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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 ...

Mobile World
Two-thirds of the world's mobile phones are in developing countries - and it's the world's fastest-growing market. Can a simple cell phone provide access to health care, education and economic well-being? In short, can it change lives? A few people at MIT think it can. Come hear their ideas today f ...

How to get into MIT
The MIT Club of Boston will host "How to Get into MIT," featuring MIT's Dean of Admissions, Stuart Schmill '86, on Thursday, May 6. As the leader of MIT Admissions, Schmill will present an exclusive insider's perspective on the status of admissions at the Institute. He will share up to date trends and ...

Glass Lab sale
The Glass Lab's Mother’s Day sales are venues for students at all levels and instructors in the lab to sell their work. A portion of the proceeds from these sales funds the Lab’s ongoing activities. The sale will take place this year from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Lobby 10. Visit the Glass Lab webs ...

The Interaction Between Poverty, Growth and Democracy
The Legatum Center welcomes Dr. Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, to give a Legatum Pericles Lecture at noon today in MIT Wong Auditorium, Building E51. The Legatum Pericles Lecture, inaugurated with lectures by presidents John Kufuor and José Ramos-Horta in September 2009, is a series of l ...

Encompassing more than 30 awards across many areas and departments, the MIT Awards Convocation honors those — including students, faculty and staff — who have made special contributions to the life of the Institute community. The winners will be announced during the convocation, being held at 4 p ...

MIT family concert
Contemporary folk master Tom Chapin and his band will perform a free concert for MIT and its families on Saturday, May 1, at 3 p.m. in Room 10-250 — the first family concert at MIT in more than 20 years. Chapin is a multiple Grammy award-winning folk artist for adults and children. His 11 family alb ...

Charles L. Miller Lecture with Provost Reif
MIT Provost L. Rafael Reif will deliver this year's Charles L. Miller Lecture, beginning at 4 p.m. in Grier Room B (34-401B). His focus will be on "Challenges and Opportunities Facing MIT: A View from the Provost's Office." The event, co-sponsored by the MIT Engineering Systems Division and the Depar ...

Harbison concert to honor Institute Professor Peter Diamond
On Friday, April 30, the retirement of Institute Professor Peter Diamond will be commemorated with the premiere of a work composed by another of MIT's Institute Professors, John Harbison. Pianists Robert Levin and Ya-Fei Chuang will perform the premiere Diamond Watch: Double Play for Two Pianos by Ins ...

Adoption: Secret Histories, Public Policies
Legal adoption transferring custody of a child and severing all legal ties to the biological parents was instituted first in Massachusetts in 1851. Since then, adoption practice has changed dramatically. That history, and the future of adoption, will be the focus of the Alliance for the Study of Adop ...

Sexual Assault awareness week
Sexual Assault Awareness Week — taking place today through April 30 — will include a series of events for survivors and others to discuss sexual assault. Stop by the table in the Student Center throughout the week and make your pledge to start changing the MIT environment one conversation at a ti ...

Born in the Wrong Place: Semiconductors Seen from Italy and France
Part of the MTL Distinguished Lecture Series Monday, April 26, 2010 34-101, Edgerton Hall, 4 p.m. Reception follows in R&D area, 4th floor, Stata Center STMicroelectronics, born in France and Italy, needed to be different from other semiconductor manufacturing companies to become successful. ...

MIT Sustainability Summit 2010
The 2010 MIT Sustainability Summit will host speakers, panelists, and facilitators with a wealth of knowledge and experience in collaborating and communicating with individuals and organizations across sectors, industries, and other boundaries in order to address the most pressing sustainability issues. ...

Fourth-annual Sales Conference taking place May 7
The annual Sales Conference — being held May 7 at the Hyatt in Cambridge — will again bring together the top minds from industry and education for a day of hands-on learning in sales. The fourth-annual event, hosted by the MIT Sloan Sales Club, is now registering participants for the event. ...

MIT hosts unique Mayan linguistics conference
On April 23-25, the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy will host an international workshop on Formal Approaches to Mayan Linguistics. This National Science Foundation-funded conference, the first of its kind, will bring together specialists to discuss the unique properties of Mayan languages. A ...

Register now for MIT Professional Education Short Programs
As we adjust to the new economy are you ready to tackle the new challenges ahead? Celebrating its 61st season, MIT Professional Education — Short Programs continues to provide courses that help professionals sharpen their skills to stay competitive in this ever-changing business world. Learn ...

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Celebrating SA+P’s new Program in Art, Culture and Technology
On April 15, the School of Architecture + Planning will inaugurate its new Program in Art, Culture and Technology with a day of public events including exhibitions of work by the program’s graduate students and Fellows and a demonstration by renowned visual arts professor Joan Jonas. Prominently hou ...

Prince Albert of Monaco visits MIT today
His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco will visit MIT today to speak to students and faculty about environmental and energy issues as part of a growing collaboration between MIT and Monaco. The prince will be featuring his film, Antarctica 2009: A Continent in a State of Alert, from 4-5:30 p. ...

IdeaStream taking place this week
IdeaStream gathers together the leading minds in innovation and entrepreneurship for an invitation-only event each spring. Top-name venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs, and MIT researchers consider this a must-attend event for several reasons: Sneak peek: See leading edge research that will ...

It's Campus Preview Weekend!
Running through Sunday, Campus Preview Weekend annually gives potential incoming students a glimpse of life at the Institute. The weekend includes a saturated solution of classes, special lectures, hands-on activities, campus explorations and faculty encounters. Prospective members of the Class of 201 ...

Samuelson memorial this Saturday
Family, friends and colleagues of the late Paul Samuelson will celebrate the MIT economist’s life and legacy during a memorial service at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 10, in Kresge Auditorium. Samuelson, the Nobel laureate whose mathematical analysis provided the foundation on which modern economics i ...

Transportation and the built environment
P. Christopher Zegras, assistant professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, will present a Transportation@MIT lecture today on “Transportation, the Built Environment and Green House Gas Emissions in Developing Cities," from 4-5 p.m. in 3-270. Zegras will examine the potential for alt ...

The Mathematical Enterprise: A Minority Perspective
Join Univerity of Arizona Professor William Yslas Vélez on Monday, April 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 4-370 for a discussion of "The Mathematical Enterprise: A Minority Perspective." The role of mathematics in society has changed dramatically in the last 50 years. Mathematics has become an essential compo ...

Free tickets available for Dudamel events
Starting today, MIT community members can get free tickets to conductor Gustavo Dudamel's events on April 16 and 17. Dudamel, currently the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was named the 2010 recipient of the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts from The Council for the Arts at MIT. His ...

Simon Johnson to discuss his new book on financial meltdown Friday
MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Simon Johnson will discuss his new book, 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown, at noon on Friday, April 2, in Wong Auditorium. 13 Bankers (Pantheon), which was released March 30, focuses on the recent financial meltdown and call ...

The Gutenberg Parenthesis
Is our emerging digital culture partly a return to practices and ways of thinking that were central to human societies before the advent of the printing press? This question has been posed with increasing force in recent years by anthropologists, folklorists, historians and literary scholars, among t ...

China in Development Conference
The China in Development Conference, now in its third year, is hosted annually by the MIT China Development Initiative. The goal of the conference is to share with the Greater Boston Community new ideas, research, trends and initiatives leading to the current and future rapid growth of Greater China. ...