IAP 2014 Activities by Category - Special Events

LTC Deborah Ellis, United States Army, LTC Jayson Gilberti, United States Army

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Participants will be given brief instruction on required skills before embarking on a TOP SECRET mission.  If you’ve ever wondered if you have what it takes to plan and execute a mission to find the enemy, then this course is for you.  No prior military experience required.

Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Security Studies Program
Contact: Harlene Miller, 258-6531, harlenem@mit.edu

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NEW DATE - RESCHEDULED AFTER SNOW

Jan/27

Mon

10:00AM-12:00PM

E40-496

Patsy Baudoin

Jan/13

Mon

11:00AM-12:00PM

14E-304

Enrollment: Sign up w/Patsy Baudoin at patsy@mit.edu
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 25 participants

Join Ta-Nehisi Coates for a conversation about reading, writing, and libraries. He's senior editor at The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He's also the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle (2009). Curious beforehand? Check out: http://www.theatlantic.com/ta-nehisi-coates. He’ll be teaching writing again at MIT in spring 2014. 

With the support of the Committee on the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion of the MIT Libraries

Sponsor(s): Libraries, Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Patsy Baudoin, patsy@mit.edu

Mattias Ohlson

Jan/09

Thu

01:00PM-02:00PM

N51-310

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 40 participants

Half of the world’s population use firewood or charcoal for cooking, using old cooking technologies such as open fires or low-efficiency stoves. The negative health effects are staggering: an estimated 4 million people die every year due to indoor air pollution from open fires, more than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. Families spend a substantial part of their household income on cooking fuel. In addition, making of charcoal is one of the primary causes of deforestation in Africa.

Emerging Cooking Solutions, a social business working in Zambia, has created an innovative system using micro-gasfying cooking stoves and locally produced waste biomass pellets, which reduce emissions drastically, saving money and time for the users and preserving about 6 tons of virgin forest for each stove that use pellets instead of charcoal. Their approach is to work with women’s groups, churches and other local organizations to reduce the initial threshold of entry and create a product that works in the local cultural context.    

Hear founder Mattias Ohlson and Marion Peterson speak about their challenges and opportunities launching a social business in Zambia.

Light refreshments

Sponsor(s): D-Lab, Public Service Center
Contact: Sally Chapman, 33-309, 617 253-4926, SALLYC@MIT.EDU

Max Powers, Professor of Sign Language

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none

An introduction class where students will learn the basic of sign language as well as deaf culture. They will be taught basic fingerspelling, vocabulary and how to form sentences in conversation. There will deaf culture in the class as well. It will cover the formation of American Sign Language as well as the influence of Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. There will be two guest speakers in the class. At the end of the class, there will be a fun project in sign language.

Contact: Max Powers, 617 225-7622, MAXP@MIT.EDU

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Lecture

Jan/08	Wed	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/09	Thu	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/10	Fri	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/13	Mon	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/14	Tue	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/15	Wed	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/16	Thu	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/17	Fri	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/20	Mon	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/21	Tue	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154
Jan/22	Wed	02:30PM-04:00PM	66-154

Leo Anthony Celi, Research Scientist - IMES

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

On behalf of the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Hacking Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, we would like to invite you to attend the Big Data in Critical Care: Workshop & Conference.
The event will bring together various disciplines - computer science, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, biostatistics, epidemiology, informatics, business, health policy, and the social sciences - from both academia and industry, with the goal of learning from routinely collected clinical data, as outlined in a recent discussion paper from the Institute of Medicine.

Workshop - January 3rd-5th

Participants will be divided into teams of data scientists and clinicians who will use the MIMIC database to work on pre-selected clinical questions or projects. Findings will be presented at the end of the workshop. The best presentation will be awarded a cash prize as well as the opportunity to present at the conference. We are also inviting teams from around the world to participate via WebEx.

Conference - January 7th

The purpose of this one day event is to bring together clinicians and data scientists to learn about and discuss the oppportunities and challenges facing meaningful, secondary use of critical care data.

Keynote speakers: Professor Jeffrey Drazen, editor-in-chief of New England Journal of Medicine, and Professor John Ioannidis

4th Floor, Stata Center, MIT
32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

Register early: http://criticaldata.mit.edu/events.html

 

Sponsor(s): Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, SANA
Contact: Leo Anthony Celi, E25-505, (617) 253-7937, lceli@MIT.EDU

Tamara Raimundi Menghi, Associate Director of Employer Relations, Laura Perrigo, Career Assistant

Jan/10

Fri

01:00PM-02:30PM

1-375, Bring your MyPlan results

Enrollment: Registration required through CareerBridge

Take the guesswork out of career planning with MyPlan, an assessment that makes career decisions easier by providing detailed information on top interests, work preferences, and personal styles. In this workshop, participants will receive an interpretive overview of MyPlan results and information on how to use their MyPlan results in their internship search. Participation requires completing the MyPlan assessment online prior to attending the workshop. To take the assessment, log in to CareerBridge and click the MyPlan link under the Additional Resources tab. From the MyPlan website, use your unique code (in green) to register for and take the MyPlan assessments. Once completed, print and bring your results from the Personality, Interests, Skills, and Values assessments to the workshop.

