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Systems issues in renewable energy
Research and development into renewable energy technologies — such as photovoltaic cells and biofuels — has increased dramatically in recent years. While research at the technology level continues to expand it is also important to consider systems issues such as unforeseen environmental impacts and t ...

Former Secretary of State George Shultz PhD ’49 focus of PBS series
A three-part PBS series on MIT alumnus and former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz PhD '49, which aired its first part on Monday, July 12, will continue over the next two consecutive Mondays from 10-11 p.m. The series, titled "Turmoil & Triumph," will look closely at Shultz's service in P ...

Mentoring at MIT
As you might imagine, any 18-year-old student might find themselves a bit overwhelmed on his or her first day on campus. Maybe they're coming all the way from California and don’t know where to buy a winter coat. Perhaps they’ve never been in a city with than 200 residents or are the first in their f ...

Request for Proposals: Sanofi-aventis Biomedical Innovation Awards
Sanofi-aventis encourages researchers from across MIT to collaborate in exploring innovative research to advance knowledge in the area of human health though basic and applied research. In that spirit, proposals are now being accepted for Biomedical Innovation Funding Awards (BIFAs) — with initial are ...

MIT Museum demos and drop-ins
Throughout the summer, enjoy the MIT Museum's demos and drop-in activities daily from 1-3 p.m. Activities taking place in July include: Light Graffiti: create amazing images using handheld LEDs in a dark room! Motorsports Racer: have a seat in the MIT Motorsports team's race car. Lego DNA: learn abo ...

Parking information for the Fourth of July
The Institute will be closed on July 5 to observe the holiday. For those planning to come to MIT on Sunday, July 4, to view the fireworks on the Charles River, please be aware of the following: No parking on Memorial Drive between Massachusetts Ave. and the Longfellow Bridge beginning at 12:01 a.m. ...

Koch Image Awards now accepting submissions
The Koch Institute Image Awards, a collaboration between the Koch Institute and the MIT Museum, is now accepting submissions. The competition will recognize the extraordinary visuals that are produced through life sciences research. Winners of the Image Awards will be displayed in the new Koch Instit ...

MIT System Design and Management Program information evening
Co-sponsored by MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT’s School of Engineering, the System Design and Management (SDM) master’s program in engineering and management educates mid-career professionals to lead effectively and creatively by using systems thinking to solve large-scale, complex challenges ...

'Orthostatic Tolerance: It Might Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I Never Went Home'
A microscopic landscape features a house as if it were seen from an immense distance. A hand-blown Pyrex™ glass sea rover communicates with a buoy in the waters off Nassau, The Bahamas, mimicking its ocean-based movements in a tank filled with 100 gallons of mineral oil. A short-range centrifuge in MIT ...

Knight News Challenge winners announced today
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, hosted by the MIT Center for Future Civic Media, will announce the winners of the 2010 Knight News Challenge during an event beginning at 2:30 p.m. today in 10-250. The winners represent the cutting-edge of technology for news, shaping the future of communit ...

MIT Museum opens new exhibits for summer
The MIT Museum has opened new exhibits for the summer — with one focusing on the collection of Polaroid artifacts recently donated to the Museum. The diverse and fascinating Polaroid collection reflects the inventiveness that defined American corporate innovation throughout the 20th century. The sma ...

Koch Cancer Symposium
The Ninth Annual Oncology Research Symposium on “Integrative Approaches to Cancer,” is being held this Thursday and Friday, June 10 and 11, at Kresge Auditorium. The two-day program brings more than 1,200 top cancer researchers from around the world to campus to share insights and updates on the ...

NASA MESSENGER meeting
Members of NASA’s MESSENGER science team will be meeting at MIT from 1-5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, in 32-141. MESSENGER is a NASA Discovery mission that is scheduled to begin orbiting the planet Mercury in March 2011 and will be the first mission to visit Mercury in 30 years. The primary purpose o ...

