Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- 12:00 AM1:30 AMYoga, Wellness Wizardry, and Boba TeaTake a well-deserved break and join us for a 30-minute yoga session with Sarah Johnson, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Wellness, to reset your mind and body. Space is limited, so sign up now to secure your spot! After yoga, drop by for an open wellness event to explore the Wellness Wizard Certificate and enjoy free boba while you unwind with creative stations featuring coloring, Legos, origami, and more!
- All dayArtfinity: The MIT Festival for the ArtsA celebration of creativity and community at MITArtfinity is a new festival of the arts at MIT featuring 80 free performing and visual arts events, celebrating creativity and community at the Institute. Artfinity launches with the opening of the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building on February 15, 2025, continues with a concentration of events February 28-March 16, and culminates with the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts public lecture by 2025 recipient artist and designer Es Devlin on May 1, 2025, and a concert by Grammy-winning rapper and Visiting Professor Lupe Fiasco on May 2, 2025. Artfinity embodies MIT’s commitment to creativity, community, and the intersection of art, science and technology. We invite you to join us in this celebration, explore the diverse events, and experience the innovative spirit that defines the arts at MIT.About the Artists Artfinity features the innovative work of MIT faculty, students, staff, and alumni, alongside guest artists from the Greater Boston area and beyond.About the Activities & Events All 80 events are open to the public, including dozens of concerts and performances plus an array of visual arts such as projections, films, installations, exhibitions, and augmented reality experiences, as well as lectures and workshops for attendees to participate in. With a wide range of visual and performing arts events open to all, Artfinity embodies MIT’s commitment to the arts and the intersection of art, science, and technology.About the Presenters Artfinity is an institute-sponsored event organized by the Office of the Arts at MIT with faculty leads Institute Professor of Music Marcus Thompson and Professor of Art, Culture and Technology Azra Akšamija. Departments, labs, centers, and student groups across MIT are presenting partners.Visit arts.mit.edu for more information about the arts at MIT.
- 8:00 AM1h 30mBreakfast Series with Rhea VedroThe Breakfast Series is a regular series from the MIT Women's League. Women in the MIT community are invited to join us to hear from women faculty and administrators explore the role of women in the academy, sharing the pathways their professional lives have taken — the people and events that have influenced their direction. A full plated breakfast will be served, prepared by Chef Patrick Campbell.Rhea Vedro leads fine metals instruction in The Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laboratory 4-006. Her courses include 3.093 Metalsmithing: Objects and Power, 3.095 Introduction to Metalsmithing, and MIT Morningside Academy for Design DesignPlus seminars. Vedro is a metalsmith creating at the intersection of art, materiality and healing. Her research explores metalsmithing as a cultural signifier of values, power and protection across belief-systems and time. Trained first as a jeweler, her current studio practice is primarily hollow-form steel sculpture. Before joining DMSE, Vedro was a Boston Public Art Triennial Accelerator Fellow and served as Director of Community Engagement with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Vedro taught metalsmithing at UW-Madison and SUNY New Paltz. Her project portfolio includes the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Arts + Culture, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Artisans Asylum, North Bennet Street School, Vizcaya Museum, Queens Museum, The New York City Parks Foundation, and museums, schools, and creative community spaces throughout the Americas. Vedro holds an MFA in Metalsmithing from SUNY New Paltz.Space is limited. Please email kbennett@mit.edu to RSVP, and let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.
