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Fluid Mechanics and Public Policy: Environmental Impacts and Change
Chiang C. Mei Lecture in Applied MechanicsWednesday, Oct. 3, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Lecture Hall E14-633Speaker: Julian Hunt, Professor of Climate Modeling, Department of Space and Climate Physics and Department of Earth Sciences, University College LondonThe contributions of fluid mechanics to dealing with pro ...

World-renowned artist Vik Muniz discusses his work with unexpected materials
Brazilian artist Vik Muniz radically transforms our understanding of image-making by using shifts in scale, photographic manipulation and unexpected materials — from dust and chocolate to grains of sand and industrial garbage — to explore the nature of visual cognition. Muniz will present two free p ...

Four Weeks for America Challenge
The MIT Public Service Center and Teach For America have teamed up to offer MIT students the chance to spend their Independent Activities Period (IAP) solving problems that matter and learning about America’s education system. Participating students will be matched with Teach for America math or scien ...

International Development Fair
The 11th Annual International Development Fair, taking place Friday, Sept. 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Stata Center, is a showcase of the vibrant International Development ecosystem at MIT. Open to MIT students, recent graduates and members of the MIT community, the fair features ways to get involved, su ...

MIT reading by Junot Díaz
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and MIT professor of writing reads from his new book, This Is How You Lose Her27 September, 2012 | 7:30 pm


 MIT Kirsch Auditorium
Stata Center, 32-123


Free | Reception to followLearn more

Mel Chin and Rick Lowe: Artists and Community Planning
Dayna Cunningham, moderatorMonday, September 24, 20127 p.m. | Bartos Theater E15-07020 Ames St., CambridgeFree and open to the publicTickets required: http://arts.mit.edu/va/artist/chin-lowe/ MIT Visiting Artists Mel Chin and Rick Lowe present individual projects that engage art in planning diverse and l ...

Fall Career Fair
The MIT Class of 2013, the Graduate Student Council and the Society of Women Engineers present MIT Career Fair 2012, taking place on Sept. 21.The MIT Career Fair, MIT's flagship recruiting event, will be the largest recruiting event of the year and the only MIT-wide career fair to be held in the fall. ...

Games by the Book at Hayden Library
The Hayden Library is host to an interactive exhibition that runs until Oct. 8.Visitors to the second floor Humanities Library will be able to play a selection of video games adapting literary works from Shakespeare to Douglas Adams. The exhibit explores the range of approaches taken to create video g ...

Celebrate Constitution Day
Sept. 17 is Constitution Day! It commemorates the day in 1787 when 39 of the 55 state delegates to the Constitutional Congress signed the U.S. Constitution, which established the structure and function of the federal government. In 2004, Sept. 17 was established as a national holiday. Here are a few ways ...

MIT EVT hosting Isle of Man delegation
In 2011 the MIT Electric Vehicle Team (EVT) participated in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT), which is the oldest motorcycle race in the world (est. 1904). The results of the 2011 race can be found here. This Monday, Sept. 17, the EVT will be hosting a delegation from the Isle of Man to promote the TT ...

MISTI Global Seed Funds: 2012-2013 call for proposals
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) offers global seed funds to help MIT faculty and researchers launch early stage international projects and collaboration, and applicants are encouraged to involve MIT students — both undergraduate and graduate — in their projects. The globa ...

School of Science Dean's Colloquium: The World's Chemistry In Our Hands: Global Environmental Challenges Past and Future
The Dean's Colloquium Series was established to recognize and celebrate scientists who have chosen innovative, non-traditional career paths and have been unusually successful.On Thursday, Sept. 13, from 3:45-5:30 p.m., Susan Solomon — the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Cl ...

MIT International Science and Technology (MISTI) Open House
Interested in all-expenses-paid internships in Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, Spain and Switzerland? Come to MISTI’s Open House from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 at the Stata Center. Returning MISTI interns and program man ...

Fatma Müge Göçek to kick off 2012-13 Emile Bustani Seminar Series
Dr. Fatma Müge Göçek, professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will kick-off the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar Series today, Sept. 11, at 4:30 p.m. in E51-395. Göçek's research focuses on the comparative analysis of history, politics, gender and colle ...

