The Independent Activities Period (IAP)
For over four decades, IAP has provided members of the MIT community (students, faculty, staff, and alums) with a unique opportunity to organize, sponsor and participate in a wide variety of activities, including how-to sessions, forums, athletic endeavors, lecture series, films, tours, recitals and contests. IAP 2021 will be virtual and begins on Monday, January 4, 2021 and ends on Friday, January 29, 2021.
Most of us learn to breathe, walk and move at a time that we can’t recall much from and use these skills throughout our lives without really knowing how...
Christine Liu PhD candidate, University of California, Berkeley Sarah McGuiness PhD candidate, University of Illinois, Chicago As academics, we work to...
Your academic path can be one of the most exciting and transformative adventures of your life. It can also be overwhelmingly stressful. Managing heavy...
The session will cover an introduction to restorative practices, common restorative frameworks, and the difference between restorative practice and...
MIT has provided you with countless facts and formulas to help you with your job, but what have you learned to help you with your career? Mark Herschberg 95,...
Many human viruses have cation-selective transmembrane ion channels that are important for the virus lifecycle and pathogenesis. Researchers at MIT’s Hong...
This popular non-credit activity – which aims to reach all those with an interest in poetry, regardless of experience level – has been offered every IAP for...
Alexander Wolitzky, MIT Economics
OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) is a free, open source tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and...
This mini-class is 3 days on Tues 1/19/21, Wed 1/20/21, Thurs 1/21/21 from 2 – 3:30 each day. By the last session you should have a draft of an op-ed to...
Designed for students with an interest in science communication and STEAM outreach. Guided by instructors and invited guest speakers, in each two-hour class...
MakerLodge is MIT's introductory maker training program for first year undergraduate students. Student peers and staff will train you on how to safely use...
Explore MIT.nano Live Explore MIT.nano with live zoom tours! This 3-part series takes you behind the scenes of the fabrication, characterization, and...
Chris Garcia, PhD, Younger Family Chair, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Password: MITBiology
The old American Legation in the medina of Tangier holds a number of distinctions. It is the first property the United States owned abroad, it is the only...
This workshop will introduce you to the four modules in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT is a form of cognitive-behavior therapy whose primary goals...
MIT Energy Initiative IAP course: Leading the energy transition Wednesdays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27, 4:00-6:00 pm ET Registration deadline: December 31,...
SSP military fellow Molly Solsbury, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, will lead a presentation. On February 29, 2020, after more than a year of official...
Mike Gibson, J-PAL Global
Marcos Santos, Percussionist and Educator Jan/13 Wed 01:00PM-02:00PM via Zoom Jan/20 Wed 01:00PM-02:00PM via Zoom Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up...
Are you rarely (if ever) satisfied with the quality of your work? Do you spend more time day- dreaming about your accomplishments than working towards...
Do you struggle with organizing your research data? Wonder if there’s a better way to arrange and name your data files to optimize your work? This workshop...
Join artists Bojana Coklyat and Shannon Finnegan in a group work session to dig into our collective backlog of alt-text writing for websites or social media....
SSP military fellow Brian Novchich, Lieutenant Colonel, US Air Force, will lead a presentation: Instructional brief on Basic Fighter Maneuvers (BFM) as the...
Are you a current MIT student passionate about sustainability and designing solutions to combat climate change? Are you invested in MIT’s environmental...
You are invited to present how your country/culture celebrates the New Year. Presenters will a receive a $20 gift card! You are also welcome to just attend...
Mind management is both a science and an art. We can classify the mind’s thoughts into four categories– positive (joy, peace), negative (hatred, envy),...
Deep geothermal heat can become a virtually limitless source of green energy. Powerful millimeter-wave beams developed for fusion energy research will be...
Join Rhonda Jordan-Antoine, MIT PhD Engineering Systems, and hear about her career journey, gain advice about your own career, and ask questions. Rhonda has...
Bring your own craft or project and join us on a Zoom call to chill, take a break from the week and spend some time together with other MIT makers! You can...
Did you know that perfection is a state that is rarely achieved and more often a source of distress and burnout rather than inspiration and passion? Join us...
What do we mean by reproducible or replicable research? What are some ways that you can make your own research computationally reproducible and sharable?...
So you think you have an invention—now what? How can MIT inventors work with the MIT Technology Licensing Office (TLO) to seek protection for intellectual...
Nancy Rose, MIT Economics
Claus Wilke, PhD Want your figures to look better for presentations and publications? Unsure on how to do it? Join us for a two-part series to get advice...
Have you ever wondered how your life would be if you did not attend MIT? Have you ever thought about changing your major to something different? Is there...
Congratulations—you’ve got research data! This session will walk you through the dos and don’ts associated with research data and artifacts, the associated...
Still not certain about your summer plans? Still weighing your options? Join CAPD for a drop-in session to help you develop a plan to find an awesome summer...
Constant change in our lives can present frustrating challenges. Attend this interactive workshop to: - Learn effective approaches from improv comedy and...
In this 4-week practical workshop taught by the staff of the Office of the Arts, you'll learn how to talk about, write about, and pitch artistic projects and...
The MIT Prison Education Initiative (MIT PEI) will be hosting some great, educational events this IAP to give the MIT community opportunities to engage in...
Martin Beraja, MIT Economics
This is a four-session introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) that will employ self-compassion strategies to facilitate change to challenging...
Unsure which career option to pursue, or want to learn more about career options for PhDs and postdocs? Learn how to get started in your career planning by...
Need some motivation to get and stay active this winter? Join the MIT community for the getfit 2021 challenge that starts on Monday February 1. getfit is a...
MIT Energy Initiative IAP Course: Computational modeling tools for promoting low-carbon electricity January 25-29, 9:00 am-1:00 pm ET Registration deadline:...
This workshop will teach you how to use R to import and manipulate data, install and manage packages, conduct basic statistical analyses, and create common...
What is inattention blindness? How do I get my audience to pay attention to my critical points? We will address how your audience's brains take in visual...