Co-sponsored by Sophomore Year Experience (SYE)

Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Tamara Raimundi Menghi, 12-170, (617) 253-4733, trmenghi@mit.edu

Brenna Heintz, Admissions Counselor

Jan/27

Mon

05:30PM-11:00PM

Bush Room (10-105)

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: MIT Undergraduates Only

Be the first to talk with the Early Action admitted students of the MIT Class of 2018. Help the Admissions Office congratulate them and answer their questions. Encourage them to attend CPW this spring!! It's lot of fun! FREE FOOD will be provided!! Bring your friends! We look forward to seeing you there. No need to stay for the whole time, just drop by when you can and welcome a few prefrosh over the phone!

Sponsor(s): Admissions
Contact: Brenna Heintz, 10-100, 617-258-5504, bheintz@MIT.EDU

Katherine Julian, Staff Associate, Sarah Mountjoy, Aliya Dincer

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

First-year students, have you picked your passion yet? Don't miss series of departmental exploration (DEX) events sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming.

DEX will be a structured time at the end of IAP for academic discovery that will allow students to experience what it’s like to be an undergrad in each department. Events include: student panels, open houses and showcases of projects and research. Each day there will be at least one topic panel featuring students from departments listed who will speak about their in and out of class experiences studying in this department.  

The events will primarily focus on the School of Science and School of Engineering. Additionally, departments in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Sloan School of Management and School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences will also be highlighted throughout the week.

Events will take place January 27, 29, 30 & 31. No sign up is necessary, just come to whatever sessions you are most interested in!

Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: Katherine Julian, 7-103, 617 253-9764, KJULIAN@MIT.EDU

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Technological Engineering Topics Panel

Jan/27

Mon

01:00PM-02:30PM

Bush Room 10-105

Panel representatives: Course 2, 16, 6, 1, 22, 3, and 2OE 

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Cirque du CEE: The Projection Pod

Jan/27

Mon

02:30PM-03:30PM

Lobby 13

In CEE we aim to understand the world, invent, and lead with creative design. Using projection pods we will introduce you to:

-our faculty, their subjects and labs in the department such as TREX, 1.101 and 1.102

-interesting and challenging UROPs like examining big data and studying bio-inspired materials

-current students and young alums learn about internships and careers that Course 1 students pursue

 Snacks served! 

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Entrepreneurship Panel

Jan/27

Mon

03:00PM-04:00PM

Bush Room, 10-105

Session Description TBD

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Chemistry Magic Show

Jan/29

Wed

11:00AM-12:00PM

4-231

Session Description TBD

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Biology Topics Panel

Jan/29

Wed

12:00PM-01:30PM

Bush Room 10-105

Panel Representatives: Course 7, 6-7, 20, 10B, 9 and 12 

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Chemistry Topics Panel

Jan/29

Wed

01:30PM-03:00PM

Bush Room 10-105

Panel representatives: Course 5, 3,12,10,1E

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Course 9 Open House

Jan/29

Wed

03:00PM-04:00PM

Bush Room, 10-105

Session Description TBD

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Biology Professor Panel

Jan/29

Wed

04:00PM-05:00PM

4-149

Session Description TBD

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Pre-Health Orientation/Open House

Jan/29

Wed

05:00PM-06:00PM

4-149

Session Description TBD

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Design, Infrastructure and Policy Panel

Jan/30

Thu

12:00PM-01:30PM

Bush Room 10-105

Panel Representatives: Course 11, 4, 17, 1, 22, 2A

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Economics, Finance and Policy Panel

Jan/30

Thu

01:30PM-03:00PM

Bush Room 10-105

Panel Representatives: Course 15, 14, 17

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Cirque du CEE: The Projection Pod

Jan/30

Thu

01:30PM-03:30PM

Lobby 13

In CEE we aim to understand the world, invent, and lead with creative design. Using projection pods we will introduce you to:

-our faculty, their subjects and labs in the department such as TREX, 1.101 and 1.102

-interesting and challenging UROPs like examining big data and studying bio-inspired materials

-current students and young alums learn about internships and careers that Course 1 students pursue

 Snacks served! 

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Course 14, 15, 17 Open House

Jan/30

Thu

03:00PM-04:00PM

Bush Room 10-105

Session Description TBD

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ChemE Exploration

Jan/30

Thu

06:00PM-08:00PM

66-110

The ChemE Exploration is an opportunity for students to gain a better understanding about Chemical Engineering and its career paths. There will be speakers sharing their experiences about what they went on to do after earning their ChemE degree. There will also be a panel of ChemE undergraduate students who will answer questions and discuss the Chemical Engineering department at MIT. Food will be provided.

