LATEST MIT PHYSICS NEWSUPCOMING COLLOQUIA & SEMINARSMIT-CQE iQuISE Seminar
Monday, June 1, 2026 at 12:00pm ET - CUA Room (26-214)
Friday, June 26, 2026 at 12:00pm ET - CUA Room (26-214) UPCOMING EVENTSWriting Together Online: Keep Your Writing Momentum This Summer
Who: All Students Summer provides an amazing opportunity for academic writers, but without structure, those long open days slip past. Writing Together Online helps you turn summer into a productive writing season. Join a vibrant community of MIT scholars for daily 90-minute writing sessions where you set realistic goals, write alongside others, and stay accountable in a supportive virtual space. The program is open to all MIT students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and affiliates who are working on papers, proposals, thesis/dissertation chapters, application materials, and other writing projects. Feel free to register for any number of 90-minute sessions starting on Wed, June 1st through Friday, June 26th and July 6th through July 31st.
MIT students and postdocs who attend at least 5 sessions per challenge will be entered into a raffle of $25-TechCash prizes taking place on Friday, June 26th and Friday, July 31st, at 10:30am. The more you participate, the more times you will be entered into the raffle for prizes. For more information and to register, go to this link or check the WCC website. Please spread the word and join with peers and friends. Intro to MIT's AI Tools
Who: All Students MIT has rolled out Parley, a platform that allows those with MIT credentials to interact with multiple generative AI models through a single interface, while keeping data private and compliant with MIT’s information security policies. Join Matt Titone from IS&T and the Women’s League to learn how to use this platform effectively. This workshop is available in-person or on zoom. Register for the format that works for you. Do you have questions you’d like Matt to address in the workshop? Let us know. Please note, this workshop is intended for those with active MIT credentials who can access MIT Parley. Harvard Mathematical Picture Language Seminars
Who: All Students
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 3:00pm EDT in Jefferson 368
Friday, June 5, 2026 3:00pm EDT in Jefferson 356 How to CAD Almost Anything! - Summer 2026
Who: All Students Ever wondered how musical instruments are designed? How can we generate a computer 3D model of a Trombone, an Ukelele or a Harp? What about designing a Morin Khuur (a traditional Mongolian violin)? Or a vertical piano? In this fun MIT Summer 2026 workshop, you will learn the skills to design all of these, and much more! Split into 8, 2-hour long sessions, the first half of each session will be spent learning new PTC Creo skills, while the second half will see the application of these new skills through in-class activities. In contrast to traditional mechanical design courses, this workshop places a greater emphasis on the design process itself, understanding how we can plan and best leverage our available tools to arrive to our desired result. Thus, the sessions are less about following the instructions on an engineering drawing, and more about independent thinking and strategizing, reverse engineering an object into a 3D model. This edition of “How to CAD Almost Anything” is themed around musical instruments, which means that all projects (20 total) will involve designing a variety of musical instruments!
Logistics: Faculty Job Search Series: Refining the academic CV
Who: Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Alumni How can anyone summarize their entire academic experience in just a few pages of text? Do you really need to include that terrible summer research internship you had in 2022? You might have more than a few questions like this, and CAPD is here to help you think through some answers. Join this workshop to learn more about the academic CV genre. We’ll look at examples, and there will be plenty of time for questions. Register here. This CAPD event is open to MIT graduate students, postdocs, and alumni. Summer Party
Who: All Students Celebrate the start of summer with friends (new and old), classmates, neighbors, colleagues, and family from the Cambridge, Kendall, and MIT communities! Programming will include a performance by Continuum Dance Project, a herb planting activity led by horticulturist Grace Coburn, a drop-in art-making activity with Blue Mouse Gallery, and summery treats. Activity materials and snacks will be available while supplies last. https://www.openspace.mit.edu/calendar/summer-party Faculty Job Search Series: Community and Service Statements
Who: Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Alumni Learn how to craft a compelling community or service statement. Get an expert perspective on how to approach the statement and strategies to participate in authentic experiences that showcase your contributions. Register here. Faculty Job Search Series: Teaching Statements
Who: Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Alumni How can you communicate your commitment to quality teaching that facilitates learning? How should you describe your pedagogical philosophy? If you’re writing a teaching statement for your faculty job applications, you might be asking yourself questions like these. Join Ben Hansberry from MIT’s Teaching and Learning Lab as we discuss these questions and consider some practical strategies to get you started or get back on track. Register here. This FJSS event is open to MIT PhDs and postdocs. FAB26 - Volunteer opportunity
