sasha Brown 2003, but its recommendations were tabled purchasing a home. The interest rate would The documents on the proposal will be News Office after budgetary issues surfaced. stay locked at the lowest rate the IRS allows, available online for 30 days for review and Last summer, a second committee con- currently around 4.5 percent. The up to input at: web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/ vened. Taking the recommendations of the $300,000 loan is payable over 30 years. HousingReportRev2.pdf. A plan for mitigating the high cost of first committee into consideration, the Ad For junior faculty, many of whom will Also on March 16, the faculty unani- housing for faculty members was pro- Hoc Committee on the Design of the Fac- be first-time homebuyers, there are two mously approved the S.B. in Mechanical posed at the faculty’s monthly meeting on ulty Housing Program developed the plan. programs available. There is a tax efficient, and Ocean Engineering and heard from March 16. Canizares noted that this proposal cannot minimum interest, 10-year loan for $50,000 the Graduate Student Council (GSC) on Provost Robert Brown and Associate be implemented until it has been reviewed to help in the purchase of an approved res- the state of graduate student advising. Provost Claude Canizares presented a by the administration and the corporation. idence. Additionally, there is a no-interest The GSC revealed the results of the 2004 redesigned faculty housing program that “We wanted the changes to be afford- loan of up to $50,000 that can be used for graduate student survey that garnered 50 would significantly enhance the current able, attractive and equitable,” Canizares a downpayment on a qualifying property. percent participation. Housing Assistance Loan Program. Facul- told the roughly 75 faculty members at the The money is repaid over a period of five Though two-thirds of graduate students ty members who bought area homes dur- meeting. Under the plan—a “significant years, with one-fifth of the principal due on are satisfied with the resources available ing or after July 2000 would be eligible for enhancement over the current Housing each anniversary. on campus, and 85 percent are pleased the program, which would provide low- or Assistance Loan Program (HALP),” estab- Qualifying property has to be within a with their advisors, the GSC is hoping for no-interest loans. lished in 1986—newly hired or recently 50-mile radius of MIT and must be the fac- some improvements: greater publicity for In recent years the ratio of median tenured faculty would have four years of ulty member’s principal residence. available resources and a closer relation- housing price to average MIT salary for eligibility. In the first year, the eligibility For all loan programs, the entire balance ship with advisors for the 15 percent who associate professors has spiked, making would extend to July 2000. It would be “a of the loan is due upon sale of the property, found their relationship lacking. it hard to recruit and retain faculty, Brown one-time benefit,” said Canizares. purchase of a second residence or the date “One of the things graduate students said. Two committees were convened to The plan would allow for a tax efficient, on which a faculty member leaves MIT. face is our short time span,” said GSC Vice discuss and dissect available options. The minimum interest, second mortgage pro- “We feel we are offering a very com- President Hector Hernandez. “We need to first committee reported in the summer of gram to assist recently tenured faculty in petitive program,” said Canizares. make sure [this effort] carries on.” James Kelso dies, was Killian aide Sarah H. Wright News Office

James G. Kelso, executive assistant to late MIT Presi- dent James Killian during the late 1950s, died Monday, March 7, at Norwell Knoll Nursing Home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 86. Kelso came to MIT in 1948 as an instructor of history. He was promoted to assistant professor in 1952 and taught U.S. history and economics. He served as a placement officer in 1955 and as executive assistant to President Killian from 1956 to 1959. At the time, Killian praised Kelso’s “broad experience in dealing with students, with industry, with government and with research agencies. His service to the Institute has been very important.” A native of Worcester, N.Y., Kelso lived in Duxbury, Mass., for more than 50 years, devotedly serving town government. He was on the Finance Committee, School Commit- PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY tee, Planning Board, Conservation Commission as well as many other The power of flowers town boards. He served six years as This year’s Daffodil Days Campaign at MIT brought some of the flowers on March 16. Three thousand bou- selectman. “I wish I could have done in more money than ever before, raising more than quets were ordered, and an additional 450 ‘gifts of more,” he once said. $28,500 for the American Cancer Society. Sis hope’ were delivered to patients receiving chemothera- Kelso left MIT in 1963 to pursue DeBordenave and Janet Plotkin of the Women’s py and radiation. Half the gifts went to Massachusetts careers in banking and manage- League, left, and Mike Fahie of Facilities help deliver General Hospital, and half went to Mount Auburn. James