Events

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

  2020 Open Enrollment

Employees can make changes or enroll in our health insurance plans. Open Enrollment will take place from Monday, October 21 - Friday, November 1, 2019.

Community Wellness Class Registration Open!

Classes begin the week of November 4. Classes include yoga, pilates, qigong and more. Community Wellness also offers a class beneficial to those with...

Digital Transformation: from AI and IoT to Cloud, Blockchain and Cybersecurity

In a rapidly expanding digital marketplace, legacy companies without a clear digital transformation strategy are being left behind. How can we stay on top of...

Irrawaddy River: People, Landscapes & Boats

The Irrawaddy River is the major waterway and largest river in Myanmar. It flows from north to south and it is used by Burmese people daily to take baths, do...

Leadership by Design: Innovation Process and Culture - Oct 22-23, 2019

This new 2-day program helps individuals and teams understand and practice human-centered design. You will learn both strategic and hands-on techniques for...

Machine Learning: From Data to Decisions

It’s a common challenge for decision makers: how do we make optimal choices with so many unknown variables? It turns out that business insights come from...

Machine Learning: From Data to Decisions (Spanish)

It’s a common challenge for decision makers: how do we make optimal choices with so many unknown variables? It turns out that business insights come from...

Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations - Oct 22-23, 2019

This 2-day program explores a set of proven, practical, and innovative strategies for maximizing the contribution of an organization’s technical resources....

MindHandHeart Innovation Fund

The MindHandHeart Innovation Fund seeks to leverage the enthusiasm and problem-solving skills of the MIT community to find new and inventive ways of...

Vermeer Through a New Lens

This exhibition is by Boston-based writer and artist and 2007 MIT alumni Will Dowd. These thirteen prints use the paintings of Vermeer—those paragons of...

Breakfast Series with Vivienne Sze

Twice–yearly women in the MIT community are invited to informal "breakfast talks." Known as the Breakfast Series, they are occasions when women faculty and...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 8:00am to 9:30am
Parsing the Universe:  Paintings by Jane Goldman

Parsing the Universe, 2019 Center for Theoretical Physics, MIT, Cambridge, MA Artist Statement I am fascinated by technologies that extend human vision,...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 8:00am to 6:00pm
Mens et Manus: Making the Book at MIT 

MIT Libraries’ Distinctive Collections seeks not only to help hold history for all, but also to inspire the new. In Mens et Manus: Making the Book at MIT we...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 10:00am to 4:00pm
Tomorrow Time

On Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019, MIT undergraduates are invited to participate in a pilot event that tackles procrastination. Students will be able to...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 10:00am to 4:00pm
Book Discussion

The Book Discussion interest group will host virtual meetings in April and May. Book Discussion: "An American Marriage" by Tayari Jones Apr 22, 2020 11:30...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 11:30am to 1:00pm
Meridian Singers: Join us for fall rehearsals

Meridian Singers, an a cappella chorus directed by Michael Barrett and open to all in the MIT community, is seeking new members. During our fall season, we...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 11:45am to 1:15pm
Artists Beyond the Desk presents Felicia Gavilanes, Mezzo-Soprano

Join us for a very special lunchtime concert, as mezzo-soprano Felicia Gavilanes performs a program of arias and art song by Jake Heggie, Joseph Canteloube,...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 12:00pm to 12:50pm
MIT List Visual Arts Center | Alicja Kwade: In Between Glances

Working primarily in sculpture and installation, Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade explores structures of reality such as time and space, as well as systems...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Prehealth: Finding a Mentor/Shadow Opportunity

Are you looking to Shadow a Physician? Do you want to find a physician mentor to help navigate the premed process? Then join Prehealth Advising for a...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The War Scare that Wasn't" Able Archer 83 and the Myths of the Second Cold War

Simon Miles (Duke University) Security Studies Program Wednesday Seminar Did the Cold War of the 1980s nearly turn hot? Much has been made of NATO’s...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Networking

Learn and practice how to network in a practical and supportive environment! Address barriers to networking, develop strategies, and become familiar with...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Weekly Wednesday Meeting: A Taste of Russia

Come explore the cuisine of Russia with a group of MS&PC members. You will taste a variety of homemade traditional dishes. Get your taste buds ready for an...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 3:00pm to 5:00pm
xTalk: Michael Phillips on "Technology Mediated Feedback: Powerful, Clear and Personalized"

Technology Mediated Feedback: Powerful, Clear and Personalized - Assessment feedback for learning is the lynchpin to students’ effective decision making,...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Polymer Probes of Immunity, Prof. Laura L. Kiessling, MIT Department of Chemistry

Polymers and Soft Matter Seminar Seminar 3:30 PM Refreshments 3:00 PM

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 3:30pm to 4:45pm
EAPS DLS - Mary Ann Moran (University of Georgia)

Title Metabolites of the Marine Carbon and Sulfur Cycles Abstract Marine microbes interface through the exchange of organic molecules that function...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Geometric Analysis

Lei Ni (University of California San Diego) Title: “Kodaira embedding and a new Schwarz lemma Abstract: In this talk I shall discuss some new notions of...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4:00pm
Catherine Drennan (MIT): MIT-Harvard Inorganic Chemistry Seminar

Title: Shake, Rattle, & Roll: Capturing Snapshots of Radical Enzymes in Action

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4:15pm to 5:15pm
Killian Court

SPEAKER: Chris Cox (Carnegie Mellon University) TITLE: --Periodic words, common subsequences and frogs--

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4:15pm to 5:15pm
Lie Groups Seminar

Pablo Boixeda (MIT) Title: On the center of the small quantum group Abstract: The question of the center of the quantum group at a generic parameter was...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Work of the Future Book Series: Ellen Ruppel Shell, Author of "The Job"

Journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell (Boston University College of Communication) will talk about her book The Job: Work and Its Future in a Time of Radical Change....

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4:30pm to 6:00pm
MITEI Colloquium: The age of living machines: A biology-based energy technology revolution

MIT Energy Initiative Colloquium: The age of living machines: A biology-based energy technology revolution with Susan Hockfield, President Emerita and...

Bloomberg LP - Company Presentations

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 6:00pm to 9:30pm
Higher Degrees of Exploration

Is graduate school on your vision board for the future? Come to this informal event to connect with graduate students from MIT and learn about their...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 6:00pm to 7:00pm
(Men's Soccer) Worcester State University vs. MIT

(Men's Soccer) Worcester State University vs. MIT

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 7:00pm
COURSE - SRI ISOPANISAD

The 108 Upanishads are considered the essence of all the Vedas, and Shri Ishopanishad is foremost among them. Discover the distilled essence of all knowledge...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Building 56, 162
Stream Available
Catholic Mass

Weeday Mass, Adoration and Confession

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 7:30pm
Swing lesson and dance

Beginner East coast swing lesson 7:30-9; open social dancing 9-11:30. Free, Beginners welcome, No previous dance experience necessary, No partner...

Pumpkin Carving Coffee Hour

Come carve a pumpkin with friends and SP residents at Pumpkin Carving Coffee Hour! We will provide pumpkins and pumpkin carving material; along with the...

Wednesday, October 23, 2019