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DEPARTMENT NEWS AND NOTICES
Standing Together Against Hate: Register for upcoming events and activities
What Hinges on Anti-Palestinian Racism? (register)
Thursday, April 18
4:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET, Room 45-801
Murad Idris is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. An Arab and Muslim American studies scholar, his research and teaching explores political theory, the history of political thought, and political theology.
Don't go to bed hungry
Don’t go to bed hungry, there’s help available! If you are a student who is struggling with finances, unaware of how to access resources, or don’t have enough time to buy and cook your food, visit https://doingwell.mit.edu/foodandfinancial/ for support!
Fall 2024 Graduate Students Housing Process
On-campus housing selection for the 2024-2025 academic year will open within the Housing Portal during the month of May. I’ll be following up with all of you in the new year to share additional information and housing-related materials as they become available, including housing webinar dates. Similar to previous years, our team is also happy to present at GradADMIT sessions and other department programs.
On behalf of the entire team at Housing & Residential Services, I hope this information is helpful. If you have any immediate questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Students who have housing-related questions are encouraged to visit our website for details about how to get in touch with our team, including weekly drop-in virtual office hours.
CAPD has created a Faculty Job Search Guide
Each section of this module is designed to offer you information about faculty job search timelines, networks, documents and statements. Use this guide to help you gather the information you need, reflect on your goals, begin drafting your documents, refine existing application materials, and locate helpful resources.
This course is intended to meet you where you are, as a conversation partner, in the strategic and creative process of drafting your faculty application materials. There is a lot of materials here, so don’t try to take it in all at once. Of course, we recommend reading every section fully, but feel free to skip around if some sections are more pertinent to your needs than others.
We’re excited to accompany you as you begin your faculty job search!
Use your Kerberos ID to sign-in and review the faculty job search guide.
Latest Physics news
UPCOMING COLLdOQUIA & SEMINARS
Monday, March 25, 2024 at 12:00pm ET in Duboc Room (4-331)
No seminar - Spring Break
Monday, March 25, 2024 at 2:00pm ET - Cosman Room (6C-442)
No seminar - Spring Break
Monday, March 25, 2024 at 4:00pm ET - Kolker Room (26-414) and Zoom
No seminar - Spring Break
Tuesday, March 26, 2023 at 12:00pm ET - Kolker Room (26-414) and Zoom
No seminar - Spring Break
Tuesday, March 26, 2023 at 12:00pm ET - NW17-218 Hybrid
No seminar - Spring Break
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 2:30pm ET -
No seminar - Spring Break
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 4:00pm ET at Marlar Lounge and Zoom
No seminar - Spring Break
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 4:00pm ET - MIT 4-270
No seminar - Spring Break
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 11:00am ET - Haus Room, 36-428 and Zoom
"A versatile quantum playground with solid-state quantum emitters"
Je-Hyung Kim, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Techonology (UNIST)
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 3:00-4:30pm ET - VIRTUAL
No seminar - Spring Break
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 4:15pm ET - Duboc Room (4-331)
No seminar - Spring Break
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 12:00pm ET - CUA Room (26-214)
No seminar - Spring Break
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 4:00pm ET - 10-250
No seminar - Spring Break
Friday, March 29, 2024 at 4:00pm ET - 10-250
No seminar - Spring Break
UPCOMING EVENTS
LEAP Lab: Robot Dog Demo
Who: All Students
When: Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 11:00am to 12:00pm ET
Where: MIT Welcome Center
Meet a robotic dog with our friends from the NSF Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI).
IAIFI Fellow Ge Yang and MIT undergraduates Alan Yu and Hannah Gao demonstrate how they have taught their robotic dog to run using reinforcement learning, which trains in a simulated environment through trial and error without explicit instructions for how to do so.