Kelso ment. He was appointed execu- tive director of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in 1965. Kelso received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1941 and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Harvard Uni- versity in 1947 and 1953, respectively. Entries sought for visual arts contest Kelso served as a paratrooper in World War II. He made jumps in Sicily, Normandy, Holland and Germany; The submission deadline for the 2005 Schnitzer Prize general. Materials will be accepted from noon–5 p.m. in he held eight battle stars and was awarded the Silver Star in the Visual Arts is Monday, April 4. Three prizes ($1,500, Room W20-429. Forms and guidelines can be downloaded for gallantry in action. He served from 1941 to 1946. $900, $600) will be awarded to registered MIT students at web.mit.edu/saa. He leaves his wife, Dorothy of Duxbury; daughter Debo- based on bodies of work. Each artist must submit a com- The award was established by the Student Art Asso- rah and son-in-law Cliff Pye of Lawrence, Kan.; daughter pleted application form and at least three pieces of original ciation through an endowment from Harold and Arlene Tass and son-in-law George Maentz of Colorado Springs, work or one piece of original work plus visual representa- Schnitzer of Portland, Ore. Schnitzer, a real estate inves- Colo.; daughter Laurie of Duxbury; and son Tony and tions of other originals (to be available for later viewing), tor, graduated from MIT in 1944 with a degree in metal- daughter-in-law Jane of Duxbury. He also leaves five grand- as well as a written personal statement concerning his/ lurgy. Winning entries will be displayed in the Wiesner children and his sister, Elizabeth Caiazza of Worcester, N.Y. her creative interest as it pertains to the works and art in Student Art Gallery from May 13 through June 30.

NEWS YOU CAN USE UnCommon inauguration in works Quarter Century Club you can tell your story. Whether you’re The Inaugural Committee is pleased exhibit will be open each evening on running for a great cause or handing to announce plans for the inauguration Kresge Oval through Saturday, May 7. The MIT Quarter Century Club out water, the MIT community wants to of Susan Hockfield as MIT’s 16th presi- The MIT Symphony Orchestra will per- Induction Ceremony and Luncheon know. Post your own story or read what dent this spring. The inaugural ceremony form Ades, Asyla and Mahler’s Symphony for new members will be held this year other people are doing at the web site’s will be held on Friday, May 6, at 2 p.m. in No. 6 on Thursday, May 5. On Saturday on Monday, April 11, at Morss Hall in new “Cheer for MIT” page: http://web. Killian Court, immediately followed by a evening, the MIT Concert Choir will per- Walker Memorial (Building 50, first mit.edu/marathon. community reception. The ceremony will form at 8 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Fes- floor) beginning at 11:45 a.m. New include greetings, Hockfield’s inaugural tivities will culminate with an UnCommon membership in the club is offered to the address and music composed for the occa- Community Block Party on Saturday, May faculty, administrative, research, sup- Forums on integrity sion by MIT Music and Theater Arts fac- 7, that will include the closing of “White port and service staff who will complete Dean for Undergraduate Education ulty members. Noise/White Light.” 25 years of service with the Institute by Robert P. Redwine and Associate Pro- The theme of the inaugural festivities For more information, visit the inaugu- June 30, 2005. Those who believe they fessor Margery Resnick will host two is “UnCommon|In Common—A Celebra- ral web site at http://web.mit.edu/inau- are eligible but have not yet received an student forums on the issue of academ- tion of MIT,” a reference to the exception- guration. invitation to the luncheon may call the ic integrity. They will be held on Tues- al aspects of MIT’s culture. Uncommon The Inaugural Committee is seeking Quarter Century Club in the Commu- day, April 5, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in but in common are the things MIT peo- volunteers to help with the procession nity Services Office at (617) 253-7914. Room 32-123, and on Wednesday, April ple share. The Inaugural Committee has assembly and the ceremony; members of 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Room 34-101. planned a variety of events to celebrate, the community can sign up via the web- Calling all marathoners! Redwine and Resnick co-chair an ad hoc beginning with the opening on Monday site. Direct questions to Gayle Gallagher committee working to clarify and articu- evening of “White Noise/White Light,” an at [email protected]. Are you planning to participate in late MIT’s expectations and standards interactive exhibit created by MIT Profes- The Inaugural Committee invites all of the Boston Marathon on April 18? Now for academic integrity. sor Meejin Yoon and Matthew Reynolds the MIT community to celebrate In Com- ’98 for the 2004 Athens Olympics. This mon! PAGE 6 March 30, 2005 NEWS MIT Tech Talk TRIP Continued from Page 1 sible for managing motorized off-road vehicles on state forest trails. “I basically niques that participants can use to estab- worked on that every day for 10 years and lish shared understanding of technical