MIT Free English Class is for international students, sholars, spouses. Twenty seven years ago we created a community to welcome the nations to MIT and assist with language and friendship. Join our Tuesday/Thursday conversation classes around tables inside W11-190.

Want to get a better night’s sleep? This health coaching workshop will provide tools and techniques that help improve sleep quality, manage stress to protect your good night’s sleep, and make getting up in the morning easier. We will also plan for the upcoming clock change and discuss hot topics in sleep health. Please bring writing materials to participate in health coaching activities.Learning objectives:Understand evidence-based strategies for getting better sleepPractice techniques that are associated with sleep qualityDiscuss current topics in sleep healthThe MIT Health Seminar Series are open to members of the MIT community, along with patients who get their care at MIT Health.Featured Speaker: Susanna (Zan) Barry. Zan develops programs to support the wellbeing of groups and individuals, including stress management, sleep health, mindfulness, and eating and body image concerns. Her classes, groups and workshops are offered at MIT Health and across the Cambridge campus. Her training is in education, psychology, and integrative health.

The Chaplains invite you to take a brief pause for refreshments and conversation as you cross campus this month. Find us in the Stata Street on Tuesday afternoons. Look for the rocking chairs!

"Not Incentivized Yet Efficient: Working From Home in the Public Sector" | Alessandra Fenizia (GWU)

Ten minutes for your mind@2:50 every day at 2:50 pm in multiple time zones:Europa@2:50, EET, Athens, Helsinki (UTC+2) (7:50 am EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88298032734Atlantica@2:50, EST, New York, Toronto (UTC-4) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85349851047Pacifica@2:50, PST, Los Angeles, Vancouver (UTC=7) (5:50 pm EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85743543699Almost everything works better again if you unplug it for a bit, including your mind. Stop by and unplug. Get the benefits of mindfulness without the fuss.@2:50 meets at the same time every single day for ten minutes of quiet together.No pre-requisite, no registration needed.Visit the website to view all @2:50 time zones each day.at250.org or at250.mit.edu

Speaker: Chen Wan (Rutgers University)Title: Some spherical varieties of Whittaker typeAbstract:In this talk I will discuss a special category of spherical varieties whose $L^2$ space is exactly supported on all the tempered generic representations. Then I will give two families of examples, one from the theory of double flag varieties, and the other one from the theory of Rankin-Selberg integrals. I will also explain how to use this theory to prove the local funcational equations for some Rankin-Selberg integrals. This is an ongoing joint work with Lei Zhang.