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Earth's Surprising Climate History
Today, Oct. 20, at 6:30 p.m., MIT's Lorenz Center will present the inaugural John Carlson Lecture in MIT's Kirsch Auditorium. The John Carlson Lecture communicates exciting new results in climate science to the general public. Paul Hoffman, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Emeritus at Harvard Universi ...

Civic Media Session: "Civic Maps"
Maps, Geographic Information Systems, and spatial analysis are powerful tools that recently have become increasingly accessible to non-specialists. Dynamic maps with user-created content are becoming part of daily life in the 1/3 world (developed countries and elites in the global South). There is a long ...

IDEAS Global Challenge Generator Dinner
Working 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? The join us for the IDEAS Global Challenge Generator Dinner, taking place from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Walker ...

Recognizing faculty for outstanding teaching, mentoring and innovation
Who should receive MIT's highest honor for teaching, mentoring and innovation in undergraduate education? Provost L. Rafael Reif has issued the annual call for nominations for MacVicar Faculty Fellows.The MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program was established in 1992 to honor the life and devotion to teaching ...

Materials Processing Center presents Materials Day Symposium and Poster Session
Computational Materials will be the focus of this year's Materials Day, hosted by the Materials Processing Center and taking place on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Computational methods have reached the point at which predictions of materials structures and properties can be made before they are demonstrated in the ...

Registration open for the MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
The MIT Chinese Students and Scholars Association (MIT CSSA) presents the inaugural MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) conference, the largest China-focused event on the MIT campus! Please join us on Nov. 19-20 to discover the tremendous opportunities in China and explore your ne ...

Virtual Grad School Fair today
Thinking of applying to graduate school? Attend today's second annual Virtual Grad School Fair to learn more about professional and graduate schools in a live event. Participate now at http://gradschools.careereco.netAlumni and students of Harvard, MIT and Wellesley are invited to attend this unique vi ...

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 IAP solving problems that matter and learning about America’s education system. Participating students will be matched with Teach for America math or science teachers around the country and task ...

Voting Technology Seminar to examine election integrity
Produced by the CalTech/MIT Voting Technology Project (VTP), this one-day seminar on Saturday, Oct. 1, will bring together leading figures to examine the past, present and future of election integrity. All stakeholders in the electoral process are welcome and encouraged to attend this free event, which ...

Noam Chomsky on the Responsibility of Intellectuals in the 21st Century
In 1967, as the Vietnam War escalated, Noam Chomsky penned The Responsibility of Intellectuals, a stunning rebuke to scientists and scholars for their subservience to political power. Today, we face a similar array of crises, from wars to escalating debt. What are the obligations of intellectuals in t ...

MIT Vendor Fair
Members of the MIT community are invited to visit with nearly 100 suppliers of goods and services for MIT at the annual MIT Vendor Fair, taking place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22 in McDermott Court.Vendors will be available to answer questions and will showcase such products and services a ...

School of Science Dean’s Colloquium Series
The Dean’s Colloquium series celebrates scientists who began in science but have outstanding accomplishments outside scientific research. On Thursday, Sept. 22, the Dean of Science will welcome Paul Schimmel back to campus to give the School of Science Dean’s Colloquium titled, “What Was Learned fr ...

MIT Career Fair this Wednesday
The 2011 MIT Career Fair will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Johnson Athletic Center, hosted by the Graduate Student Council, Class of 2012, and Society of Women Engineers. With more than 350 companies in attendance, the MIT Career Fair — an entirely student-organized event � ...

Celebrate Constitution Day
Did you know that 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.MI ...

Nominate a colleague for an Excellence Award
Recipients of the MIT Excellence Awards represent many areas of the Institute and perform all types of jobs. Whether they are working behind the scenes or on the front lines, each serves as an exemplary role model for the entire MIT community. The work they do may be done within their own department or m ...

Forum on Rebuilding the American Economy
From 3-6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, MIT Political Science will host a "Forum on Rebuilding the American Economy" as part of its distinguished speaker series. Ron Bloom, a former senior counselor to the president for manufacturing policy, will speak at the event. MIT President Susan Hockfield, co-chair o ...

Throw it against the IDEAS wall today!
So what is it? Lots of people taking over MIT's Stata Street from 5-8 p.m. today, Tuesday, Sept. 13, to throw ideas against the wall for a big brainstorming, meet-and-greet and explore session. The goal: help ignite ideas that can be carried forward as entrepreneurial pursuits, social impact projects, an ...

Pre-Career Fair Events: Get an Edge on the Career Fair!
The Fall Career Fair is a highly anticipated event on campus, and making early connections with potential employers at this event can impact the future success of many students. GECD Career Services’ schedule of workshops, resume panels and drop-in hours will prepare students to succeed at the fair. ...

MISTI Global Seed Funds: 2011-2012 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 ...

Visit the MIT150 exhibition at the MIT Museum
In January 2011, the MIT Museum opened its first exhibition curated with the aid of the "collective intelligence" of the MIT community. The exhibition opened to the MIT community on Jan. 7, and to the general public on Jan. 8. The Museum is displaying 150 evocative objects selected to reveal the e ...

Two exhibits highlight SA+P’s artistic legacy
In addition to the School of Architecture and Planning’s two symposia, an opera premiere and more than 25 architectural installations situated around the campus, this spring’s Festival of Art, Science and Technology featured a pair of exhibits at the List Visual Arts Center exploring the work of t ...

A flexible option for professionals to take courses at MIT
With science and technology evolving at an unprecedented pace, The MIT Professional Education - Advanced Study Program offers professionals from around the world in industry and government the opportunity to: Advance your knowledge in the latest technologies and cutting edge research Learn from worl ...

EurekaFest taking place through June 18
EurekaFest, a multi-day celebration designed to empower a legacy of inventors through activities that inspire youth, honor role models and encourage creativity and problem solving, will take place at MIT and the Museum of Science in Boston through June 18.Presented by the Lemelson-MIT Program, the 5th an ...

300 of the world’s best design theses on view at SA+P
A major exhibit on view throughout the summer at the School of Architecture + Planning is presenting 300 of the world’s best thesis projects in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture.Sponsored by Archiprix International, the biennial exhibit is the largest such presentation in the world ...

Italy and MIT at 150: Celebrating a Strong Partnership
Join us at 46-3189 on Wednesday, June 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., for a workshop on current MIT and Italy collaborations. The workshop brings together all major partners in the MIT-Italy collaboration. MIT and Italian faculty, students, companies, foundations and alumni will discuss their ongoing re ...

Meet John Fitch, host of MIT Science Reporter
In the early 1960s, an MIT graduate named John Fitch began hosting one of the world’s first science programs on television. Science Reporter, as it was called, was a co-production between MIT, and the then-Cambridge-based public broadcaster, WGBH. From underwater photography, to nutrition in outer s ...

The Evolution of Protein Structures
To mark MIT’s 150th anniversary, the MIT Department of Biology will present a forum on “The Evolution of Protein Structures” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, in Room 32-123.The determination of the 3-D structure of proteins has been one of the great achievements of modern biology and biochemistry. O ...