never reached a lasting, durable conclu- and scientific issues and methods and to sion,” he said. reach agreement on how to manage gaps He identified the Cape Wind Project as in information. “definitely a case that could use some joint “Most stakeholders involved in envi- fact-finding. A very similar scenario is the ronmental disputes have different lev- decision of whether to drill for oil in the els of scientific understanding, and trust Alaska National Wildlife Refuge.” among stakeholders can erode if each Peyser, the MUSIC project manager, group brings its own scientific resources was inspired by the success of collabora- to support its position, leading to dueling tive decision-making in an Arizona dispute, or competing studies and experts, to a she said; she seized the chance to become breakdown of the policy-making process, project manager in her second year in or worse yet, endless litigation,” said Karl. DUSP. “I saw it as a great opportunity to The MUSIC interns’ presentations will continue working on joint fact-finding both include “A Spectrum of Strategies for Col- in the university setting and potentially in laborative Decision-Making” (Campbell); practice on the ground. “The Six Steps of a Joint Fact-Finding Pro- “MUSIC has great potential to impact cess” (Brown); “Cape Wind Project and how – and with whom – environmental Long Island Power Association: Contrast- decisions are made in this country,” she Professor Jesus del Alamo demonstrates the iLab to staff and students at Obafemi ing Case Studies” (Yao); “Opportunities said. Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, in April 2004. for Integrating Joint Fact-Finding Into the Beginning in September 2005, there will NEPA Process” (Peyser) and “Joint Fact- be four returning and four new MUSIC Finding in the Adaptive Management interns in DUSP. They will be supported Cycle” (Brandenburg). by the National Parks Service, the Fish ILAB Chip Groat, USGS director and a strong and Wildlife Service and the USGS. Continued from Page 1 in iLab-related software and hardware supporter of MUSIC, is heading the pan- development, the cross-cultural values of els of Washington experts that will listen Cape Wind Project meeting was developed by del Alamo in 1998 as a the collaboration between African universi- to the student presentations today and The Cape Wind Project, with its con- way for students to test and probe fragile ties and MIT are immense,” said Kehinde. tomorrow. troversial environmental, economic and microelectronic devices over the Internet “The dedication and the cooperation of aesthetic impact on Nantucket Sound and from dorm rooms and other convenient the iLab coordinators at MIT have been Real-world experience Cape Cod, has been an important case locations 24 hours a day. The success of remarkable.” The MUSIC program was developed at study for participants in MUSIC and pro- that venture spawned the iLab initiative at Professor Steven Lerman, director MIT by Susskind, who has also helped to ponents of joint fact-finding since 2003. MIT to advance the concept to other engi- of MIT’s CECI program and co-principal pioneer the use of joint fact-finding in a After the issuing of the draft environmen- neering disciplines. ILab was embraced investigator of the Africa project, said, range of public policy-making situations. tal impact statement (DEIS) in Novem- and funded by MIT iCampus, a program “Carnegie Corporation recognized the MUSIC interns are required to take a ber 2004, the permitting agency has yet sponsored by Microsoft. potential for bringing leading African yearlong seminar on joint fact-finding and to announce any decision on the project. The iLabs have been used by students institutions together with MIT. We are to work on field-based projects with USGS The delay is widely seen as politically at MIT and from universities in other delighted that this is a real partnership— and other branches of the Department of motivated. countries, including the United Kingdom, institutions in developed and developing the Interior. On April 2, MUSIC will host stakehold- Singapore, Sweden, countries will work The graduate interns in Washington ers in the Cape Wind offshore wind energy Greece and Taiwan. together and learn this week came to MUSIC with practical, proposal to discuss the permitting process New iLabs will be from each other.” if frustrating, experience in the conflict-rid- and possible ways of resolving some of the selected and devel- If you can’t come❞ to the lab, He added, “We den field of environmental planning. scientific issues in dispute. MUSIC interns oped by the African are grateful to Carn- Before starting at MIT, Brown was have prepared a web page (http://scien- partners in collabora- the lab will come to you. egie Corporation for “more focused on international dimen- ceimpact.mit.edu) to portray how citizens tion with MIT. its support and for sions of environment, conflict and develop- might use joint fact-finding. The Africa project, Jesus del Alamo the opportunity their ment.” She worked for Seeds of Peace, an Ali Mostashari, a doctoral candidate in funded by an $800,000 Co-principal investigator funding provides for organization that seeks to build relation- engineering systems, has organized the grant from Carnegie sharing knowledge ships among young people from regions