(Public) Service Smorgasbord: Eats and Opportunities
Kate Mytty
Tue Jan 31, 12-01:30pm, W20-301
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
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What type of service do you want to do? Maybe you want to tutor high school students in Cambridge, be paid for public service work with a great organization who needs your help, work with a community partner somewhere else in the world, or develop a new solution to deliver impact. Come meet the staff of the Public Service Center who collectively have worked in public service for over two decades. We'll have an open conversation over a smorgasbord of food to share with you the best way to get started on public service or to try something new.
RSVP (so we have enough food for you) to http://bit.ly/ti9Bhx
Contact: Kate Mytty, W20-549, (617) 715-5474, kmytty@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Build Days for Habitat for Humanity
Josh Zeidman, Josh Cohen, Scott Landers
Sat Jan 14, 07:30am-03:00pm, Student Center, W20, Head to Build site from W20
Sat Jan 21, 07:30am-03:00pm, Student Ctr, W20, Head to Build site from W20
Sat Jan 28, 07:30am-03:00pm, Student Center, W20, Head to Build site from W20
Sat Feb 4, 07:30am-03:00pm, Student Ctr, W20, Head to Build site from W20
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 10 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Come join MIT's Habitat for Humanity as we go on our IAP Build Days. We will head to one of Boston's local affiliates for a day of on-site building.
The build will be from 7:30am to 3:30pm on Saturdays. We will meet in the student center and provide you with breakfast, lunch, and transportation.
Come dressed for the weather and the work (closed toed shoes are required, sneakers at minimum).
Contact: Josh Zeidman, (224) 210-0489, jzeidman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Habitat for Humanity
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Cambridge Science Festival Workshop
Sung Kim
Tue Jan 17, 01-03:00pm, MIT Museum, N51
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2012
Single session event
The Cambridge Science Festival is a 10-day celebration calling on those in the community, cultural, corporate, and academic institutions to engage the public in their work and passions in science, technology, engineering, and math.
What prompted you to love science, technology or engineering? Discuss and workshop possible events for the Cambridge Science Festival by MIT students!
Web: http://CambridgeScienceFestival.org
Contact: Sung Kim, N52-215, x4-4379, sungmi@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Museum
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Environmental Change At The MIT Museum
Brindha Muniappan
Tue Jan 10, 01-03:00pm, MIT Museum, N51
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The MIT museum wants your help during IAP – especially if you’re interested in science communication and educational outreach, or concerned about the Earth’s changing environment. A new exhibit, called “Rivers of Ice”, will be opening at the museum in April, and we’d like your help in brainstorming and developing related materials to enhance a visitor's experience in the exhibit, including activities, devices, art, or something equally intriguing.
Please join us at the MIT museum (N51; 265 Mass Ave) on Tuesday, January 10, from 1-3pm, for an introduction to the museum, overview of the upcoming exhibit, and a visit to the Museum Studio (N52-214). In exchange for your expertise we’ll provide opportunities to engage with the public, build your science communication skills, and, of course, SNACKS.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/upcoming.html
Contact: Brindha Muniappan, N52-218B, x3-0527, brindha@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Museum
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How to Make Your Service Serve You: how public service can help you get into medical school, win a major scholarship, or secure a big grant!
Alison Hynd, Kimberly Benard
Tue Jan 31, 12-01:15pm, 2-105
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Find out how to leverage your volunteer or other community service work to give you an advantage when applying for grants, grad school, scholarships, etc. You will hear from a panel of students who have used their service experiences to secure major grants and scholarships, plus staff from the Public Service Center and Distinguished Fellowships Office.
RSVP for this event to Alison at hynd@mit.edu
For more information, contact:
Alison Hynd
617 258 0691
hynd@mit.edu
Contact: Alison Hynd, W20-549, (617) 258-0691, hynd@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
Cosponsor: Global Education and Career Development
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Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Steve Chan, Charles Atencio, Anna Miao
Mon Jan 30, Wed Feb 1, Fri Feb 3, 04pm-08:00am, MIT and Boston Museu
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Jan-2012
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Instructor permission required
Today’s global challenges are complex and can be best understood with an interconnected perspective— one that combines science, technology, and society (STS). Such perspicacity captures the synergy among the 5Ds (Diplomacy, Defense, Development, Disaster Relief, and Data) underlying these global issues. This course will explore the 5Ds through the lens of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR). First, it will present a framework that incorporates the 5Ds, via a triple helix approach that is enabled and enhanced through the use of a collaborative distributed leadership process. Second, it will highlight some cutting-edge academic, governmental, and industry research that might present some novel solutions to these global challenges. Third, it will articulate the challenges of extreme scale herculean societal tasks. Finally, a capstone to the course will be a viewing of the film “Rescue” at the Museum of Science Mugar Omni Theater. This IMAX film is an exemplar of STS and the triple-helix uniting the 5Ds to provide HADR in the wake of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Contact: Steve Chan, E38-456, (617) 324-4005, s_chan@mit.edu
Sponsor: Writing and Humanistic Studies
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IAP MIT Community Service Day
Amy Fan, Kristi Gundrum Kebinger
Fri Jan 27, 11am-04:00pm, Mezzanine Lounge-W20, Lunch @ MIT, then volunteer
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Jan-2012
Limited to 60 participants.
