Special events and guest speakers

Visiting Artist Ben Houge leads lively 'Sound and Real-Time Systems' panelArtists discuss the convergence between video games, digital media and music composition.

Robert Lepage launches workshop on Feb. 12MIT students collaborate with McDermott Award recipient Lepage and discover creative possibilities of playing cards.

MIT honors Martin Luther King Jr. at 38th annual breakfastDiversity and education among breakfast-table topics.

MIT and the Civil WarPresident Susan Hockfield speaks on the struggle for America’s future — then and now.

MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in DavosTalks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics.

EPA air chief talks energy, environment with MIT experts

Diversity and excellence explored at Institute summitFaculty and students offered multiple perspectives on race and gender

Giving chickpeas a chance since 2008Students, faculty and staff taste and compete in fifth annual Hummus Experience

Robots go head to head, 250 miles above EarthThird annual Zero Robotics competition pits robots against each other on the International Space Station.

The group that built the fieldScientific reunion commemorates 50 years of Linguistics at MIT

Lincoln Laboratory helps celebrate the official unveiling of the Space Surveillance TelescopeThe laboratory developed enabling technologies for the telescope

Building community while cooking-for-yourselfStar chef Brian McCarthy shows MIT students a different way to cook — vegan style!

Test tube menorah litMIT Hillel continues annual Hanukah celebration.

Garbage to GlamorousNext House 'Trashion' show wows nearly 100 spectators with eco-friendly outfits, taps into community resources.

MIT Police Honor Guard attends Virginia Tech ceremonyFour MIT officers among thousands who traveled from colleges and universities nationwide.

DARPA administrators: Just make itAgency Director Regina Dugan and Deputy Director Ken Gabriel speak about revitalizing U.S. manufacturing.

Residential Life staff celebrates new homeCentralized office to promote collaboration between offices

Vegan chef and author dishes on healthy food and dining at MIT3 Questions with a Bon Appétit chef visiting campus this week to showcase vegan cooking in the dining halls and dorm kitchens.

Slimy scienceBiological engineering assistant professor says mucus is cooler than you think.

Nobel laureate: Long path to economic renewal, but energy innovation could help

Two congressmen visit the Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Sal Khan to deliver 2012 Commencement addressOnline-education pioneer, MIT alumnus to speak to the Class of 2012 on June 8.

Chu: New materials could be transformativeCiting historical examples, U.S. secretary of energy argues that the nation can still regain its manufacturing leadership.

Rebuilding American manufacturingWhite House working group convenes at MIT to examine how new technologies can create economic growth and more jobs in the United States.

National campus safety expert holds educational workshops at MITRisk management speaker talks with students, staff and alumni.

IPC Forum on Energy InnovationNew ways of developing clean, reliable, affordable U.S. energy supplies

Google’s Schmidt: ‘Global mind’ offers new opportunitiesWith knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.

Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium convenes inaugural Boston open house