Who: All Students The Fab Foundation is inviting students from Boston and Cambridge universities to volunteer at FAB26 Boston: the International Fab Lab Conference & Symposium, taking place July 27–31, 2026, sponsored by MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. FAB26 will bring together 1,000+ makers, innovators, educators, and researchers from over 55 countries to explore the future of digital fabrication and collaborative innovation. As the birthplace of the Fab Lab movement, Boston is the perfect place to host this global gathering. We are seeking student volunteers interested in supporting areas such as:
Volunteer periods: July 20 - Aug 3 (event setup) or July 27- July 31 (conference days). This is a great opportunity for students to gain hands-on event experience and connect with an international innovation community. For additional information, questions, or to receive a detailed volunteer proposal, please contact norella@fabfoundation.org More information: https://fab26.fabevent.org/ FELLOWSHIPS OPPORTUNITIESHarvard Society of Fellows Nominations 2026
Who: Graduate Students The Society of Fellows is now accepting nominations for three-year Junior Fellowships beginning July 1, 2027. Information regarding the purpose and scope of the fellowship and the current rules for its administration can be found on our website. People interested in any field of study are eligible for the fellowship; they should be of the highest caliber of intellectual achievement, i.e. manifesting extraordinary creativity and shaping the future direction of their chosen field. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, August 4. All nominations must be submitted electronically via the nomination form on our website. The Society has always sought the best possible candidates at an early stage of their scholarly careers, regardless of their fields. No rigid formula governs our choice, but we expect that candidates will have completed their routine training for advanced study and will be far along in the dissertation stage, able to submit samples of independent work (e.g. articles, papers, dissertation chapters, musical compositions, art work) in support of their candidacies. If currently pursuing the Ph.D., Junior Fellows should be prepared to finish their degrees within a year of becoming fellows. If already a recipient of the degree, they should ideally not be more than one year past the Ph.D. at the time the fellowship commences. Most Junior Fellows receive the Ph.D. just prior to the start of the fellowship. For further information and FAQ regarding the nomination procedure, please consult our website. OTHER OPPORTUNITIESApplications Open: AI for Science Summer School
Who: Undergraduate Students The AI for Science Summer School is a four-week, fully online cohort program (July 6 – July 31, 2026) that introduces students to how AI is transforming scientific discovery. We run two cohorts, one for college students 18-21 and one for advanced high school students. The school is co-led by myself and Dr. Abhilash Mishra, Rhodes scholar and founder of Equitech Futures. Both of us are Caltech-trained astrophysicists. What makes the program distinctive:
Applications are open now, with a deadline of June 10, 2026. Students apply through our FuturesHub platform at no cost. Applications Open: AI for Science Summer School
Who: Undergraduate Students The Department of Physics at Caltech welcomes you to apply for our 2026 FUTURE workshop at Caltech, running September 10-11, 2026. Applications are due by July 21, 2026 and are welcomed from rising junior or senior undergraduates (and/or former undergraduates interested in pursuing a physics PhD in the next 1-2 years). FUTURE is a two-day, all-expenses paid event at Caltech from September 10-11, 2026, centered on the experiences of gender minorities in physics. Additional details and a link to the student application portal are provided at the bottom of this page. This year, we are asking students to submit their applications, so please forward this announcement to potentially interested students. FUTURE 2026 will be held on the Caltech campus on Thursday and Friday, September 10-11, 2026 (with a welcome dinner on Wednesday evening). The FUTURE conference will provide an in-depth look into life as a Physics graduate student through a series of presentations, discussion panels, mini-workshops and informal socials with Caltech faculty and students. Topics will include choosing a research direction, building community, challenges facing gender minorities, the application process and more. Rising juniors should have an interest in pursuing a PhD in physics and motivation to learn more about graduate education and opportunities. Rising seniors should be planning to apply to graduate school in the Fall of 2026 and have a demonstrated interest in physics research. Demonstration of leadership potential will also be considered. This program is designed to support students who identify as gender minorities in physics (women, nonbinary, transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming). However, we will accept applications from all students and strongly encourage any student who would benefit from our program to apply. There is no fee for participating in FUTURE 2026. All costs, including domestic travel, will be paid by the program. Applications and an accompanying recommendation form must be submitted by July 21, 2026. Note that unlike previous years of FUTURE, students are now asked to directly submit an application accompanied by a recommendation form (preferably from a faculty member). Click here for the student application. Please do not hesitate to contact us at FUTURE@caltech.edu if you have any questions. Support and Connect: Join PhysREFS
Who: Graduate Students PhysREFS is in need of new members! Our responsibilities include hosting monthly open office hours; organizing social/de-stress events for physics graduate students (like Meet and Heat, Barn Babies, and Massage Socials); and maintaining a repository of study resources and past questions for the written qualifying exams. You can read more about us and apply here: https://physrefs.mit.edu/ |