Single session event
We invite all members of the MIT Community to join us for the IAP Community Service Day! First, have a delicious Indian lunch at the Mezzanine Lounge lunch. Then, head out into the Cambridge and Boston communities to volunteer with three local organizations: 1) The Greater Boston Food Bank, Boston, works to end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. Volunteers will be inspecting, sorting, and repacking donated grocery products to be distributed to hunger relief agencies. 2) The Salvation Army, Harbor Light Center, Boston, is a shelter for individuals struggling with addiction. It offers a residency program, two sober graduate houses, transitional housing assistance for women, a community feeding program and worship services. Volunteers will be painting the Center. 3) People Making a Difference, MIT, is founded by one of MIT’s own, Lori Tsuruda ’89. PMD promotes volunteerism in one-time projects that meet local needs. Volunteers will be at MIT, assembling Lego kits into DNA models that will be used by schools in the Boston area and across the country. Public transportation fees to/from the service placement will be provided. Please register (link below) by January 23th!
Web: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFl0bGdWSGlIdFFNaVJnRVE3MTNwSGc6MQ#gid=0
Contact: Amy Fan, 4-104, (617) 253-0742, serviceday@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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It's A New Year @ MIT CopyTech!
June Milligan, Steve Dimond
Tue Jan 24, 11am-12:30pm, 3-133
Tue Jan 31, 11am-12:30pm, Maseeh Hall
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Join us at this IAP event to learn what's in store for 2012 @ MIT CopyTech.
Highlights include our new in-house Design Services, Color and Finishing Technology, Communication Production Services, adMIT ONE Ticketing Service and Infinite Display Advertising. We will also discuss Large Format Color Printing, future MITprint-Online Print Service and the Distributed Printing Program. We hope you'll join us!
Grab & Go food available: Compliments of Bon Appetit.
Web: http://web.mit.edu.ctc/www/
Contact: June Milligan, 3-011, x8-5148, jmillign@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Copy Technology Centers
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MIT ESL for Service Employees training sessions
Emma Kerry, Nancy Boyce, Jane Dunfy
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
NANCY KELLY, ELLEN STORDY, MARY MOORE
Topic: 10 Tips on Teaching ESL
Tuesday, Jan 24, 12 - 1 pm
Find out why tutoring MIT Service Employees in ESL can enrich your life. Learn how a small investment of your time can go a long way in helping colleagues learn English. You’ll hear top 10 tips for tutoring as well as why tutors end up learning as much as their students.
EMMA KERRY
Topic: Planning to make the most of your ESL sessions
Tuesday, Jan 24, 1-2 pm
Tips on maximizing the limited time you have with the students, using planning to incorporate assessment for learning, and making the sessions varied and jolly.
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NANCY BOYCE
Topic: "Using the MIT ESL for Service Employees Stellar site for resource information and communication"
Wednesday and Friday from 12 noon to 1 pm.
An informational walk through the MIT ESL for Service Employees' Stellar web site with Q and A period afterward.
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JANE DUNPHY
Topic: "How to teach Pronunciation to ESL students"
Thurs, Jan 26 12-2 pm
Overview of the current theory and practices in 2nd language pronunciation pedagogy, in light of English as a lingua franca. Includes a summary of the set of most difficult sounds/speech features in English and explain why they are difficult to adjust to; and provide a mini-class demonstrating best practice in teaching pronunciation.
Contact: Nancy Boyce, 4-315, x3-4461, nboyce@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Womens League
Emma Kerry, Nancy Boyce, Jane Dunfy
EMMA KERRY
Topic: "Planning to make the most of your ESL sessions'
Tuesday, Jan 24, 1-2 pm
Tips on maximizing the limited time you have with the students, using planning to incorporate assessment for learning, and making the sessions varied and jolly.
Tue Jan 24, 01-02:00pm, 56-154
Emma Kerry, Nancy Boyce, Jane Dunfy
NANCY BOYCE
Topic: "Using the MIT ESL for Service Employees Stellar site for resource information and communication"
Wednesday and Friday from 12 noon to 1 pm.
An informational walk through the MIT ESL for Service Employees' Stellar web site with Q and A period afterward.
Wed Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 56-154
Emma Kerry, Nancy Boyce, Jane Dunfy
JANE DUNPHY
Topic: "How to teach Pronunciation to ESL students"
Thurs, Jan 26 12-2 pm
Overview of the current theory and practices in 2nd language pronunciation pedagogy, in light of English as a lingua franca. Includes a summary of the set of most difficult sounds/speech features in English and explain why they are difficult to adjust to; and provide a mini-class demonstrating best practice in teaching pronunciation.
