Special events and guest speakers

Student Life on display for Campus Preview WeekendProspective students encounter an astonishing array of interests, activities, and passions at MIT

SA+P hosts collegiate architecture schoolsThe culminating event of ACSA’s centennial celebration

McGovern Institute honors inventor of brain scan technologyDavid Cohen honored for his invention of magnetoencephalography.

Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26, 2012Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26.

3 Questions: Alan Spoon '73 on fostering leadership for MIT studentsFounder of Community Catalyst Leadership Program discusses coaching relationships and skill development.

ESD Interim Director Joseph Sussman discusses the case for complex sociotechnical systems as a new field of studyDelivers annual Charles L. Miller Lecture

Communicating the climate challengeNew York Times’ Andrew Revkin shares lessons with MIT faculty, students at Earth Day colloquium.

McDermott Award recipient Robert Lepage collaborates and converses with students during campus residency

The robot revolution is just beginningRodney Brooks outlines his vision of the future to student entrepreneurs.

MIT to host 2013 American Nuclear Society Student Conference

Engineering a safer worldWorkshop explores safety in nuclear power plants, occupational health, aviation and medicine.

Our gasoline-free future and how to get thereToyota’s Tom Stricker shares his view with the MIT community.

Facing the facts about our changing climateMIT researchers join Boston Globe panel in weighing climate risks and resolutions.

Next Make constructs peer-to-peer learning opportunitiesStudents in Next House-based group teach each other the ropes ... and soldering irons

May 17 picnic to honor President HockfieldAll faculty, staff and students are invited

A taxing issueIn book talk, MIT economist Simon Johnson and co-author James Kwak emphasize need to raise revenues to cope with national debt.

Slideshow: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visits MITBrazil and MIT discuss possible future collaboration.

Reif, Grimson: MITx aims to enhance on-campus educationNew online courses add value to MIT’s residential program, provost and chancellor tell students.

A fight for rightsIn MIT talk, exiled Nobel Prize-winning activist Shirin Ebadi promises a continued ‘fight for full and complete equality’ for Iran’s women.

A tough calculationStudy: Female students wary of the engineering workplace.

What lies ahead for science and science writing?10th anniversary of MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing celebrates past, looks to future.

Sen. Kerry tours Alcator C-Mod tokamakProject is at risk of being terminated due to proposed federal budget cuts.

Big innovations for uncertain timesSeventh annual MIT Energy Conference features bold new technologies in the face of an uncertain economy.

Jamshied Sharifi ‘83 recognizes the Arab Spring with commission for the MIT Wind EnsembleFree advance tickets available for world premiere concert Saturday, March 17, at 8 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium.

Inequality offensiveAt MIT forum, economists evaluate the consequences of increasing inequality in America, and suggest solutions.

Men’s basketball Final Four video streaming information

Record attendance for MIT’s Graduate Arts SoireeNearly 600 from across disciplines attend Friday night event.

If the people will lead …At an MIT panel on the future of black politics, scholars discuss the need for civic engagement at a time of economic stress.