The next Crafternoon event will celebrate Valentine's Day by creating decorative floating candles. These personalized candles will add a unique touch to your Valentine’s Day celebrations and bring a warm, festive atmosphere to the occasion.An added bonus of this event is the opportunity to connect with fellow spouses and partners from MS&PC. Children are welcome to join as well! The event sponsored by ISchO.If you have any questions, please contact Miyuki Ota: miyukichan8@hotmail.com.

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.

All MIT faculty, students, and staff can visit and borrow from Harvard simply by registering. The MIT Libraries have arranged for on-site registration here on campus to help streamline the process.Come to Hayden Library on one of our registration days on Feb. 13, 19, and 26:1) Bring your MIT ID and government-issued ID2) Log into Borrow Direct via Touchstone. DUO authentication is required; please have your mobile phone set up with DUO.3) Then you can go to the Harvard card office (Smith Center) to get your borrowing card.Smith Campus Center 1350 Massachusetts Ave., 8th floor Phone: 617.496.7827 Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm; Closed Sat, Sun, and university holidaysAlready have Harvard access and need to renew? Bring your Harvard ID (you must still have this) to Hayden Library on one of our registration days and follow steps 1&2 above to reactivate.Can't come to Hayden on one of these dates? You can also apply online and confirm your affiliation via a Zoom appointment. You can then pick up your card at Harvard's Smith Center ID office at your convenience. Learn more about using Harvard's libraries at libraries.mit.edu/harvard.

Want to get exercise mid-day but don’t want to go outside? Join the tunnel walk for a 30-minute walk led by a volunteer through MIT’s famous tunnel system. This walk may include stairs/inclines. Wear comfortable shoes. Free.Location details: Meet in the lobby under the “Belonging + Community” banner. Location photo below.Tunnel Walk Leaders will have a white flag they will raise at the meeting spot for you to find them.Prize Drawing: Attend a walk and scan a QR code from the walk leaders to be entered into a drawing for a getfit tote bag at the end of the getfit challenge. The more walks you attend, the more entries you get. Winner will be drawn and notified at the end of April. Winner does not need to be a getfit participant.Disclaimer: Tunnel walks are led by volunteers. In the rare occasion when a volunteer isn’t able to make it, we will do our best to notify participants. In the event we are unable to notify participants and a walk leader does not show up, we encourage you to walk as much as you feel comfortable doing so. We recommend you check this calendar just before you head out! [As of Feb 7, this calendar is defaulting to the year 1899. Click "today" to be brought to the current month.]Getfit is a 12-week fitness challenge for the entire MIT community. These tunnel walks are open to the entire MIT community and you do not need to be a current getfit participant to join.

Join us for a seminar by Professor Bo Qiao, from ShanghaiTech University, on "Understanding the Non-covalent Interactions within Polymer Materials Leads to More Advanced Performance". We hope to see you there!Abstract: Non-covalent interactions (e.g., hydrogen bond, dipole-dipole interactions, and Coulombic interactions) are ubiquitous. These interactions have been utilized to develop molecular functions such as recognition, aggregation, and stimuli-response, leading to complex structures and molecular machines. Despite these achievements, optimizing the non-covalent interactions within polymer materials to improve their performance remains less explored. This talk will discuss our recent progress in tuning and studying the non-covalent interactions within three types of polymer materials: polymer electrolytes, light-responsive polymer networks, and gene-delivery polymers. First, we studied the impact of intermolecular interactions within polymer electrolytes on lithium conduction. Second, we utilized metal-ligand interactions to regulate the properties of photoswitches as cross-linkers in polymer networks. Third, we developed a synthetic strategy that grants access to a broad range of precisely defined gene-delivery polymers, potentially allowing us to fine tune the self-assembled structures of polymer vectors and nucleic acids.Bio: Bo Qiao obtained his PhD degree in 2017 at Indiana University under the supervision of Prof. Amar Flood studying anion supramolecular chemistry. From 2017 to 2020, Bo did post-doctoral research at MIT with Prof. Jeremiah Johnson and Prof. Yang Shao-Horn studying polymer electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries. In September 2020, Bo joined ShanghaiTech University as an assistant professor.

To be the leader of a lab in academic and non-academic settings, you need to be balance being a mentor and a manager. But how and when do you switch between these roles? How do you show that you know both of these skills when you apply for jobs? This workshop will consistent of two parts. First we will describe the different responsibilities of a manager versus a mentor, help you reflect on your strengths in both of these roles, and ways in particular to better understand your own managerial approach. Then, we will wrap up the workshop by identifying when and how you describe these skills when you are on the job market.