of April 2 meeting. In 2004, as part of his dis- Corp. of New York, between MIT and our conflict and elsewhere. sertation research project on policy design also includes a cultural exchange compo- African colleagues. We hope this project She pointed out that in New England, a in the Cape Wind Project, Mostashari con- nent. MIT will send six undergraduate or will spread among African institutions joint fact-finding process could “help iden- vinced more than 44 representative stake- graduate students to the three African uni- so that more students can perform real tify a way to meet regional energy needs holder organizations to summarize their versities to join their respective iLab devel- experiments and enhance their science by using natural gas. There are environ- views of the offshore wind energy siting opment teams and support their efforts. and engineering education.” mental, social and cultural concerns, safe- and permitting process. This part of the program will be run by iLabs is an initiative of the MIT iCam- ty hazards and economic factors at play. “Pubic hearings are just not sufficient MIT International Science and Technolo- pus program, which is funded by Micro- Communities in Maine, Massachusetts to address the complex projects such as gy Initiatives, which every year sends hun- soft Corp. iCampus sponsors faculty inno- and Rhode Island have been grappling Cape Wind. We have seen how conflict can dreds of MIT students to many countries vations in educational technology, helps with whether to pursue an LNG terminal prolong the permitting process, without around the world. incubate them through classroom use, and in the region—a true case of “not in my improving its substance. The goal of the The African universities will each send promotes their adoption, evaluation and back yard.’” April 2nd workshop is to learn from stake- two graduate students or staff members to continued evolution through worldwide Brandenburg worked for 10 years as a holders in the current permit process how MIT to join MIT’s own iLab effort and learn multi-institutional cooperation (http:// planner and forest and parks manager for it can be improved for future offshore wind iLab technology along the way. The visits icampus.mit.edu/ilabs). the Massachusetts Department of Envi- projects, as well as similar issues such as are scheduled to last about two months. To try one of the labs, go to http://ope- ronmental Management; he was respon- siting of LNG facilities,” Mostashari said. “In addition to enhancing their skills nilabs.mit.edu/ CLASSIFIED ADS

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MIT Tech Talk ARTS March 30, 2005 PAGE 7 Pioneering dancer tapped to perform on campus Lynn Heinemann short performance, and a you the full repertoire Walker was a featured dancer in the Office of the Arts reception will follow. of tap dance and what it movie “Tap” with Gregory Hines and in “[Walker’s] class is means to be a tap dancer the original Paris production of “Black unique because it not and not simply a dancer and Blue.” She has had the honor of being A pioneer in the resurgence of tap only combines the learn- who taps,” said Tolbert. the only female dancer in the prestigious dance, Dianne Walker has spent more than ing of tap moves from a Tolbert, who’s been “Hoofers Line” with Lon Chaney, Jimmy 25 years traveling to performance venues tap dance master, but we tapping since he was 2 Slyde, Chuck Green and Bunny Briggs, all over the world—from Broadway theaters also learn about the his- years old, says that Walk- and her recent awards include the 2000 to television studios to universities. Now, tory from the soft shoe to er has taught him to the Savion Glover Award for “Keeping the as an artist-in-residence this month at MIT, the shim sham to Jimmy importance of brushing Beat Alive,” the Flo-Bert Award for Life- she’s teaching and creating movement with Slyde’s cramp roll,” said up on the fundamentals. time Achievement, and, in 2004, the Hoof- the MIT Dance Theater Ensemble. James Tolbert, a senior in He’s also learned from ers Award from Tap City New York City, an One of the few internationally recog- electrical engineering and Walker that “a tapper’s award given in memory of Gregory Hines. nized women in her field, Walker will pres- computer science. job is never done, and Walker currently lives in Boston and ent a performance and interview/lecture Known to her mentors when you think you have serves on the board of the Massachusetts on Saturday, April 2, at 11 a.m. in Kresge and peers as “Lady Di” the shuffle, someone can Cultural Council. She recently completed a Auditorium. Associate Professor Thomas for her personal style and point out that you don’t.” tour with Savion Glover and Jimmy Slyde. DeFrantz, also a tap dancer and choreog- elegance as a performer, Dianne Walker Tolbert says he now car- The event is co-sponsored by the Office rapher, will conduct the interview. Student Walker is also celebrated ries his tap shoes in his of the Arts, Program in Women’s Studies dancers who have been working with her for her eloquent and passionate commit- bookbag waiting for any chance to bring and the Music and Theater Arts Section. this month will conclude the event with a ment to the art of tap dance. “She shows them out and dance. For more information, call (617) 253-2341.

