Design the New Residence System at MIT: A Community Shapes Its Future
Kirk Kolenbrander
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, Jan 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 01-04:00pm, TBA, Jan 19-23 only: 1-4 pm
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
A bold new design experience for the entire MIT community will be offered throughout the final two weeks of IAP (January 19 - 29). Teams of undergraduate, graduate, faculty, staff and alumni will craft a collection of designs for a new residence system for the Institute. The design experience will be centered in a design curriculum and will feature community discussion, presentations by experts, and extensive design time. Outstanding designs will be identified at the conclusion of the two-week experience, and will serve as the foundation for community discussion throughout the spring semester. These, in turn, will ultimately help define the system accepted by the Chancellor for adoption and implementation by MIT.
Teams may begin the 11-day event already formed, or may develop/merge during the five days of instruction and community discussion. The representation of the MIT community within each team is a critical element of the process. Teams will be stron
gly encouraged to look to all facets of the community (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni) to obtain leadership and input in the various areas of the design. Any member of the MIT community may join a team. The IAP design experience will be directed by the Residence System Design Steering Committee, chaired by William Hecht, Executive Vice President of the MIT Alumni Association.For complete information, view the URL.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/buildings/res/
Contact: Kirk Kolenbrander, x3-3365, kdk@mit.edu
Sponsor: Residence System Design Steering Committee
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Introduction to Machine Tools
Fred Cote
Tue Jan 5, Wed Jan 6, Thu Jan 7, Fri Jan 8, 09am-12:00pm, 44-023
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 8 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Signup by: 18-DEC-98
Prereq: none
This short 12 hour course introduces the milling machine, metal lathe, and related processes by constructing two simple projects.
Contact: Fred Cote, 44-023, x8-7728, fpcote@mit.edu
Sponsor: Edgerton Center
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It's Your Idea - Can You Make It Work?
Doug Carmichael
Thu Jan 14, 02-04:00pm, 4-402
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Signup by: 08-JAN-98
Prereq: None
This activity will be an information and planning meeting for the spring seminar SP704, in which you pursue independent research projects of your own creation.
Contact: Daniele Lantagne, 4-406, x8-6844, alethia@mit.edu
Sponsor: Edgerton Center
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The House of Religion Meets the House of Technology: Creating a Virtual City of Understanding
Marina U. Bers , Aaron Arakawa, Rabbi Joshua Plaut, Rev. John Wuestneck and Rev. Constance Parvey
Wed, Thu, Jan 20, 21, 27, 28, 01-03:00pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 15 students.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Signup by: 13-JAN-99
Prereq: Open for students from all different backgrounds.
We will work with people from different religious backgrounds using a prototype multi-user graphical environment under development at the Media Lab. The goal is to explore our own religious traditions as well as others by engaging in a hands-on fun and creative experience. Users are graphically represented in the virtual city and can create characters, objects and symbols from different religious traditions, and program their behaviors. We will design the virtual world and spend some time discussing each other's worldviews.
Contact: Deborah, MIT Hillel, 253-2982, deborahs@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hillel
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