Events

Thursday, May 4, 2023

SP Regalia Rental

Need to reserve your PhD gown for graduation? Rent it now from SP! Hurry while they still last: https://sidpac.mit.edu/regalia/

South Asia and the Institute: Transformative Connections

Researched by current MIT faculty, students, alumni, and staff, this historical exhibit tells the remarkable story of South Asia at MIT and MIT in South Asia...

South Asia and the Institute: Transformative Connections

Researched by current MIT faculty, students, alumni, and staff, this historical exhibit tells the remarkable story of South Asia at MIT and MIT in South Asia...

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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...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 2:45am to 3:00am
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Develop a Daily Writing Habit with Writing Together Online

Join Challenge 2 of the Writing Together Online program to make progress on your writing projects and complete your spring semester strong. Our 90-minute...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 7:30am to 9:00am
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Develop a Daily Writing Habit with Writing Together Online

Join Challenge 2 of the Writing Together Online program to make progress on your writing projects and complete your spring semester strong. Our 90-minute...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 9:00am to 10:30am
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Schedule Consultations with the Writing and Communication Center!

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

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 9:00am to 6:00pm
Special Seminar in Geophysics - Baptiste Rousset (U. Strasbourg)

The 2013 Slab-Wide Kamchatka Earthquake Sequence Studies of initiation of large earthquakes are usually focused on frictional instabilities occurring in the...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 10:00am to 11:00am
Building 54, 54-209
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Careers in Sustainability

Learn about careers in sustainability ranging from insurance, software, chemistry, and air transportation. This panel event will feature four panelists from...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 11:45am to 1:00pm
AMCAS and Credential Service Group Advising Session

Have you started filling out your AMCAS application yet? This group advising session will address questions about the 2023 Medical & Health Profession School...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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MIT Reads: MIT Community Discussion - 'Work Pray Code'

Carolyn Chen's Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley explores how high-tech workplace culture employs spiritual practices to exploit...

MIT X TAU Series: Africa’s Forgotten Heroes

The fifth webinar in a seven-part series focused on various aspects of sustainable development in Africa. Zoom webinar :: 12:00PM–1:00PM | Register at...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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This live, virtual 15-minute class is a combination of simple stretches to release tension in the body and guided meditation to mentally reset during the...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 12:00pm to 12:15pm
MIT Free English Class

International Students, Scholars & Spouses join us for English Conversation with native English speakers. We work on skills, learn vocabulary, make friends...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Mentor Program— 2023 Open Application

The Mentor Program Makes Better Entrepreneurs. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis Entrepreneurs may apply to the program at any stage of...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 1:00pm to 11:00pm
Two men sit in white chairs on stage facing dimmed audience in foreground. Back lighting is purple and the words "MIT Solve" are displayed on screening behind them.

The Opening Plenary for Solve at MIT 2023 is open to the public and MIT Community. Register here. Solve at MIT 2023 is an inspiring, interactive three-day...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 1:00pm to 2:30pm
To Be Announced

Reed Walker, University of California Berkeley

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 2:30pm to 4:00pm
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Ten minutes for your mind @2:50 PM EST every day (Eastern U.S. and Canada) Almost everything works better again if you unplug it for a bit, including your...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 2:45pm to 3:00pm
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Buchi Lectures in Organic Chemistry: Véronique Gouverneur (University of Oxford)

Lecture Titles: TBD Gouverneur Group website: https://gouverneur.chem.ox.ac.uk/

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 4:00pm
C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series with Prof. Arun Majumdar - Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

Please join us on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 4 pm in Room 1-190 for the C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series with Prof. Arun Majumdar. Refreshments:...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Asifa Majid

Talk Title: The limits of language Abstract: Why are some things relatively easy to express in language (e.g., geometric shapes) but others hard (e.g.,...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Building 46, Singleton
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Department Lecture Series (DLS) - Peter Gao (Carnegie Institution for Science)

Exploring Exoplanet Atmospheres in the JWST Era With the successful launch and commencement of science operations of JWST, the characterization of...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Irene Lo

Irene Lo, Stanford

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Operations Research Center Spring Seminar Series

Each week the ORC invites experts from industry and academia to give talks on a variety of subjects related to operations research.

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 4:15pm to 5:15pm
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This live, virtual 20-minute class is a combination of simple stretches to release tension in the body and guided meditation to release tension in the...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 5:00pm to 5:20pm
Secular Society of MIT Weekly Hangout

Weekly hangouts are SSOMIT's regular meetups for nontheist and nontheism-curious members of the MIT community, to get to know and keep in touch with one...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Black Girls Creating Kilombo:  “Raçuda Bodies,” Racial Violence, and Ontological Ginga in Brazil

Dr. Antônia Gabriela Pereira de Araújo Fellow, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Harvard University When: Thursday May 4,...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 5:15pm
Corporate and Employment Considerations for Entrepreneurs Starting a Business

Are you an entrepreneur just starting your business and need to learn about employment law and incorporating you entity? Join us for the webinar to...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Journey of Self Discovery

Discover a new perspective on spirituality with our new incredible 6-session series! Based on the amazing conflence of science and spirituality, it aims to...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 5:30pm to 6:30pm
SOLUTIONS with/in/sight: Algorithm and Views

Two teams of KI investigators share their innovations using machine learning tools to improve lung cancer detection. Coupling machine learning algorithms...

FaMLE, the MIT Laptop Ensemble presents: Android Dreams

Open your mind to dreams of electric sheep, shake off your late winter chills, and join us as FaMLE turns Killian Hall into Club Killian for a dynamic...

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 8:30pm to 10:00pm

Thursday, May 4, 2023