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- Feb 115:00 PMFunding Your Summer ExperienceHave you secured a summer experience, but find it underpaid? Curious about how to fund it? Join this session to explore resources available at MIT, including the Career Exploration Fellowship, designed to support your summer plans. You'll also receive tips on how to craft a strong application for funding opportunities.This CAPD event is open to all MIT undergraduates.
- Feb 115:00 PMUS-China Science Cooperation and Chinese American Scientists in the Trump 2.0 EraJoin us for a compelling discussion on the evolving dynamics of US-China science cooperation, highlighting the role of scientists at the intersection of innovation and geopolitics. As the new Trump administration shapes its China policies, how is the United States navigating scientific collaboration with China? What are the implications for Chinese American and China-focused scientists? Two Chinese American MIT faculty members and the Director of the MIT Washington Office will share their insights on the opportunities and challenges of advancing scientific progress in the context of an increasingly complex and contested US-China relationship.Light snacks will be provided. Please RSVP here.Speakers:Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan; Faculty Director MIT-China ProgramGang Chen, Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, MechE; Director, Pappalardo Micro and Nano Engineering LaboratoriesDavid Goldston, Director, MIT Washington OfficeModerator:Mihaela Papa, Director of Research and Principal Research Scientist, MIT Center for International StudiesContact Kate Danahy at kdanahy@mit.edu with any questions.Join our mailing list here to learn about upcoming CIS Global Research & Policy Seminars.
- Feb 115:30 PMCelebrate Valentine’s Day with Annual Ice SkatingJoin MIT Spouses & Partners Connect for a fun-filled evening on the ice! Enjoy free admission and skate rentals, plus light refreshments. Bring your own skates if you have them. A valid MIT ID is required for free skate rental. Children are welcome. The registration is here.This event is exclusively for MIT Spouses & Partners Connect members and their families.
- Feb 115:30 PMMind-Body-Breath Yoga - Virtual ClassThis yoga practice provides the opportunity to relax and de-stress as well as to stretch, strengthen, and balance your body. The practice begins with a meditative centering followed by warm-ups, a posture flow, and a restful final relaxation. We conclude with a closing and some time for connecting with your fellow yogis.The yoga postures are led at a moderate intensity. Lower intensity modifications are always offered and there is absolutely no obligation to do any posture. The goal is to make the class accessible to beginners as well as experienced practitioners. Listening to your body is the key to safety, especially in this online format.Registration is required on our wellness class website. If you do not already have an account on this website, you'll need to create one. This is fee-based class and open to the entire MIT community.
- Feb 115:30 PMWrestling PracticeThe MIT wrestling club holds practices in the du Pont Wrestling Room on weeknights 5:30-7pm. All levels of experience welcome! Whether you're looking to learn how to grapple or just want to get in a good workout, wrestling practice is a good time to learn technique, get in some live goes, and have fun with a great group of people.Current schedule is: structured practice MTRF, open mats W, and technique sessions 9-10:30am on Saturday. For more information, contact wrestling-officers@mit.edu.
- Feb 116:00 PMClimate Justice: What Rich Nations Owe the World -- and the FutureJoin us for a conversation with Harvard University Professor Cass Sunstein and Knight Science Journalism Fellow Emily Foxhall on the social cost of carbon.If you're injuring someone, you should stop -- and pay for the damages you've caused. Why does this simple proposition, generally accepted, not apply to climate change? In Climate Justice, a bracing challenge to status quo thinking on the ethics of climate change, renowned author and legal scholar Cass Sunstein clearly frames what's at stake and lays out the moral imperative: When it comes to climate change, everyone must be counted equally, regardless of when or where they live -- which means that wealthy nations, which have disproportionately benefited from greenhouse gas emissions, are obligated to help future generations and people in poor nations that are particularly vulnerable.Copies of Climate Justice will be available for purchase onsite from the MIT Press Bookstore.