ARTS NEWS Visual Arts Program Lecturer Oscar-winner to open his ‘Mind’ Pia Lindman (SM Visual Studies “Exploring the Mind of Michel Gondry,” 1999), is one of 14 artists included a conversation between film and video direc- in White Box’s “Under Your tor Michel Gondry and Professor Frédo Skin,” a group show on Finnish Durand of the Computer Science and Arti- art in New York City. The exhibi- ficial Intelligence Laboratory, will take place tion looks at Finnish artists who on Tuesday, April 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Room work both in and outside Finland, 10-250. underscoring the global nature A pioneering director and winner of a 2005 of Finnish art. Lindman’s works, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay titled “CORPCOMM: Enactments (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”), and Improvisations in Corporate Gondry is known for innovative camera tech- Communities,” examines how niques that have become industry standards. identity is expressed by human Gondry creates visually astonishing, sweep- gestures, incorporating a series ing effects by placing numerous cameras of performances and drawings around a subject and then combining the she created with employees at the images. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Global Consulting Group Corp. in Mind,” which starred Jim Carrey and Kate Manhattan. The employees, rang- Winslet, is an unconventional romance about ing from receptionists to CEOs, a couple that undergoes a procedure to erase directed Lindman as she enacted each other from their memories. the physical gestures that best A native of Versailles, France, Gondry was expressed their daily office rou- raised in a freethinking family that included tines. From stills of the gestures, a number of inventors and technological captured on video, Lindman made innovators. Gondry’s grandfather, Constant corresponding pencil drawings. Martin, is often credited with creating one of An opening reception will be held the earliest synthesizers—the clavioline. at the White Box Annex (601 W. While in art school in Paris, Gondry 26th St., 14th Floor) on Saturday, formed the band Oui Oui, for which he PHOTO / MICHEL GONDRY April 2, from 6-8 p.m. and the played drums. His videos for Oui Oui, which show will be on view through mixed animation with live action to create a Director Michel Gondry, who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar this year for his film ‘Eternal April 23. series of wildly surreal worlds, piqued the Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,’ will be on campus Tuesday, April 5, for a public conversation interest of singer Björk and the two collab- with Professor Frédo Durand of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. “The Funambulist and the orated on the video for her song “Human Two-Year Old,” an exhibition Behavior.” A visually extravagant study in Professor Durand teaches in the Comput- MIT as an artist-in-residence. by Assistant Professor Wendy the quirks of humans as expressed through er Graphics Group in CSAIL. His research Goundry’s MIT visit is supported by the Jacob, a Mary I. Bunting Insti- various species of the animal kingdom, the interests include computational photogra- Ida Ely Rubin Artists-in-Residence Fund and tute Fellow in sculpture at the groundbreaking video, first aired in 1993, phy, real-time and realistic rendering, and is sponsored by the Department of Architec- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced marked the beginning of an enduring col- pictorial style for non-photorealistic render- ture and the Office of the Arts Study, will open with a talk by laboration between the two artists. ing. A member of the Rubin Award selec- The event is free and open to the public, the artist on Monday, April 4, at Gondry’s Levi’s ad “Drugstore” (1994) tion committee, Durand nominated Gondry though preference will be given to MIT stu- 4 p.m. in the Living Room of the is listed in the Guinness Book of World