Sir Andre Geim - Harvard Loeb Lectures in Physics
Who: All Students
When: See dates below
Where: Harvard Jefferson 250 and Zoom
2024 Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics
Sir Andre Geim Regius, Professor University of Manchester
- Monday, March 25, 4:30pm (1st colloquium) "Wonder Materials"
- Tuesday, March 26, 4:30pm (focused lecture) "Exploring 2D Empty Space"
- Wednesday, March 27, 4:30pm (2nd colloquium) "Science of flying frogs"
Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/96602643318?pwd=bklLNTZDckFlWWZpclN1S3E1U0pqZz09 Passcode: 079110
Fulbright Info Session
Who: All Students
When: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET
Where: VIRTUAL
Learn how to apply for a Fulbright fellowship! The Fulbright US Student Program offers grants to over 140 countries for an academic year of research, graduate study, or English teaching assistantship. Eligible students must be US citizens and have completed at least a bachelor’s degree by the start of the grant in fall 2025 / spring 2026. Graduate students and recent alums are also eligible. Our internal deadline is this summer, but you should begin planning your application this spring – come learn how! More info: Julia Mongo, Fulbright Program Advisor, jmongo@mit.edu.
Registration required via Handshake.
MITEC Student Seminar Series
Who: All Students
When: Friday, April 5, 2024 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm ET
Where: 66-168
The MIT Energy and Climate Club (MITEC) is excited to announce our speaker lineup for the Spring 2024 MITEC Student Seminar Series! We have a variety of speakers on topics ranging from nuclear energy to atmospheric modeling. Seminars will start Apr 5 and happen weekly, from 12-1PM in 66-168, with lunch provided. See below for schedule and information. RSVP here!
- Friday Apr 5: Isabel Naranjo De Candido, Cost analysis of new nuclear energy plants for improved energy access
- Friday Apr 19: Beomjun Kim, Optimally addressing intermittency of renewable energy resources with transmission lines and storage
- Friday May 3: Kyle Buznitsky, Graphite and tin thermal energy storage for grid-scale electricity storage or industrial heat decarbonization
- Friday May 10: Bianca Champenois, Advances in data-driven methods for ocean and atmospheric modeling
Hope to see you there! For any questions contact us at mitec@mit.edu.
FELLOWSHIPS/INTERNSHIPS
MIT CSC Transportation Impact Fellow
Who: Graduate Students and Postdocs
Deadline: ASAP
Posted: 3/15/2024
The MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium is hiring a post-doctoral Impact Fellow in Transportation; full description on our website: https://impactclimate.mit.edu/get-involved/impact-fellows-program/transportation-impact-fellow/
Freedom Summer Fellowships for Graduate Students!
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: April 1, 2024 by 11:59pm ET
Posted: 2/16/2024
MIT CoLab, Emerald Cities Collaborative, the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts, with the PKG Center
The Freedom Summer Fellowship, launched in 2023, matches cities and frontline community organizations with graduate students to partner on concrete local and regional development projects with a focus on clean energy and infrastructure. This program brings institutional technical capacity and the nation’s sharpest minds together in service of helping under resourced cities access and implement federal funding and programs. The Fellowship continues the long-standing practice of students and young people leading the nation towards greater equity and justice while also bringing specific skills and capabilities to bear on real-world challenges at the local level.
- What: Freedom Summer Fellows will provide capacity building and technical assistance to cities/states across the country
- When: 10 week fellowship (June – August 2024)
- Where: Last year’s participating cities included Birmingham, AL; Cleveland, OH; Brooklyn, NY; others TBD
- Applications: accepted through April 1 at 11:59pm
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
2024 NSBP-NSHP Joint Conference registration
Who: All Students
Deadline: See below
Posted: 3/15/2024
2024 NSBP-NSHP Joint Conference
November 13-17th, 2024
Hyatt Regency Houston, TX
"Merging Nuclei — Creating Stronger Forces"
Early bird registration ends on March 31, 2024
Our 2023 conference in Knoxville, TN was a tremendous success! Thank you to our conference partners UT Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory for being tremendous host
We are looking forward to this year's inaugural joint annual conference with the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists The conference will be held in Houston, TX on November 13th - 17th, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, Texas. Our conference co-hosts are the University of Houston and the NASA Johnson Space Flight Center.