- 9:00 AM1h 30mSpring into Writing with Writing Together Online!Writing Together Online offers structured time to help you spring into writing and stay focused this semester. We offer writing sessions every workday, Monday through Friday. Join our daily 90-minute writing sessions and become part of a community of scholars who connect online, set realistic goals, and write together in the spirit of accountability and camaraderie. The program is open to all MIT students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and affiliates who are working on papers, proposals, thesis/dissertation chapters, application materials, and other writing projects. For more information and to register, go to this link or check the WCC website. Please spread the word and join with colleagues and friends.Register for Spring 2025 Writing Challenge 1Choose those sessions that you want to attend during Challenge 1: February 10th through March 21stMondays 9:00–10:30amTuesdays 8–9:30am and 9:30–11amWednesdays 9:00–10:30amThursdays 8–9:30am and 9:30–11amFridays 8–9:30am and 9:30–11amMIT Students and postdocs who attend at least 5 sessions per challenge will be entered into a raffle of three $25 Amazon gift cards. The raffle will take place on Friday, March 21st. The more you participate, the more times you will be entered into the raffle of prizes.For more information and to register, check the WCC website. Please spread the word and join with peers and friends.The funding support for this program comes from the Office of Graduate Education
- 9:30 AM1h 30mA series of lecturesSpeaker: Alex Lubotzky (Weizmann Institute & the Hebrew University, Simons Distinguished Visiting Professor, MIT)Title: High Dimensional Expanders (HDX) and their applications in pure math and computer scienceAbstract:Expander graphs have been an intensive topic of research in math and CS during the last six decades. In the last two decades a high dimensional theory has emerged with (very different) applications in math & CS.In this series of 8 independent (but related) lectures we present some aspects of the theory of HDX and its applications, a number of open problems and suggestions for further research.A more detailed plan:1. Thursday 2/20/25, 4:30pm, 2-190 (Math Colloquium); refreshments served at 4pm in 2-290 Introduction: three main problems(a) Gromov overlapping property(b) Locally testable codes(c) Are all groups sofic?2. Tuesday 2/25/25, 4:15-5:15pm, 32-G449 (Theory of Computing Colloquium), refreshments served at 4pmGood Locally testable codes3. Wednesday 2/26/25, 9:30-11am, 2-449Expander graphs: combinatorics, spectral gap, representation theory(Kazhdan property (T), property (\tau) and more) and property testing4. Wednesday 3/5/25, 9:30-11am, 2-449Geometric & topological expanders, Coboundary expanders, Random simplicial complexes and Property testing5. Wednesday 3/12/25, 9:30-11am, 2-449From Ramanujan graphs to Ramanujan complexes6. Wednesday 3/19/25, 9:30-11am, 2-449Stability and group approximation, Garland Theorem and the p-adic Deligne central extensionsWednesday 3/26/25 - Spring vacation7. Wednesday 4/2/26, 9:30-11am, 2-449Some more CS: Agreement tests, direct product test; PCP8. Wednesday 4/9/25, 9:30-11am, 2-449Are there non-sofic groups? The Aldous-Lyons conjecture and more
- 10:00 AM2hCoffee Hour with MIT Spouses and Partners ConnectEnjoy a warm drink, connect with old friends, and meet new ones. Please bring a snack to share (store bought or homemade).Let's talk about whatever is on your mind. Hosted MS&PC volunteers. Babies & children are welcome.Simply send an email to spousesandpartners@mit.edu and let us know that you would like to join us.ONLY FOR SPOUSES, PARTNERS, AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.
- 10:00 AM6hRefracted Histories: 19th-c. Islamic Windows as a Prism into MIT’s Past, Present, and FutureHidden within MIT’s Distinctive Collections, many architectural elements from the earliest days of the Institute’s architecture program still survive as part of the Rotch Art Collection. Among the artworks that conservators salvaged was a set of striking windows of gypsum and stained-glass, dating to the late 18th- to 19th c. Ottoman Empire. This exhibition illuminates the life of these historic windows, tracing their refracted histories from Egypt to MIT, their ongoing conservation, and the cutting-edge research they still prompt.The Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) is open Monday through Thursday, 10am - 4pm, excluding Institute holidays.
- 10:00 AM8hAfrofuturism and OtherworldlinessSun Ra, Parliament-Funkadelic, George Clinton, Erykah Badu, Octavia E. Butler, Digable Planets, Janelle Monae, Flying Lotus, Grace Jones, Missy Elliott, and moreA new exhibit in Lewis Music Library celebrates the visionary contributions of Afrofuturist artists across various genres and mediums. From the cosmic jazz of Sun Ra and the psychedelic funk of Parliament-Funkadelic and George Clinton, to the neo-soul of Erykah Badu and the sci-fi narratives of Octavia E. Butler, these artists have pushed the boundaries of creativity and imagination.This event is presented as part of Artfinity: A celebration of creativity and community at MIT.
