tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219414160 2008-09-19 13:26:54 -0400 Compton Lecture Series <p>On September 18, 2008, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda delivered a lecture<br />entitled, "Imperative of Science and Technology in Accelerating African and<br />Rwandan Development." After the lecture, President Kagame took questions from the audience pertaining to this subject.</p><p>Read more about this event <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/compton-0919.html">here</a>. </p> 4287 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219377300 2008-03-10 12:48:20 -0400 The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research @MIT <p>Susan Hockfield, President, MIT </p><p>Speakers: Susan Hockfield, Mayor Simmons </p> 820 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219341720 2008-10-08 14:30:54 -0400 MIT News Office On September 10, 2008, MIT President Susan Hockfield urged Congress to sharply increase federal funding for energy research, saying such a move could help unleash an "energy revolution" capable of resolving several of America's problems at once. 643 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219317360 2008-10-08 14:25:25 -0400 MIT News Office On September 10, 2008, MIT President Susan Hockfield urged Congress to sharply increase federal funding for energy research, saying such a move could help unleash an "energy revolution" capable of resolving several of America's problems at once. 536 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219296440 2007-06-19 12:21:56 -0400 Commencement 2007 Susan Hockfield, President of MIT 481 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219270380 2008-10-08 14:28:35 -0400 MIT News Office On September 10, 2008, MIT President Susan Hockfield urged Congress to sharply increase federal funding for energy research, saying such a move could help unleash an "energy revolution" capable of resolving several of America's problems at once. 175 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219251000 2009-10-06 17:27:41 -0400 Legatum President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, is the second President of East Timor since independence from Indonesia, taking office on 20 May 2007. He is a co-recipient of the <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1996/" target="_blank">1996 Nobel Peace Prize</a> for his work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. He served as Prime Minister, from 2006 until his inauguration as President after winning the 2007 East Timorese presidential election. He was appointed Foreign Minister in the "Democratic Republic of East Timor" government proclaimed by the pro-independence parties in November 1975. When appointed minister, Ramos-Horta was only 25 years old. As a founder and former member of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, Ramos-Horta served as the exiled spokesman for the East Timorese resistance during the years of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor (1975 to 1999). 4941 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219230100 2009-10-09 10:18:00 -0400 Global Initiatives MIT hosted Professor XU Kuangdi, President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, next Wednesday, October 7. As part of this visit, Professor Xu delivered a lecture at 1:30 pm in the Kirsch Auditorium entitled "Addressing Climate Change: Developing a Low-Carbon Economy." 4551