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MIT Energy Conference
The Seventh Annual MIT Energy Conference will take place on March 16-17, 2012 with this year's theme of "Insight and Innovation in Uncertain Times." The MIT Energy Conference brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and the investment community to deliver critical knowledge and indepen ...

NSE Doctoral Research Expo
The Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) will be hosting its third annual Doctoral Research Expo — from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, March 16, in E14-674 — which features research posters presented by our current doctoral students as well as signature oral presentations given by an ...

The Future of the Post Office
The MIT Communications Forum will hold a discussion of "The Future of the Post Office" from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, in E14-633.The American postal service has an impressive history, but an uncertain future. Older than the Constitution, it was a wellspring of American democracy and a catalyst for ...

MacVicar Day 2012
Six MIT faculty members and an alumnus will present examples of “Innovations in Undergraduate Education at MIT: Past, Present and Future” at the MacVicar Day Symposium on Friday, March 16. The program is open to the entire MIT community, and will run from 3-5 p.m. in Bartos Theater (E15-070) with ref ...

MIT China Forum lecture: The Chinese Century?
Monday, March 12 Time: 4-5 p.m. Location: E15, Bartos Theater Lecture given by William Kirby, T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies; Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; Chairman, Harvard China Fund, Harvard University

Join MIT's Relay For Life
Cancer never sleeps, so why should we?For the second year running, MIT Colleges Against Cancer will host Relay For Life, the annual fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society. Join the entire MIT community — including students, staff, faculty, friends and family — at Johnson Athletic Center (W ...

Rodney Brooks workshop
The academic work of Rodney Brooks will be celebrated with a workshop on Friday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wong Auditorium (Building E51). The workshop will feature senior researchers discussing the impact of Rod's research. Speakers include Colin Angle (iRobot), Minoru Asada (Osaka Universi ...

Polymer Day
The Program in Polymer Science and Technology (PPST) and PPST Graduate Student Association (PGSA)-organized "Polymer Day" — taking place on Wednesday, March 7 — will be a half-day symposium involving the MIT polymer community that will showcase a large swath of MIT polymer research and researchers. T ...

Killian Lecture: "Radicals: Your Life Is In Their Hands"
Biology and chemistry professor JoAnne Stubbe will present the 40th Annual James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture, titled "Radicals: Your Life Is In Their Hands," from 4-5:30 p.m. today, March 6, in 10-250.Established in 1971 as a tribute to MIT's 10th president, the Killian Award recogni ...

MIT Latin American Conference
For the last 15 years, the MIT Sloan School of Management has been home to the Institute's most renowned gathering of Latin-American leaders at the MIT Latin American Conference. On Saturday, March 10, in Wong Auditorium, you can hear some of the most important business and economic thinkers discuss the ...

The Aftermath of Fukushima
Thursday, March 1, at 4 p.m. in Room 3-270Dr. Akira OmotoCommissioner, Atomic Energy Commission of JapanAdjunct Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, University of TokyoDr. Akira Omoto will discuss the status of the Fukushima Plant cleanup, the dose levels resulting from the accide ...

Registration is open for 2012 Short Programs
MIT Professional Education Short Programs offers more than 40 courses in two- to five-day sessions that enable professionals to access world-class thinking, acquire new skills and bring innovative ideas back to work. Courses are taught on the MIT campus by MIT faculty/researchers and experts from industr ...

A most excellent annual event
Among the 19 individuals and teams to be honored at this year's MIT Excellence Awards, two are longtime veterans of the Institute — Lin-Wen Hu of the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, an alumna with 16 years of service; and James McCaffery, the maintenance mechanic for the Burton-Conner dormitory, who has be ...

Special screening of “America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments” to be held at MIT
Is America obsessed with dieting? This thought-provoking question is explored and exposed in the compelling new documentary, “America the Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments” by director Darryl Roberts.Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, Active Minds @ MIT and Eating For Life Alliance (ELA ...

IDEAS Global Challenge Generator Dinner tonight
Thursday, Feb. 237-9 p.m.Student Center, W20-208Working on a project to help underserved communities? Need funding? Want to recruit new members for your IDEAS Global Challenge team? Want to get involved, but don't yet have an idea?Join us for an invigorating evening that connects teams and people enterin ...

Daffodil Days at MIT 2012
By buying daffodils you can help in the fight to cure cancer.February is Daffodil Days Month at MIT, sponsored by the MIT Women's League. Over the past 14 years, MIT has raised a total of more than $350,000 for cancer research, treatment and education.Please consider joining the 2012 MIT campaign for yea ...