based on student interest in Gondry’s inno- dents. Seating is limited; no tickets or res- Cronkhite Graduate Center at Records as the most award-winning com- vative music videos. ervations are necessary. For more informa- Harvard University. Jacob’s sculp- mercial of all time. At a future date, Gondry will return to tion, call (617) 253-2341. tural works investigate the practi- cal and intimate relationships between architecture and animate bodies. For this project, she plans Graduate student experiments, to complete a house scaled for a toddler and, in collaboration with a high-wire artist, build a discovers poetry in chemistry working model for a system of overhead paths that would thread Chemistry may be Mala Radhakrish- istry, and they seemed to understand the between and through city build- nan first love, but she more recently found material better. After I came to MIT, I start- ings. Through experimentation another: writing poetry. A former high ed frequenting the Cantab Lounge on poetry with environments close to the school chemistry teacher who used story- night and was inspired to write poetry. An ground—or well above it—Jacob telling in her lessons, Radhakrishnan is cur- obvious thing for me to write about, since I aims to create new places for the rently pursuing her Ph.D. in physical chem- like it so much, was chemistry. So I essen- specific and eccentric body to istry at MIT. Radhakrishnan has compiled tially began putting the stories I used into inhabit. The exhibit is on view at her earliest poems into a collection titled, poetic form. Baker Room of Agassiz House in “Chemistry for the Couch Potato” and is Radcliffe Yard through Friday, working on a larger book composed entirely Did your interest in words develop at April 22. of chemistry poetry. She says it’s intended Q. the same time as that in science? for students and teachers in high school and Associate Professor Thomas Mala Radhakrishnan college chemistry classrooms as well as any- I never in a million years thought I’d DeFrantz made the “Best of one who loves science. A. be writing poetry and that people Radhakrishnan will be one of a dozen would actually want to listen to it. I’ve always the New: Ideas” list compiled by The Radioactive Dating Game The Boston Globe Magazine for (excerpt) area poets included in “Dr. Brown’s Travel- liked science. Poetry is something I only “Moves Across the Water: Tap By Mala L. Radhakrishnan ing Poetry Show,” which will take place on recently got into. But now, I’m quite hooked! and Hip-Hop,”a long-distance (via Tuesdays at the Zeitgeist Gallery starting video conference) dance event I used to sleep ’til my electrons would drool next week. How does your work at MIT inspire with Patrick Loo at the National At P-32 elementary school. Lynn Heinemann of the Office of the Q. your poetry? The things we were taught were just totally University of Singapore last Sep- Arts recently asked Radhakrishnan about boring. her poetry. It constantly gives me new ideas for tember. “The Singapore-MIT Alli- A mole of us atoms would always be snoring. ance was experimenting with a How did you start writing “chemistry A. poems. For example, if I am sud- futuristic connection that reduces Q. poetry”? denly working on a project involving a spe- But one thing I learned there I’ve kept to this cific chemical process that I think is neat, I’ll lag time in sending to less than day: a second, so dancers can move “Soon, my students you’ll beta decay I taught chemical concepts to my write a poem about it. nearly in synch if not cheek to To become more mature and to capture the A. high schoolers by using stories and “Dr. Brown’s Traveling Poetry Show” opens cheek,” said the Globe. label analogies that personified the atoms and Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the Zeitgeist Of ‘S-32,’ and then you’ll be stable.” molecules—that’s how I think about chem- Gallery, 1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge. PAGE 8 March 30, 2005 CALENDAR MIT Tech Talk

