Weekly Events and Digital Media Roundup

BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
August 18, 2009 // Upcoming events and digital media

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[1] [SAVE THE DATE 9/8/09] Berkman Center Open House (http://cyber.harvard.edu/node/5569)

BERKMAN CENTER OPEN HOUSE
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Tuesday, 9/8/09, 7:00PM
Harvard Law School, Venue TBA
Free and Open to the Public
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Come to our Open House to meet Berkman faculty, fellows, and staff and to learn about the many ways you can get involved and learn with our dynamic, exciting environment.

As a University-wide research center at Harvard University, our interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations, case studies, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming academic year!

Paid research assistant positions will also be available in the fall. In addition to Berkman courses and events, these positions provide a wonderful way to join our community. People from all disciplines and universities are encouraged to attend the Open House to learn about Berkman opportunities. As a primer, visit http://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships to see currently available positions.

More information here: http://cyber.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships

OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE
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[1] 8/28/09: The Google Books Settlement and the Future of Information Access // UC Berkeley (http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/20090828googlebooksconference)

[2] 9/10-11/09 *TMI: Social Justice in the Age of Facebook (*TMI: Too Much Information) // International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, Brandeis University (http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/events/index.html)

DIGITAL MEDIA: Watch and Listen
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Did you miss this week's luncheon talk? Catch up with Berkman videos, podcasts, pictures, and dig in to our archive at http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive.

-RADIO BERKMAN: Tweeting a Dead Horse
(http://cyber.harvard.edu/interactive/podcasts/radioberkman128)

-(via Harvard Law School) An an FCC broadband workshop entitled “International Lessons” held on August 18, Harvard Law School Professor and Faculty Co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society Yochai Benkler ’94 advised the FCC to look to other countries in formulating a national broadband strategy: (http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/2009/08/19_benkler.html)

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