Simons Center for the Social Brain kickoff workshop
You are invited to a two-hour kickoff workshop for the new Simons Center for the Social Brain (SCSB) at MIT on Friday, Feb. 17, from 3-5 p.m. in Building 46, Singleton Auditorium (46-3002). See the agenda The mission of the Simons Center for the Social Brain is to understand the neural mechanisms ...

MIT $100K ACCELERATE Contest Preview Night tonight
The MIT $100K ACCELERATE Contest proudly presents Preview Night on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 6-8 p.m. at the MIT Stata Center, where the ACCELERATE semi-finalist teams will be showcasing their start-up demos to the public. The MIT $100K ACCELERATE Contest is a new contest launched this year. It’s all abo ...

10th Anniversary Concert in Memory of Edward Cohen
The music of Edward Cohen (1940-2002), a beloved MIT composer, performer and senior lecturer, lives on in annual MIT concerts supported by a fund established by Music and Theater Arts along with Cohen’s friends family, and colleagues. For this year’s concert on Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. in Killian Hall, the ...

Bustani Middle East Seminar Features Dr. William Lawrence
Dr. William Lawrence, the director of the North Africa Program for International Crisis Group, will present the third seminar in the Emile Bustani Middle East Seminar Series today, Feb. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in E51-395. Lawrence is the former State Department's officer in charge of Libyan and Tunisian Affai ...

The Magic is Coming
On Saturday, Feb. 11, and Sunday, Feb. 12, the Graduate Student Council is sponsoring a weekend with comedy magician Larry Wilson.Saturday features three small workshops by Larry with the theme of “Magically Inspired Teaching” (or MIT for short). The workshops focus on taking risks and inspiring and ...

Exhibit Opening: GLASS AT MIT: BEAUTY AND UTILITY
Friday, February 10, 2-4pm Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130)A new exhibition in the Libraries’ Maihaugen Gallery explores glassmaking as revealed in glassware from MIT laboratories, blown glass from the MIT Glass Lab, and stunning stained glass windows from the Libraries’ Charles J. Connick Stained Glass F ...

NMC call for proposals is open!
The New Media Consortium has opened the Call for Proposals for their 2012 Summer Conference. With the conference at MIT this year in June 2012, participation in the conference is a valuable opportunity to demonstrate, promote and present on projects and initiatives that you are excited about. Please ...

Institute Diversity Summit 2012
Are you interested in learning about and discussing how diversity and excellence go hand-in-hand? Attend the Institute Diversity Summit 2012 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, in 10-25. The event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Race and Diversity and the Council on Staff Diversity and Inclu ...

NSE seminar: Applying Innovative Research to the Nation’s Most Challenging Intelligence Problems
Dr. Lisa Porter BS ’89Friday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m. in 4-163Dr. Lisa Porter has served in several senior technology leadership positions in the U.S. Government during the past decade, including as a senior scientist at DARPA, the Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate at NAS ...

The Annual Hummus Taste Off
The MIT Hummus Experience began in 2008. Since then it has become an annual event and a highlight of MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP).It might be the health trend or just pure curiosity which brings 150 people to the "Hummus Taste Off," a competition where students and professors sample and choo ...

Get ready, get set, get fit!
It's time again for getfit@mit! During this year's 12-week fitness challenge, which begins on Jan. 30, teams of five to eight members can log their exercise minutes on the getfit@mit website and work toward steadily increasing weekly exercise goals. In the process, participants may become eligible for we ...

See What Makes You Sick in a medical imaging Independent Activities Period course
The six-part course beginning Jan. 9 is designed to catalyze the development of quantitative imaging biomarkers by attracting new minds to pursue this career path, by stimulating new collaborations between technology leaders and clinical translational investigators and inspiring new applications of exist ...

Freshman/Alumni Summer Internship Program (F/ASIP) enrollment open
Freshman/Alumni Summer Internship Program (F/ASIP) enrollment is now open for students and employers. Applications are now being accepted for the Freshman/Alumni Summer Internship Program (F/ASIP), a nine-month, graded seminar that offers participating MIT freshmen:
 Career exploration and developm ...

Cookies with Canines: Study Breaks at the Libraries
Finals got you stressed? Take a break and de-stress with a dog. The MIT Libraries are hosting two afternoon study breaks during finals week with the furry friends from Dog B.O.N.E.S., a non-profit therapy dog organization. Stop by Hayden or Barker libraries to visit with the dogs and enjoy a snack. Cooki ...