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Science/ Performance Architecture/ Humanities “Remaking the “Robert Bidwell Sand Mandala “Constructing Technology Planning Air Force After Rauschenberg: Lecture for Insight, Stata: Vietnam” XXXIV Talk by Bruce Awareness and Photographs Talk by visiting Drawings for Yankner of Altruism by Richard scholar Marshall Michel. Dante’s Inferno” Harvard Medical School, Millions of grains of Sobel” Noon. Room E38, 6th Exhibition features 34 “DNA Damage and Gene colored sand laid into A collection of unpub- Music Exhibit Reading Special Floor Conference Room. illustrations. 9 a.m.-5 Silencing in the Aging place, forming an intri- lished photographs Interest 253-8092. p.m. Room E52-466. Brain.” 4 p.m. Room cate 4-foot-diameter captures the construction 253-4400. E25-111. 253-5748. diagram of the enlight- process that brought MIT Advanced ened mind and the ideal and the world the Frank Music Varsity MIT Anime world. Public viewing: Gehry-designed Stata Performance Baseball Club Weekly 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. daily. Center. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Simmons Hall. Business/ Film Sports Featured Student vs. Suffolk Showing Room 10-150. 253-4444. Money Event Recital University The MIT Anime Serenus Hua ‘07, violin. 3 p.m. Briggs Field. 258- Club shows the best of “Tapping Tsa Tsa 5p.m. Killian Hall. 253- 5265. both recent and classic Women’s Painting 9800. Japanese animation. History in Workshop What’s New at Showings are open to Performance: The ancient “Kimsooja: the MIT Media the public. 7 p.m. Room Lady Di” meditative practice of Seven Wishes Lab? 6-120. Performance and inter- Tibetan Tsa Tsa painting and Secrets” Chris view session with art- is a sacred art that helps Talk by artist Csikszentmihályi and SONOS ist-in-residence Dianne promote patience, focus Kimsooja on her exhibit Mitchel Resnick discuss Concert Walker. 11 a.m. Kresge and concentration. $15. 1 on view Feb. 3-April 10. their efforts to develop Bayla Keyes, Auditorium. 253-8844. p.m. Simmons Hall. 6:30 p.m. List Visual Arts technologies to empower violin; Professor Center. 253-4680. children. 5 p.m. Bartos Marcus Thompson, viola; Varsity Men’s “Columbia Theater. 253-3521. Mike Reynolds, cello; Lacrosse Unbecoming” Israeli Folk Senior Lecturer David vs. Wheaton Film document- Dancing De la Deveau, piano. 8 p.m. College ing academic (participatory) révolution Kresge Auditorium. 253- 1 p.m. Steinbrenner suppression and the 8 p.m. Lobby à la trans- 9800. Stadium. 258-5265. intimidation of Jewish 13. 484-3267. nationalité students at Columbia A public lecture in French “The Merchant Tufts Festival University. 3:30 p.m. by Hafid Gafaïti, Paul of Venice” of African Room 4-231. Whitfield Horn Professor LSC Movie. Music and of Romance Languages, 10:30 p.m. Dance International “Les identités multiples Room 10-250. $3. 253- Second annual Folk Dancing Sand mandala of ideal world de la France.” 7 p.m. 3791. Intercollegiate Festival (participatory) Room 56-114. 253-4771. and Performance fea- 8 p.m. Lobdell Buddhists will begin work on the Vajrasattva Sand tures Rambax perform- Dining Hall. 253-FOLK. Mandala for Insight Awareness and Altruism in ing sabar of Senegal. Simmons Hall on Saturday, painstakingly creating a 8-10 p.m. Cohen 4 feet in diameter geometric pattern out of colored Auditorium. 627-4042. sand. The finished pattern is meant to symbolize the enlightened mind and the ideal world.

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VAJRASATTVA SAND BALLROOM DANCE CLIMATE CHANGE MANDALA Apr. 2 COMPETITION Apr. 2 Apr. 6 Buddhist sand painting will One of the biggest ball- Talk by Dean James Gustave be created in a weeklong Simmons Hall room competitions in the Rockwell Cage “Gus” Speth of the Yale Room E51-115 Northeast. 686-0823. April 2 process. Opening prayers on 7 p.m. 8 a.m.–11 p.m. School of Forestry and 3 p.m. April 2; talk on April 7. and 3. Environmental Studies.