- 11:00 AM45mMIT Museum Highlights TourJoin a member of our Visitor Experience Team for this 45-minute introductory tour of the MIT Museum. Learn about the collection, our history, and get your questions answered by our gallery experts. Space is limited, please speak to a visitor experience representative at the admission desk when purchasing museum tickets if you would like to participate in the tour.Every Wednesday at 11am Free with museum admission
- 11:00 AM1hYang Tan Collective Clinical Talk Series in Molecular Therapeutics: Dr. Mustafa SahinTitle: Mechanism-based Biomarker and Treatment Trials in Tuberous Sclerosis.This presentation will review translational neuroscience research in a disease associated with high incidence of epilepsy and autism, tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Impactful research in TSC and related neurodevelopmental disorders will require reducing the boundaries between basic scientists and clinicians, between different departments and divisions as well as between academia and industry. Such research also allows for specialized centers of excellence to work in coordination with each other to address the challenges such rare genetic disorders raise.Bio: Dr. Mustafa Sahin is the Neurologist-in-Chief, a pediatric neurologist, and a developmental neurobiologist at Boston Children's Hospital as well as a Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and the Rosamund Stone Zander Chair at Boston Children’s Hospital. He received his Sc.B. degree from Brown University and his M.D. and Ph.D. from Yale School of Medicine. He completed a pediatrics residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a child neurology residency at Boston Children's Hospital. At Boston Children’s, Dr. Sahin is the Director of the Translational Research Program, managing director of the Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center, and the chair of Clinical and Translational Research Executive Committee. He is the co-PI of the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center. He directs a national consortium to study biomarkers and comparative pathobiology in three genetic disorders (TSC, PHTS and Phelan McDermid Syndrome) all associated with autism and intellectual disability. He was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.
- 11:00 AM3hRAK Week: Send a Letter with the MIT Libraries!Keep in touch with someone you care about! We've assembled a fun collection of note cards, pretty stationery, markers, stickers, and glitter. In celebration of Random Acts of Kindness Week, take a minute and write a note or letter. The Libraries will mail it for you anywhere in the world, and we'll even cover the postage. All you need to provide is the address!
- 11:30 AM2h 30mFood Trucks in the Kendall/MIT Open Space
- 12:00 PM1hTai Chi - Virtual ClassA martial art known for its many health benefits, tai chi is a moving study in meditation.Designed for small spaces, this class covers fundamental skills including postures, hand, and footwork. A short Yang style tai chi form will be taught.Special clothing is not necessary, but athletic shoes and loose fitting pants are recommended.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.
- 12:00 PM1h 30mAmerica’s Military After Two Decades of WarDr. Mara Karlin from Johns Hopkins University will speak at the MIT Security Studies Program's Wednesday Seminar.In this seminar, Dr. Karlin will explore the legacies of the post-9/11 wars for the U.S. armed forces and discuss the implications of the changing character of military conflict.
- 12:10 PM30mTunnel Walk sponsored by getfitWant 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 with the big mirror, right inside the Collier Memorial entrance to Stata. 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 checking this calendar just before you head out! [As of Feb 28, 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.
