Boston, MA - On Saturday, June 5, 2004, Ike Colbert,
the Dean for Graduate Students, spoke at a reception
solely for graduate alumni of the Institute at the conclusion of MIT's
Technology Day Program.
Northern California
- On Thursday, May 6, 2004, Jeff Winner '85, Vice President of Engineering
at Friendster, Inc., and Eric Ly AR '93, CTO at LinkedIn, discussed
the power of business and social networking online, and how it will
change the way we connect with people and enhance our face-to-face
networking in the future.
New York, NY - On March 18, 2004, Professor Arnold I. Barnett MA
'73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science at the MIT Sloan
School of Management, gave a presentation entitled, "Airline Security:
A Lost Cause?"
Boston, MA - On February 5, 2004, Boston area graduate alumni joined
the Dean for Graduate Students, Ike Colbert, for a talk on the efforts
of the Graduate Student Office and the MIT community to enhance
the MIT graduate student experience.
Washington, DC - On October 16, 2003, Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook,
Director of the International Student Office and Associate Dean for
International Students, gave a talk entitled "Challenges Facing
International Students." Jonathan B. Tucker PO '90 and John Steinbruner
PO '68 then gave their perspectives on the multifaceted issues of biosecurity
facing the US scientific community.