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The InfiniteMIT site is history as it is happening: interviews with legendary change-makers, contemporary and archival footage, unforgettable lectures, speeches, and symposia, community celebrations, and the whimsical ingenuity of MIT humor and hacks.

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Oct 02, 1995

"This dream today embattled, with its back against the wall, to save the dream for one, it must be saved for all."

Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham

Federal Judge, Attorney, Scholar

MIT 21st MLK Celebration

A. Leon Higginbotham speaking at a podium on stage, in front of a dark background
Apr 06, 1984

"I am speaking instead of the joy-producing, world-bettering kind of responsibility which lifts far more burdens than it imposes."

Hon. Shirley Chisholm

Politician, Educator, Author

MIT Commencement Address, 1984

Shirley Chisholm, wearing commencement attire, speaking at podium on outdoor stage, trees in background
Nov 05, 2015

"On Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Communication."

Mario J. Molina (1943-2020)

Institute Professor, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Compton Lecture

Mario Molina delivers a lecture onstage, a large image of MIT's great dome building in the background
Aug 04, 1992

"What's now known suggests that the language faculty simply grows a language, much as other organs of the body grow."

Noam Chomsky

Institute Professor Emeritus

20th Killian Award Lecture

Noam Chomsky standing onstage behind a podium in front of a dark background
Jun 03, 2008

"Reflections on a life at MIT ... a remarkable journey."

Paul E. Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 (1932-2017)

MIT President

MIT 150 Interview

Paul E. Gray seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
Oct 02, 1995

"This dream today embattled, with its back against the wall, to save the dream for one, it must be saved for all."

Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham

Federal Judge, Attorney, Scholar

MIT 21st MLK Celebration

A. Leon Higginbotham speaking at a podium on stage, in front of a dark background
Apr 06, 1984

"I am speaking instead of the joy-producing, world-bettering kind of responsibility which lifts far more burdens than it imposes."

Hon. Shirley Chisholm

Politician, Educator, Author

MIT Commencement Address, 1984

Shirley Chisholm, wearing commencement attire, speaking at podium on outdoor stage, trees in background
Nov 05, 2015

"On Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Communication."

Mario J. Molina (1943-2020)

Institute Professor, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Compton Lecture

Mario Molina delivers a lecture onstage, a large image of MIT's great dome building in the background
Aug 04, 1992

"What's now known suggests that the language faculty simply grows a language, much as other organs of the body grow."

Noam Chomsky

Institute Professor Emeritus

20th Killian Award Lecture

Noam Chomsky standing onstage behind a podium in front of a dark background
Jun 03, 2008

"Reflections on a life at MIT ... a remarkable journey."

Paul E. Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 (1932-2017)

MIT President

MIT 150 Interview

Paul E. Gray seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
Oct 02, 1995

"This dream today embattled, with its back against the wall, to save the dream for one, it must be saved for all."

Hon. A. Leon Higginbotham

Federal Judge, Attorney, Scholar

MIT 21st MLK Celebration

A. Leon Higginbotham speaking at a podium on stage, in front of a dark background
Apr 06, 1984

"I am speaking instead of the joy-producing, world-bettering kind of responsibility which lifts far more burdens than it imposes."

Hon. Shirley Chisholm

Politician, Educator, Author

MIT Commencement Address, 1984

Shirley Chisholm, wearing commencement attire, speaking at podium on outdoor stage, trees in background
Nov 05, 2015

"On Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Communication."

Mario J. Molina (1943-2020)

Institute Professor, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Compton Lecture

Mario Molina delivers a lecture onstage, a large image of MIT's great dome building in the background
Aug 04, 1992

"What's now known suggests that the language faculty simply grows a language, much as other organs of the body grow."

Noam Chomsky

Institute Professor Emeritus

20th Killian Award Lecture

Noam Chomsky standing onstage behind a podium in front of a dark background
Jun 03, 2008

"Reflections on a life at MIT ... a remarkable journey."

Paul E. Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 (1932-2017)

MIT President

MIT 150 Interview

Paul E. Gray seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.