- 12:10 PM50mConcerts in the ChapelORSEL presents concerts each month, holding space in the Chapel for stillness and reflection — February 12, March 12, April 9, and May 14. Drop in anytime and enjoy tasty mORSELs after each concert!Valerie K. Chen, cello (February 12)Join EECS PhD student Valerie K. Chen for a midday contemplation of resilience, reconciliation, and compassion through the voice of the solo cello. Carson Marshall and Umer Piracha (March 12) Violinist and meditation guide Carson Marshall and Sufi vocalist Umer Piracha present a meditative sound experience blending classical violin improvisations with the rich vocal traditions of Sufi Qawwali. This collaboration explores deep listening, presence, and resonance through sustained melodic phrasing, the meditative drone of the tanpura, and immersive vocal textures. Leon Guallart Diaz (April 9)Leon Guallart is an artist from Barcelona, Spain, whose sound has been described as 'a warm hug in the middle of a snowstorm.' His current project, the Comfort: Home Tour, aims to bring warmth and comfort to iconic spaces around the world, designed by architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, or Mies van der Rohe. TBA (May 14) PREVIOUS ARTISTS:Carson Marshall and Natalie Lin Douglas (December 4)Violinist and Meditation guide Carson Marshall and MIT Associate Professor of Music Natalie Lin Douglas present a concert combining guided meditation with live classical music, providing tools for cultivating presence, deep listening, and emotional regulation. Musical selections will include works by Bach, Anna Clyne, and improvisations with violin and Shruti box.Past Concerts:Leo Eguchi: UNACCOMPANIED (November 6)MIT Affiliated Artist Leo Eguchi, cello, presents selections from his immigration themed solo performance project, UNACCOMPANIED, featuring newly commissioned works by immigrant and first generation American composers.Evan Ziporyn: Sonic Holograms (October 2)Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at MIT & Faculty Director of MIT CAST, weaves live clarinet, bass clarinet, wind synth, effects boxes and loop pedals into a multidimensional, immersive and meditative auditory journey.Christine Southworth: Mushroom Modulations (September 4)Multi-media composer and MIT alum Christine Southworth will make music by “listening” to slight electrical variations in live colonies she has grown via electrodes placed on different parts of the fruiting growth and converted to sound.
- 2:30 PM1h 30mDevelopment SeminarComplementarities in Labor Supply: How Joint Commuting Shapes Work Decisions | Florian Grosset
- 2:45 PM15mMIT@2:50 - Ten Minutes for Your MindTen 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
- 4:00 PM30mI-Corps Information SessionFor researchers interested in commercializing their new technology:● Learn what I-Corps is all about and what to expect in the program ● Explore the benefits of participating in our I-Corps short course ● What will the next steps be toward a potential $2MM in non-dilutive funding supportThere will be an opportunity for Q&A at the end of the session.
- 4:00 PM1hGeometric Analysis SeminarSpeaker: Zhengjiang Lin (MIT)Title: Asymptotic topological statistics of Gaussian random zero sets of codimensions ≥ 1.Abstract:We will briefly discuss some asymptotic topological statistics of zero sets of Gaussian random waves, which can have codimensions greater than 1. This includes a special case on random distributions of knots as the zero sets of complex arithmetic random waves. We will also discuss some results on zero sets of Gaussian band-limited functions consisting of Laplacian eigenfunctions, which are related to Courant’s nodal domain theorem and Milnor-Thom’s theorem on Betti numbers of real algebraic varieties.
- 4:00 PM1hInorganic Chemistry Student Seminar Catherine Badding
- 4:00 PM1hLie Groups SeminarSpeaker: Xin Jin (Boston College)Title: Multiplicative universal centralizer: Bruhat stratification, cluster structure and applicationsAbstract: The universal centralizer of a complex reductive group plays an important role in geometric representation theory. Aside from the standard group scheme structure, it possesses a natural Bruhat decomposition (and consequently a ''parabolic induction" structure) that makes the geometry quite explicit, and has many applications.The multiplicative version of the universal centralizer possesses a similar feature but has much richer (and more complicated) algebraic geometric structures. I will talk about recent results on several geometric features of the multiplicative universal centralizer. These include (a complete description of) a natural Bruhat stratification and the cluster structure on it. I will also talk about several applications. This is based on joint work with Ben Webster.