Communicating Science and Technology in the 21st Century
Let's face it: Most scientists are terrible communicators. Why do the world's most cerebral people find it so hard to convey their ideas? And how can we learn to do better? Steven Pinker suggest that answers can be found in a number of ideas from the modern sciences of mind and language.At 4 p.m. on Wedn ...

Voyager 35th anniversary
On Sept. 5, 1977, the Voyager 1 probe — a spacecraft designed to study the outer Solar System and interstellar medium — was launched from Cape Canaveral. Now, 35 years later and more than 17.9 billion kilometers away, it is the farthest man-made object from the Earth.From 2-5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7, ...

Looking to take a campus tour?
For general campus tour information please call 617-253-4795, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Regularly scheduled student-led campus tours are conducted Monday through Friday at 11 a.m. and at 3 p.m., excluding legal U.S. holidays and the winter break period (see academic calendar). Holidays and Insti ...

Amgen Scholars Poster Session
Now in its sixth year, the Amgen-UROP Scholars Program invites undergraduates to participate in faculty-mentored summer research at MIT in the science and biotechnology areas. This summer, MIT is host to 23 Scholars — 13 undergraduates attending four-year colleges and universities from across the Unite ...

MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra
Now in its 17th season, the MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra (MITSPO) has been the preeminent summer community orchestra for nearly two decades. Made up of top musicians of the MIT community and the general Greater Boston area, MITSPO hosts a single concert event every summer. In 2009, MITSPO was invit ...

Popular Libraries’ IAP programs return in JulyAP
Find a patent, build a bibliography or learn the business side of biotech. These are a few of the many topics covered in workshops offered by the MIT Libraries throughout the month of July. Think of it as Independent Activities Period (IAP), only warmer. Learn software tools and search techniques in wor ...

MISTI Global Seed Funds: 2012-13 call for proposals
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) offers global seed funds to help MIT faculty and researchers launch early stage international projects and collaboration. Applicants are encouraged to involve MIT students — both undergraduate and graduate — in their projects. MISTI Global ...

146th Commencement Exercises
MIT’s 146th Commencement exercises will take place on Friday, June 8, in Killian Court. The Commencement events taking place on Thursday and Friday include: Investiture of Doctoral Hoods: 11:30 a.m., Thursday, June 7, 2012 *please note change of start time* Commencement: 10 a.m., Friday, June 8, 2 ...

Annual Spring Plant Sale
The MIT Endicott House Annual Spring Plant Sale will take place on May 23 and 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Stratton Student Center. This year's plant sale selections include annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, house plants, succulents and tropicals. Andy Turcotte, head gardener at the Endicott H ...

Finals week study breaks at the Libraries
Have finals got you stressed? Take a break, have a snack, pet a dog and de-stress!The furry friends from Dog B.O.N.E.S. a non-profit therapy dog organization, return to campus to visit with students at Barker Library on Tuesday, May 22. Additional (fur-free) study breaks will be offered in Rotch and Dewe ...

Community event today for MIT’s 17th president
This morning, L. Rafael Reif, a distinguished electrical engineer whose seven-year tenure as MIT’s provost has helped MIT maintain its appetite for bold action as well as its firm financial footing, was selected as the 17th president of the Institute. The MIT community is invited to meet with the presi ...

Matthew Hutson at MIT
Matthew Hutson reads from and discusses his book The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane on May 14 at 7 p.m. at the MIT Stata Center, 32-141. Books will be available for purchase at the event, which is free and open to the public. Learn more about the bookM ...

Yesterday Happened: Remembering H.M., by Catalyst Collaborative@MIT
A scientific detective story, Yesterday Happened: Remembering H.M., explores the mysteries of Henry Molaison’s moving story, who at the age of 27, became frozen in time after experimental brain surgery resulted in his inability to form new memories.The play is produced by Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, a ...

MIT dedicates monumental sculpture by internationally renowned artist Cai Guo-Qiang on May 10
Cai Guo-Qiang’s monumental white granite sculpture Ring Stone is the artist’s first work for a university campus. Located in the North Garden adjacent to the MIT Sloan School of Management (Building E62), the artwork celebrates the Sloan’s educational and cultural ties with China and will be on per ...