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Seminar XXI
''MIT Seminar XXI'' is an educational program for national security professionals run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Originally for military leaders when begun in 1986, leaders from various government, non-government, and private organizations attend the seminar. The seminar runs annually from September to April in the national capital region. MIT president Susan Hockfield called it a "legendary program".#MIT10, Hockfield 2010. As of 2020, 2,530 fellows had graduated from the program. Graduates have served in top positions in the United States Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, United States Department of State, Department of State and other government, non-government, and private organizations. These include Ambassadors of the United States, ambassadors, agency directors, combatant commanders, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and university president. Faculty has included Condoleezza Rice, Caspar Weinberger, Kathleen Hicks, Michèle Flou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge, MA
Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, and Springfield. It is one of two de jure county seats of Middlesex County, although the county's executive government was abolished in 1997. Situated directly north of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, once also an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lesley University, and Hult International Business School are in Cambridge, as was Radcliffe College before it merged with Harvard. Kendall Square in Cambridge has been called "the most innovative square mile on the planet" owing to the high concentration of successful startups that have emerged in the vici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
