MIT Better World
Seattle

A Celebration of MIT in Seattle

On February 20, 2018, Benaroya Hall, the home of the Seattle Symphony, hosted the largest gathering to date of Seattle’s MIT community. The event offered more than 450 attendees a closer look at MIT today and the MIT Campaign for a Better World, an historic endeavor to advance the Institute’s mission and serve urgent global needs in the 21st century. Read the full story.

Event Speakers


L. Rafael Reif

President, MIT

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Monica S. Alcabin ’83

Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

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Stephen Allsop PhD ’16

MD Candidate, Harvard-MIT MD/PhD Program; Professional Musician

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David Hesslink ’17

Baseball Analyst, Seattle Mariners

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Andrew W. Lo

Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management; Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering

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Dava Newman SM ’89, SM ’89, PhD ’92

Apollo Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems; MacVicar Faculty Fellow; Faculty Member, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program; former NASA Deputy Administrator

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Host Committee

Kuljot S. Anand '13

Lola M. Ball '91, SM '92

Linda Cornfield SM '89

Mark P. Gorenberg ’76

Mohammed Jameel ’78

Isabella S. Lubin '12

Laird M. Malamed '89

Robert B. Millard ’73

Christopher Nielsen MBA ’96

Hyun-A C. Park ’83, MCP ’85

Elizabeth Pula ’11

Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon ’72

Cynthia L. Reed

John S. Reed ’61

Arthur J. Samberg ’62

Ruth Sommers MBA ’01

Carmen M. Thain ’78

Barrie R. Zesiger HM

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