French Research Revolution
CNRS and the French Research Revolution: What does it mean for transatlantic scientific relationships? A lecture by Alain Fuchs, president, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, taking place from 6-7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 9, in 32-133. The lecture is presented by the MIT-France Program an ...

Tech Reunions: The Red Coats come to campus
More than 3,100 alumni and guests are set to arrive on campus June 3-6 to gather with classmates, meet new friends, and get updates on MIT priorities, research and culture during Tech Reunions 2010. Those in red jackets, who graduated 50 or more years ago, will be particularly visible since the MIT A ...

Building a Drupal website
Join the MIT Drupal Group tonight for an ideal opportunity for Drupal newcomers to get up and running very quickly with Drupal, the open source content management system that is transforming web development. The presentation, taking place at 7 p.m. in 32-123, will go beyond covering basic setup and op ...

ESD Lecture: The National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan for Saudi Arabia
Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud will talk from 4-5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, in 3-270; the event is co-sponsored by the Engineering Systems Division and the MIT Arab Students Organization. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is embarking on a major effort to advance its position in science and technolo ...

Orthopedics, Orbits, and Operating Rooms
NASA Astronaut and MIT alumnus Dr. Robert L. Satcher Jr. ’86, PhD ’93, will discuss his November 2009 space mission and how it intersects with his medical research from 4-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, in 32-123. Read more about Satcher's travels (and tweets) from space: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffi ...

Sea Perch Institute Challenge
The MIT Sea Grant College program will present the final underwater robotics projects of Sea Perch Institute students from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. on June 1 at MIT’s Zesiger Athletic Center pool. The 250 students from four schools will be presented with a complex problem to resolve using their Sea Perch veh ...

Support Staff development event, luncheon upcoming
The annual Support Staff Professional Development event sponsored by Human Resources and the Working Group on Support Staff Issues will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, June 11 in 34-101. This year’s program highlights perspectives on the workplace; one of MIT’s Institute-wide priorities, diversi ...

Rethinking water
An Institute-wide workshop to identify common interests, collaborative opportunities and funding for research and teaching related to water-oriented work will take place in Kirsch Auditorium this week. "Rethinking Water: A Critical Resource", a two-day event, will begin Thursday evening, May 20, (6-8 ...

Final examinations at MIT
Final examinations are taking place this week at MIT. Please visit the registrar's website for information and the complete schedule.

Youth and staff of the Youth Astronomy Apprenticeship program will present the annual community event “Astronomy in the City” on Saturday, May 15. The Youth Astronomy Apprenticeship (YAA) is an out-of-school time initiative to empower teens to develop new STEM understanding as they also d ...

Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium
Five members of the Department of Physics's premier postdoctoral fellowship program — the Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics — will present highlights from their independent research projects during the ninth annual Pappalardo Symposium. The event, taking place from 2-5 p.m. on Friday, May 14, in 4 ...

MIT $100K Business Plan finale
The finale of the annual MIT $100K Business Plan Contest — which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year — will take place from 5:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. tonight in Kresge Auditorium. The event includes a poster session from 5:30-7 p.m. and a finale show from 7-9 p.m. Second and third runners-up i ...

Toy Lab PLAYsentations
Come join the MIT Toy Lab tonight at 8 p.m. in 10-250 for the annual PLAYsentations. Visit the Toy Lab website for more information.

Meet engineers, biologists and computer scientists from the Suresh Group and join the discussion on how interdisciplinary work at MIT is leading to new ways of understanding the biomechanical properties of living materials, particularly malaria-infected red blood cells. View the live web cast

Carbon Concepts: A Bazaar of Ideas
Freshmen in the Terrascope learning community will present their research — which focused on specific ways to reduce the concentration of carbon and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere — today in Lobby 13. The students have been working on the problem all year, and during spring semester the ...

Looking ahead to the future of NASA
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. will present the 20th Annual Massachusetts Space Grant Distinguished Lecturer Series on Monday, May 10, at MIT. The event, which is open to the general public, will begin at 3 p.m. in Room 32-123. Bolden, whose talk will focus on "Looking Ahead to the Future ...