- 4:00 PM1hProf. Zdenek Bazant (Northwestern University) - Pierce Seminar on Wednesday, March 12Please join us on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 for the Pierce Seminar at 4 PM in Room 1-131 with Prof. Zdeněk Bažant.Abstract Title: Sprain energy and other consequences of the gap test for fracture and damage mechanicsAbstract:The gap test discovery (PNAS-2020) showed that the crack-parallel stress causes the apparent facture energy to change as much as 2:1 and that the fracture process zone must have a finite width and follow a triaxial softening damage law, with damage localization ilimited by the sprain energy depending on the curvature (or hessian) of the vectorial displacement field. This led to a highly efficient smooth Lagrangian crack band model (slCBM-PNAS-2024) that uses C0-continuity shape functions for both the displacement and their gradients, which are constrained by a second-order Lagrange multiplier tensor. Mesh-refinement at fracture front delivers results independent of mesh rotation. Symmetrizing the displacement gradient shows that the existing strain-gradient damage models, with unresisted rotation gradients, grossly misestimate Mode II and III fractures and Mode I with shear. Strong crack-parallel stress effects must occur in all materials, including atomistically sharp cracks in crystals. Applications: Deep CO2 sequestration, fracking, concrete fracture.Bio:Born and educated in Prague (Ph.D. 1963), Bažant joined in 1969 Northwestern faculty, where he has been W.P. Murphy Professor since 1990 and simultaneously McCormick Institute Professor since 2002, and Director of Center for Geomaterials (1981-87). Inducted to NAS, NAE, Am. Acad. of Arts & Sci., Royal Soc. London, Roy. Soc. Canada, national academies of Austria, Japan, Italy-Lincei, Spain, Canada, Czechia., Greece and India. HonMem: ASCE, ASME, ACI, RILEM, CSM. Received Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 9 honorary doctorates; SES Prager Medal; ASME Medal, Timoshenko, Nadai and Warner Medals; ASCE von Karman, Freudenthal, Newmark, Biot, Mindlin, TY Lin and Croes Medals, Guggenheim Fellow; ARMA Fellow; SEM Murray Medal; ASC Outstanding Res. Award; RILEM L’Hermite Medal; ACI Boase Award, Exner Medal (Austria); Torroja Medal (Madrid). Authored nine books. ASCE established Bažant Medal for failure and damage prevention and ASME Bažant Medal for mechanics. In Czechia: Bažant Prize.
- 4:00 PM1hTeuber Talk Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Tim BehrensTalk Title: A cellular basis for mapping behavioural structureAbstract: To flexibly adapt to new situations, our brains must understand the regularities in the world, as well as those in our own patterns of behaviour. A wealth of findings is beginning to reveal the algorithms that we use to map the outside world. However, the biological algorithms that map the complex structured behaviours that we compose to reach our goals remain unknown. Here we reveal a neuronal implementation of an algorithm for mapping abstract behavioural structure and transferring it to new scenarios. We trained mice on many tasks that shared a common structure (organizing a sequence of goals) but differed in the specific goal locations. The mice discovered the underlying task structure, enabling zero-shot inferences on the first trial of new tasks. The activity of most neurons in the medial frontal cortex tiled progress to goal, akin to how place cells map physical space. These ‘goal-progress cells’ generalized, stretching and compressing their tiling to accommodate different goal distances. By contrast, progress along the overall sequence of goals was not encoded explicitly. Instead, a subset of goal-progress cells was further tuned such that individual neurons fired with a fixed task lag from a particular behavioural step. Together, these cells acted as task-structured memory buffers, implementing an algorithm that instantaneously encoded the entire sequence of future behavioural steps, and whose dynamics automatically computed the appropriate action at each step. These dynamics mirrored the abstract task structure both on-task and during offline sleep. Our findings suggest that schemata of complex behavioural structures can be generated by sculpting progress-to-goal tuning into task-structured buffers of individual behavioural steps.Bio: Tim Behrens is a neuroscientist at Oxford and UCLWebinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89002014229?pwd=bzZuZGh6cVhOSjJ6TlNZVHgrRnNaQT09Followed by a reception with food and drink in 3rd floor atrium
- 4:00 PM1h 30mTips and Tricks for Productive WritingStruggling to stay on track with your writing? This four-session workshop series will help you navigate common challenges and develop strategies for a more productive writing process. We will explore how to manage your time and set realistic expectations, harness perfectionism to your advantage, build a strong working relationship with your dissertation advisor or PI, and use constructive procrastination as a tool for maintaining a healthy writing routine. Each session will be interactive and designed to equip you with practical skills to improve your writing habits.Pre-registration is required to participate and light refreshments will be served.
- 4:10 PM30mTunnel Walk sponsored by getfitWant to get exercise toward the end of the 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 with the big mirror, right inside the Collier Memorial entrance to Stata. 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 checking this calendar just before you head out! [As of Feb 12, 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.