The theme for this year's conference is "Merging Nuclei – Creating Stronger Forces."
Register today! You can view our conference website here.
Student deadlines and fees:
Early registration: $315 members/$375 non-members
Regular Registration: $450 members/ $505 non-members
Late Registration: $720 members / $775 non-members
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Early Bird Registration: February 19 - March 31, 2024
Regular Registration: April 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Late Registration: August 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024 (*)
Abstract/Poster Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024
FACULTY / PROFESSIONAL FEES & DEADLINES:
Early registration: $530 members/$650 non-members
Regular Registration: $680 members/ $805 non-members
Late Registration: $980 members / $1105 non-members
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Early Bird Registration: February 19 - March 31, 2024
Regular Registration: April 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Late Registration: August 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024 (*)
Abstract/Poster Submission Deadline: September 30, 2024
NOTE: We have travel funds available for students who wish to attend. Contact Shannon Larkin slarkin@mit.edu for more information.
2024 NASA Fundamental Physics Workshop
Who: All Students
Deadline: See below
Posted: 3/15/2024
The 2024 NASA Fundamental Physics Workshop will be held May 14-16, 2024, at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa in San Diego, California.
This workshop will focus on transformative space fundamental physics research and experimentation. The workshop will provide a forum for the community to share new fundamental physics research results and present and discuss pioneering research ideas for future space experimentation in Earth's orbit and beyond. The National Academies Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences Research in Space 2023-2032 has been released. This workshop will also be an opportunity for the scientific community to develop responses to the survey recommendations. The workshop will also host the third meeting of the Fundamental Physics Program Analysis Group (FunPAG 3). The FunPAG is an open community-led forum to provide NASA with essential analyses for informed decision making on fundamental physics.
All interested scientists, researchers and program managers are invited to participate. The participation of the current NASA-funded investigators is strongly encouraged and kindly requested. There is no registration fee to participate in the workshop. Workshop participants are invited to submit abstracts for contributed talks and posters as part of their registration (see link above).
NASA participants must submit a request to attend the workshop through the NASA Conference Tracking System (NCTS). The NCTS number is 50149-24, and the event title in the system 2024 NASA Fundamental Physics Workshop.
Important deadlines:
- Abstract Deadline: March 29, 2024
- Advanced Registration Deadline: April 23, 2024
- Hotel Reservation Deadline to Receive Discount Lodging Rate: April 8, 2024
MIT Men’s Club Rugby Recruitment
Who: All Students
Deadline: See below
Posted: 3/8/2024
The Men’s Club Rugby team is looking for new members!
Reach out to mitrugby-exec@mit.edu if you are interested.
All experience levels are welcome!!!
Nominate someone for a PKG Student and Faculty Service Award
Who: All Students
Deadline: Monday, March 27th
Posted: 3/1/2024
PKG Center Priscilla King Gray Student Award
Honoring Priscilla King Gray's contributions to public service at MIT, this award recognizes graduate and undergraduate students who are exceptionally dedicated to community engagement and making positive social and environmental changes at MIT and beyond.
Submit a nomination by: Wednesday, March 27 bit.ly/PKGAward24
PKG Paul Gray Faculty Award
Nominate an MIT Professor who is building a better world through their work!
Honoring MIT's 14th president, this award recognizes a member of MIT faculty who exemplifies "building a better world" through their teaching, research, advising, and service.
Submit a nomination by: Wednesday, March 27 bit.ly/PKGPaulGray24
Experiential Ethics Summer Course
Who: All Students
Deadline: March 31, 2024 by 11:59 pm ET
Posted: 3/8/2024
EXPERIENTIAL ETHICS 2024: DEADLINE TO APPLY IS March 31, 2024
Our scientific research and technological developments are changing the world for better and for worse. If you are looking for a space to reflect on the ethics of science and technology, as well as your values and how they might impact your future career decisions, consider enrolling in Experiential Ethics.