MIT EVENT HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 4–10

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY April 4 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 8 April 9 April 10 Submission “How Korea “State INR and Guest Lecture Advanced Make Your “A Needle deadline for Became a Its Role in the by Post- Music Own Mandala: Woman” Schnitzer Prize World Telecom Intelligence Modern Performance A Workshop for Videos created Three prizes will Leader” Community” Choreographer Student Recital Kids between 1999 be awarded to registered Seminar with guest Talk by Dr. Thomas Lucinda Childs Mary Farbood (G), harpsi- A fun event appropri- and 2001, document the MIT students, based on speaker Dr. Jung Uck Fingar. Noon. Building Guest lecture in the chord. Noon. MIT Chapel. ate for children age 5 artist Kimsooja dressed a body of work: first prize Seo from Korea. 4 p.m. E38, 6th Floor Traditions in American Joey Zhou, piano, plays and older. All materials in simple gray clothing is $1,500; second prize is Kircsh Auditorium, Stata Conference Room. 253- Concert Dance course. 1- works of Chopin, Debussy provided. Participants standing rigidly in the $900; third prize is $600. Center 32-123. 7529. 2:30 p.m. Room 1-150. and Mussorgsky. 5 p.m. must be accompanied busy streets of Tokyo, Winners must be will- Killian Hall. 253-9800. by an adult at all times. Shanghai, Delhi, New ing and able to display Building “Climate Practical 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Simmons York, Mexico City, Cairo, their work in the Wiesner Democracy Change and Career Cypress Hall. Lagos and London. 24 Student Art Gallery during Justice Richard the American Strategies for Quartet hours a day. Media Test Commencement. Room Goldstone dis- Response” Ph.D.s Mozart’s Emerson Wall, Whitaker Building E15-205. 253-7019. cusses the first 10 years Talk by Dean James Professional develop- “Dissonant Scholars 56. 253-4400. of the South African Gustave “Gus” Speth ment strategies for young Quartet.” 8 p.m. Kresge Student Recital “New Constitutional Court. 4:30 of the Yale School scientists and engineers. Auditorium. 253-9800. Voice and Gallery Talk Urbanism and p.m. Room 4-237. 258- of Forestry and 1 p.m. Room 10-250. Winds. Noon. Killian Hall. Talk by Hiroko the Heritage 7614. Environmental Studies. 253-4733. “Company” 253-9800. Kikuchi, List of the Islamic 3 p.m. Room E51-115. Musical Theatre Visual Arts City: The Case of “Exploring the 253-3478. Henry W. Guild produc- Dissolution Center Education/ Jerusalem” Mind of Michel Kendall tion. $10, $8 of the Sand Outreach Coordinator. Talk by Dr. Yosef Gondry” “Religion and Memorial MIT community, seniors Mandala 2 p.m. List Visual Arts Jabareen. 5:30 p.m. Conversation Power in Saudi Lecture and students. April 8-10 Closing ceremo- Center. 253-4680. Room 3-133. 253-1400. between film director Arabia” Talk by Professor Martin and April 14-16. 8 p.m. ny for Vajrasattva Sand Michel Gondry and Fredo Talk by Claussen, Potsdam (2 p.m. April 10). Kresge Mandala, on view from Emerson “Recon- Durand of CSAIL. 6:30 Abdulaziz Al-Fahad 6 University, Germany, Little Theater. 253-6294. April 2 to 9. To symbolize Scholars structing Iraq” p.m. Room 10-250. 253- p.m. Room 66-110. 258- “Vegetation Dynamics the impermanence of all Student Recital This is the 2341. 8552. and the Earth System.” 4 Awakening that exists, the colored Harp, piano and fourth in p.m. Room 26-100. 253- Bliss, sands of the mandala will strings. Noon. Killian Hall. the semester-long Contra Dance 3382. Generating be swept up and poured 253-9800. “Reconstructing Iraq” Music: Jamie Compassion into a nearby river where Colloquium series Laval and Poetry@MIT: Talk by Robert Thurman, the waters will carry the moderated by Dr. Yosef Larry Unger; Eleni Prof. of Buddhism, healing energies of the Jabareen. 5:30 p.m. caller: Susan Petrick. MIT Sikelianos Columbia Univ., with mandala throughout the Room 3-270. 324-0318 Folkdance Club. $5, MIT/ Reading by the Tibetan flute performance. world. 3 p.m. Simmons Wellesley students free. author of “The California Adv. tickets encouraged Hall. 8-10:30 p.m. Sala de Poem,” “The Book of for MIT; required for non- Puerto Rico. 354-0864. Jon” and others. 7 p.m. MIT. $15 non-MIT. 7 p.m. Room 6-120. 253-7894. Simmons Hall.