- 4:15 PM1hRichard P. Stanley Seminar in CombinatoricsSpeaker: Colin Defant (Harvard)Title: Random Subwords, Pipe Dreams, and BilliardsAbstract: Let (W,S) be a Coxeter system, and let w be a finite word over the alphabet S. We can randomly and independently delete some of the letters from w and then multiply the resulting subword to get a random element of W. I will explain how to view special cases of this general setup in terms of random pipe dreams or random billiard trajectories. Alternatively, we could multiply the random subword using the Demazure product; this leads to strong connections with integrable probability. I will discuss several results about these random objects, and I will also propose several potential directions for further work. Part of this talk is based on joint work with Pakawut Jiradilok and Elchanan Mossel.
- 4:30 PM1h 30mSign Language Study BreaksWe have two Sign Language Study Breaks coming up, with free Cafe 472 pizza and activities for all skill levels! When #1: Wed, March 12th, 4:30-6:00pmWhen #2: Wed, March 19th, 4:30-6:00pmWhere: MIT building 4, room 4-145What: Sign language practice + Cafe 472 pizzaRSVP (encouraged): https://asl-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/asl-study-break-rsvp-march-2025/ Come to socialize, learn the ASL fingerspelling alphabet, practice some basic signs, play sign language games, and for more experienced signers, we can practice conversational skills. All MIT community members are welcome! An ASL interpreter will be provided. Please RSVP to notify us of any other accommodations needed.
- 5:00 PM1hMaximize your LinkedIn ProfileSpring recruiting is here, and is your LinkedIn “recruiter ready”? Does your headline need some attention? Not sure what to put “about me”? Through this 60-minute workshop you will learn ways to make your LinkedIn profile an “all-star”.This CAPD event is open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni.
- 5:00 PM3hNew England I-Corps: For Researchers Considering a Technology-based StartupFor Researchers Interested in Commercializing their New TechnologyExplore taking your new technology to the marketplace Get entrepreneurial training, support to identify customers Learn how to apply for $50,000 from the NSFIncrease your chances of receiving an SBIR/STTR awardClick here for more details
- 5:15 PM2h 45mThe Table - Lutheran Episcopal MinistryEvery Wednesday night you are invited to come to The Table for peaceful Christian worship in the Chapel at 5:15 pm and dinner in the Main Dining Room of W11 at 6:30 pm.We worship with beautiful songs, open conversation about the Scriptures, prayers and a simple sharing of communion around the altar. Then we enjoy dinner together and good company together. Whether you come every week or just drop by once in a while, there is a caring community for you at the Table.You are truly welcome to come as you are: undergrad, grad, or post-doc; sure of your faith or wondering what it is all about; gay, straight, bi, trans*, questioning. Please join us for no-pressure worship and fellowship.Hosted by the Lutheran Epsicopal Ministry @ MIT. For more information, or to verify gathering times during holiday and vacation periods, please contact chaplains Andrew Heisen (heisen@mit.edu) and Kevin Vetiac (kvet246@mit.edu).
- 5:30 PM1hActive Gentle Yoga - Virtual ClassMany people think gentle yoga is too easy and not an effective form of fitness. Think again! You can practice yoga in ways that are both active and gentle at the same time.Come enjoy the many known benefits of yoga through:the practice of active yet gentle, rhythmic movementheld yoga poses and vinyasa flow (moving from pose to pose via the breath)pranayam (breath work)relaxation and meditationIn this well-rounded class, Celeste LeMieux, 500 hr certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor, provides clear instructions and modifications, making it accessible and beneficial to practitioners of all ages and stages of yoga practice and life.You will leave class feeling both stretched and strengthened while also feeling more calm and relaxed. This class is the perfect mid-week reset for body and mind. Come see how less really can be more!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.
- 5:30 PM1h 25mRefuge @ MIT: weekly worship, prayer & Bible Study.Refuge @ MIT. Join our weekly gathering for Christian students and seekers as we have worship, prayer and Bible study each Wednesday evening. We share some food and enjoy an in depth Bible study, open to all students at MIT.
- 5:30 PM1h 30mWrestling 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.
- 6:00 PM3hBIPOC Climbing socialMITOC is hosting a post Winter School climbing social for BIPOC members. We will climb at Boston Bouldering project. If you are a member at BBP it is free, if not then we have discounted day pass for $10. This event is sponsored by GSC Funding Board