tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185290480 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/185269220 2008-05-02 12:06:45 -0400 Compton Lecture Series U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., delivered a 2008 Compton lecture titled, "Forging a Clean Energy Future," Friday, April 25, in Kirsch Auditorium. 3616 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185248040 2008-04-03 14:45:50 -0400 Compton Lecture Series <p>Tom Brokaw, former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, delivered a 2008 Compton lecture titled "Life Is Not Virtual" April 2nd, in Kirsch Auditorium. </p><p>An internationally respected journalist, Brokaw served as the NBC anchor for 21 years. He was the NBC White House correspondent during the Watergate scandal, advancing to lead NBC's coverage of primaries, national conventions and election nights in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Brokaw, 68, is the author of "The Greatest Generation" (1998) and "A Long Way from Home" (2002). </p> 1731 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185195340 2008-04-07 18:22:58 -0400 Compton Lecture Series <p><strong>Kennedy commends MIT, decries White House 'pseudo-science'</strong></p><p>"Truth is taking a beating," Sen. Edward Kennedy warned in a forceful attack on the science policy of the Bush administration today in his delivery of the 2007 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture, held in the Stata Center's Kirsch Auditorium. </p> Read full story <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/kennedy-speech.html">here</a>. 1411 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185173900 2009-05-13 09:27:03 -0400 Compton Lecture Series Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy and the co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics gave a lecture entitled "The energy problem and the interplay between basic and applied research"on May 12, 2009 at MIT.<br><br> Click <a href="http://compton.mit.edu/speakers/steven-chu/" target="_blank">here</a> for more info. 4197 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/185150940 2009-05-15 14:52:20 -0400 Compton Lecture Series Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy and the co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics gave a lecture entitled "The energy problem and the interplay between basic and applied research"on May 12, 2009 at MIT.<br><br> Click <a href="http://compton.mit.edu/speakers/steven-chu/" target="_blank">here</a> for more info. 4197