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Lunch with Women in Physics

Jan/31

Fri

12:00PM-01:00PM

Bush Room, 10-105

Session Description TBD

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Math, Physics and Computer Science Panel

Jan/31

Fri

01:00PM-02:30PM

Bush Room 10-105

Panel Representatives: Courses 8, 18, 6-3, 22, 12, CMS

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Physics Lightning Lectures

Jan/31

Fri

02:30PM-03:00PM

Bush Room, 10-105

Session Description TBD

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Closing Open House

Jan/31

Fri

03:00PM-04:30PM

Bush Room 10-105

Missed an earlier DEX event? Want to have a follow-up conversation? This is an opportunitiy to connect with many of the week's panelists at a centralized time. 

Kyoko Wada

Jan/26

Sun

02:00PM-03:00PM

W20-307

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Prereq: None

Join us for a Japanese tea ceremony performed by Mrs. Kyoko Wada, who has been studying the Japanese Tea Ceremony for more than 30 years. She will share "the happiness of the tea ceremony" with you and invite you to take this opportunity to leave your worries and problems at the door. Be transported to Japan by the calligraphy, ceramics, flowers, lacquer, and incense. Experience the four elements of the "way of tea:" harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility. Imagine how they can bring harmony into our daily interactions. Take the first step of what can become a lifetime of study and meditation.

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)

Signup by: 24-Jan-2014

Web: http://web.mit.edu/chado/www/index.html

Contact: Kyoko Wada, iap.chado@gmail.com

Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Kyoko Wada, iap.chado@gmail.com

Laura Royden

Jan/17	Fri	12:00PM-11:59PM	Kresge Auditorium
Jan/18	Sat	12:00AM-11:59PM	(all around campus)
Jan/19	Sun	12:00AM-11:59PM	(all around campus)

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session

The MIT Mystery Hunt is an annual puzzlehunt competition that takes place at MIT one weekend every IAP. The Hunt consists of a series of puzzles that teams work to solve throughout the weekend, with the end goal of finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus.

Mystery Hunt was launched in 1981 and is widely regarded as one of the oldest and most complex puzzlehunts in the world. It attracts over 1,000 people every year and has inspired similar competitions at universities, companies and cities around the world.

This year's Hunt will begin on Friday, January 17 at noon in Kresge Auditorium and last until the coin is found.

If you'd like to compete, form a team and then visit http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/ to register. If you don't have a team, you can also register as an unattached hunter.

Happy hunting!

Sponsor(s): Mystery Hunt
Contact: Laura Royden, Mystery Hunt, puzzle@mit.edu

Ruth T. Davis, Manager of Communications and Sustainability

Jan/29

Wed

12:00PM-01:30PM

W1, Flowers Dng Hall, Bring your MIT ID with you

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

Learn how to make your event stylish and sustainable. Discover what spaces are available on campus and how to get tables and chairs set up or delivered there. Representatives from Facilities, CAC, and the Green Committee will show you how. At the event there will be a demo of the new Atlas form for requesting services, CAC will review its virtual schedule and event planning guide, and the Green Committee will discuss strategies for making an event zero waste. Your attendees will be mingling and commingling. Sign up here: http://doodle.com/w3q3pp6htifep565

Sponsor(s): Department of Facilities, Working Group on Support Staff Issues
Contact: Ruth Davis, NE49-2200, 617 253-7299, RTDAVIS@MIT.EDU

Alexandra Krawiec, Documentary film director

Jan/29

Wed

02:30PM-05:00PM

3-133

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Screening of “Project Mars” a documentary presenting analogue field mission which took place in the northern Sahara near Erfud Morroco. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with film director Alexandra Krawiec and Gernot Gromer, the Austrian Space Forum President, who will join live via the Internet connection to talk about space exploration. 

 

Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Alexandra Krawiec, al.krawiec@gmail.com

Margo Collett, Anne McCants

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This course explores an aspect of medieval textile and clothing production technologies, offering students hands on experience. We will work with a raw fleece; card and spin the wool; make skeins of yarn which can be used for weaving or knitting. Sitting wheels, large walking wheels and all materials will be provided. This course will question typical characterization of medieval textile work as unskilled, as well as consider distinctions usually made between activities labeled as crafts versus those labeled as art.

Sponsor(s): History
Contact: Anne E. C. McCants, E51-291, 2586669, amccants@mit.edu

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Distaff Arts

Jan/21	Tue	10:00AM-04:00PM	E51-095
Jan/22	Wed	10:00AM-04:00PM	E51-095
Jan/23	Thu	10:00AM-04:00PM	E51-095

Michael J Person

Jan/08

Wed

06:00PM-11:00PM

Wallace Observatory, Dress Warmly

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

Come tour the heavens at MIT's George R. Wallace Jr. Astrophysical Observatory located 45 minutes northwest of Boston in Westford, MA. Use various telescopes from 14" to 24" for both visual observing and electronic imaging of Jupiter, and other celestial bodies. Signup via website: http://web.mit.edu/wallace/iaptour/

Sponsor(s): Wallace Astrophysical Observatory, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Contact: Michael J Person, iaptour@occult.mit.edu