Experiential Ethics is a collaborative, discussion-based course that can be taken by itself or alongside popular experiential learning programs and internships, such as UROP, MISTI, or PKG opportunities. The class offers theoretical and practical tools to navigate the complex, ever-changing ethical terrains of industry, science, and technology while reflecting critically on your personal, professional, and political roles. Students engage in small-group conversations about their own values as well as the moral, social, and political dimensions of their summer experiences.
More about the class:
- Weekly virtual discussion sections run from June-August (potential in-person option for students in the Cambridge area).
- Final in-person project presentations are held in September.
- Summer tuition is not charged; the class is listed as fall enrollment.
- Choose between a more intensive 6-unit version of the course and a 3-unit one.
- All continuing MIT undergraduate and graduate students are welcome and encouraged to apply, regardless of year, program, prior ethics experience, or summer plans.
For more information, updates, and frequently asked questions, visit elo.mit.edu/experiential-ethics or email us at experientialethics@gmail.com.
Seeking instructors for summer program at Yale
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: ASAP
Posted: 3/1/2024
Each year, Eduexplora brings bright, outstanding students (ages 13 - 18) from around the world to Yale for two 2-week summer programs.
The goal of the program is to give the next generation of outstanding students the opportunity to learn about cutting-edge research and other educational topics they normally wouldn't hear about until college or graduate school.
Instructors can decide on their own what course or topic(s) they would like to present to the students.
Instructors can teach during Session 1 (July 1 - 12), Session 2 (July 15 - 26), or both.
Here is our website: https://www.eduexplora.com
Fellowship for Recent PhDs at DARPA
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: ASAP
Posted: 3/1/2024
DARPA Innovation Fellowship
What is the Innovation Fellowship?
A 2-year Fellowship at DARPA for early career scientists, who received their Ph.D. within the last 5 years. Fellows develop and manage the Advanced Research Concepts (ARC), a portfolio of high-impact exploratory efforts to identify breakthrough technologies for the Department of Defense.
Why become an Innovation Fellow?
- Drive technological innovation
Fellows have the opportunity to influence the direction of defense research through developing ARC topics, evaluating proposals, making funding decisions, and assessing the impact of further investment on problems of importance to national security.
- Engage with prominent scientists
Fellows travel across the country to visit leading researchers at top university, industry, and government labs and learn about the revolutionary research they are conducting.
- Strengthen your transferable skills
Fellows work across a broad range of scientific fields and gain a deep understanding of the big-picture scope of the state of the art of science and technology.
- Advance your career opportunities
Join an extraordinarily rich, technologically-focused network of DARPA Program Managers, military service members, and scientific and technical experts.
For more information on the Fellowship visit: https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/darpa- innovation-fellowship
To apply submit CV/resume and cover letter to: fellowship@darpa.mil
U.S. citizenship is required
Harvard seeking Preceptor in Physics
Who: Graduate Students and Postdocs
Deadline: April 15, 2024
Posted: 2/9/2024
The Department of Physics at Harvard University seeks applications for a Preceptor in Physics. Working closely with faculty and staff in the Department of Physics, the preceptor will oversee all aspects of small-group instruction in the laboratory component of essential introductory and advanced physics courses, targeted to a wide range of students.
Science preceptors supervise and train teaching fellows and play a leading role in the laboratory support team. They collaborate with faculty to develop innovative course materials including hands-on learning activities and independent student projects.
The position, starting July 1, 2024, is for an initial appointment of one year, with the possibility of reappointment on a yearly basis for up to a maximum of eight years total (within the eligibility guidelines of the FAS). Reappointment is contingent upon performance, enrollments, curricular need, position availability, and divisional dean approval.
Basic Qualifications: Candidates should have an advanced degree in physics or a closely allied field or should be on track to complete the degree by the start of the appointment. Candidates are required to have teaching experience in physics or a closely allied field.
Additional Qualifications: Candidates should have excellent organizational, written, and interpersonal communication skills and demonstrated ability to lead and train teaching assistants. Experience setting up, managing, and directing student laboratory sessions is strongly preferred. A strong doctoral record is preferred.
To apply: Please submit the following materials directly to the Harvard Academic Positions site at https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13439 |