MIT Alumni Association’s ONLINE


Faculty Chats Engage Alumni Worldwide


Launched in March, Faculty Forum Online broadcasts brought top MIT thinkers to alumni worldwide via video chats. T e live half-hour programs allowed alumni to pose questions to a prominent MIT faculty member on a timely topic.


T e fi rst discussion focused on collective bargaining with Sloan School Professor T omas A. Kochan. Professor Richard Lester PhD ’80, head of MIT’s Depart- ment of Nuclear Science and Engineering, fi elded questions about nuclear energy in April. Watch the archived broadcasts online—collective bargaining and nuclear energy—and check out alumni comments on the Slice of MIT blog.


The Alchemist (top), a sculpture by Spanish contemporary artist Jaume Plensa that was commissioned for the MIT150 celebration, consists of mathematical symbols in the shape of a human form.


A lively panel discussion highlighted contemporary trends and challenges in the entertainment industry at the March View from the Top event in Los Angeles. Leſt to right are moderator Jennifer Chow Bevan ’95, Bran Ferren ’74, Laird Malamed ’89, Albert Cheng ’92, and Andrea Wong ’88.


T ese webcasts are an extension of the Association’s Faculty Forum program, which seeks to engage alumni and friends with the Institute’s intellectual life through local presentations by MIT faculty.


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