Events

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Thesis Defense: Luis Millan-Barea

Hemann lab I "Promoting chemo-induced immunity via IL-6 blockade"

At 2:50 logo

Pause for ten minutes of daily mindfulness @2:50 PM EST every day (or 7:50 AM Eastern U.S. and Canada) Take a short break together because chronic...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 7:45am to 8:00am
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World map with graph of COVID cases

Arup Chakraborty, MIT. "Vaccination Through the Ages: From Smallpox to COVID-19 and Beyond." In the fall of 2020, MIT students and the general public joined...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 9:00am
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WCC Consultations are open for scheduling. Don’t wait -- schedule today!

The Writing and Communication Center offers free one-on-one professional advice from communication experts with advanced degrees and publishing experience....

Writing Together Online: October Edition

Please join the WCC in Writing Together Online starting October 4th through October 29th. Our 90-minute sessions create a community of writers who connect,...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 9:00am to 10:30am
STAGE Seminar

Speaker: Niven Achenjang (MIT) Title: Vojta's approach to the Mordell conjecture II Abstract: We will sketch Bombieri's simplification of Vojta's...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 10:00am to 12:30pm
Weekly Wednesday Meeting in-person

These weekly meetings are organized by the MS&PC staff and volunteers for the spouses and partners of MIT students, scholars, staff, and faculty. Each...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 10:00am to
Physics PhD Thesis Defense: Yimin Wang

You are cordially invited to attend the following thesis defense for a PhD in Physics, Statistics, and Data Science: ’’New techniques in low-Q^2 elastic...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 11:00am
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How to Use a Lock-In Amplifier to Characterize Your Nanoscale Devices

Abstract Electronic measurements in nanoscale devices must detect extremely small signals. For periodic signals, lock-in amplifiers improve sensitivity by...

One Man Shouldn't Control the Nuclear Button: Presidential Power and Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War

Register Here. This is a virtual event. The recent publication of "Peril" by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa brought to light an incident involving General...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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Sack Lunch Seminar (SLS) Series: Arlene Fiore (MIT)

About this Series The Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Sack Lunch Seminar Series is an informal seminar series within PAOC that focuses on more specialized...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Audrey Cronin

SSP Wednesday Seminar with speaker Audrey Cronin, School of International Service A dramatic shift is underway from 20th century “closed” military...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 12:00pm to 1:30am
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Shigeyoshi Inoue (Technical University of Munich) - Harvard/MIT Inorganic Chemistry Seminar

Title: "Low-valent Silicon and Aluminium Compounds - New Horizons in Bond Activations and Catalysis"

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 12:15pm to 1:15pm
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GAME Lunch Social

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 12:30pm to 2:00pm
GAME Social

Outdoor social with lawn games sponsored by the GSC funding board. Open to MIT graduate students.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 12:30pm to 2:00pm
GAME Social

Outdoor social event for MIT grad students hosted by GAME and sponsored by the GSC Funding Board

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Woman surrounded by computer code

MIT researcher Feras Saad will join us to discuss the probabilistic programming language SPPL. Probabilistic programming languages are designed to make AI...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Aggregate Implications Of Barriers To Female Entrepreneurship

Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale)

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Prof. Ariel L. Furst

IN PERSON SEMINAR---MIT ROOM 56-114 MASK AND VALID MIT ID BARCODE or TIM Ticket Scan REQUIRED FOR ENTRY ZOOM ACCESS FOR MIT ATTENDEES: ...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 3:30pm to 4:45pm
MIT 56-114, 56-114
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Business School Night (hosted by Harvard)

Are you considering Business School in the future? MIT students are welcomed to join this virtual event hosted by Harvard College that showcases top MBA...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 4:00pm to 6:00pm
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EAPS DLS Department Highlight Series: Roger Summons

The Geological Record of Photosynthetic Pigments Photosynthesis makes the world go around. Chlorophylls and carotenoids are the two key types of pigment...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Geometric Analysis Seminar

Featured Speaker: Keaton Naff (MIT) Title: The planarity estimate in higher codimension mean curvature flow Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss the...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Yuri Berest - Cornell University

Speaker: Yuri Berest - Cornell University Title: Topological realization of rings of quasi-invariants of finite reflection groups Abstract:...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm
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SCSB Colloquium Series – Constance Smith-Hicks, M.D., Ph.D.

Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 Location: Zoom Webinar – Registration Required Register in advance for this webinar: click here * After registering, you...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm
The Alchemist

Speaker: Jonathan Tidor (MIT) Title: Induced arithmetic removal and arithmetic property testing Abstract: The triangle removal lemma of Ruzsa and...

Refuge: Dinner, Worship, Bible Study

Join us for 'Refuge' our interdenominational Christian gathering for dinner and Bible study each Wednesday that MIT class is in session. Those following...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Bhagavad Gita Summary Studies

Bhagavad Gita Summary Study is a weekly gathering meant to dive deeper into the teachings of Lord Krishna. Every week, we will be carefully reading and...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Online Yoga with Aly

Westgate is offering Yoga classes for the MIT community. The classes are online and free of charge. Sign up to receive Zoom...

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 7:30pm to 8:30pm
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021