Thu Jan 26, 12-02:00pm, 56-154
Emma Kerry, Nancy Boyce, Jane Dunfy
NANCY BOYCE
Topic: "Using the MIT ESL for Service Employees Stellar site for resource information and communication"
Wednesday and Friday from 12 noon to 1 pm.
An informational walk through the MIT ESL for Service Employees' Stellar web site with Q and A period afterward.
Fri Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, 56-154
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Make a Science Kit - Bring Science Programs to Underprivileged Kids
Jessica Yang, Allan Park
Mon Jan 30, 03-04:00pm, 4-153
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Remember all the cool activities you did as a kid in science class? Or, maybe in school you didn’t get a chance to explore your passion for science. Across the nation standardized testing and budget cuts have put pressures on schools and teachers – and they’re squeezing quality science education as a result. As an MIT student, you’re in the perfect position to fight back!
Come hear about the issue and join the new student group Science Counts! in building quality, fun-to-teach science lessons for kids. We’ll tell you about teaching, show you how to design activities, and together transform your science topics of interest into complete science kits and actual curriculum. And if you're interested, come learn more about Science Counts! and how you can help underprivileged kids love science!
(And we'll make LN2 ice cream for refreshments.)
Web: http://www.kidsarescientiststoo.org
Contact: Jessica Yang, 4-153, (301) 758-6951, yangjj@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Pahoehoe: Do-Gooders Behind the Desk
Alison Hynd, Kate Mytty
Thu Jan 19, 12-01:30pm, 1-135
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
5 MIT staff members share their public service passions through 5 minute presentations.
What is Pahoehoe? Literally, its a type of lava flow with a multitude of active, spreading, toes. Figuratively, its a forum for the MIT community to share their public service work and spread their ideas.
Join us to hear from five MIT staff members who are making a difference in communities near and far. You’ll hear about a rowing program for cancer survivors, cell phone technology for detecting hearing loss in Brazil, athletes who are running to end cancer, and more.
Come and learn what the amazing people behind the desks at MIT are doing and get inspired to act on the issues you care about.
The five minute presentations are informal, informative, and infectious (in a good way!).
Thursday, January 19th, noon-1:30 pm
No limit but advance sign up required; email hynd@mit.edu
Contact: Alison Hynd, W20-549, x5-5474, hynd@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Re-imagining the World in 2050: Equity, Action and Targets
Sandeep Kishore
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
The world in 2012 and 2050| Transformation of a Sick Society
How sick is our society, locally and globally? And who is accountable for it? Together, we will uncover how the distribution of resources and human capital for global health actually works; next, we will identify key opportunities and niches to innovate in the spheres of Equity, Action and Targets.
For more information visit http://thecenter.mit.edu
Web: http://thecenter.mit.edu
Contact: Sandeep Kishore, W11-063, x4-6030, info@thecenter.mit.edu
Sponsor: Tenzin P Shukla, W11-063, 617 324-6030, tenzin@mit.edu
Sandeep Kishore
Mon Jan 23, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Just say yes to drugs | Essential medicines for the world
Sandeep Kishore
Just say yes to drugs | Essential medicines for the world
How do medicines and vaccines get to people? How does a discovery in a MIT laboratory get translated into a life-saving therapy? And, critically, how do univesity intellectual property decisions and pharmaceutical trade provisions materially affect who gets access to life-saving medicines?
For more information visit http://thecenter.mit.edu
Wed Jan 25, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Seun’s Story | The 2014 Winter Olympics, Nigeria, Cancer and You
Sandeep Kishore, Seun Adebiyi
Seun’s Story | The 2014 Winter Olympics, Nigeria, Cancer and You
In 2009, while studying Law at Yale University, Seun Adebiyi was training to become the first athlete to represent Nigeria at the Winter Olympics (sport: Skeleton) when he was diagnosed with two rare and aggressive cancers: lymphoblastic lymphoma and stem-cell leukemia.
For more information visit http://thecenter.mit.edu
Fri Jan 27, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Tobacco | A man-made, profit-driven disaster that kills 6 million people annually
Sandeep Kishore, Asaf Bitton
Tobacco | A man-made, profit-driven disaster that kills 6 million people annually
What is the only legal product that knowingly kills over half of its users? And why is the use of this deadly product growing in many of the poorest parts of the world?
For more information visit http://thecenter.mit.edu
Mon Jan 30, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
War in the Congo & the push for “conflict-free” electronics | Will universities lead?
Sandeep Kishore, Sanjay Kishore
War in the Congo & the push for “conflict-free” electronics | Will universities lead?
Over 10 years ago, concernted activists notified major electronics manufacturers of a perilous connection between the mining of basic minerals in their cellphones and a deadly civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For more information visit http://thecenter.mit.edu
Wed Feb 1, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Your Turn. Student Roundtable on Solutions to the problems laid out / Recommendations to the UN
Sandeep Kishore
Your Turn. Student Roundtable on Solutions to the problems laid out / Recommendations to the UN
Working groups report-back and present iterated recommendations for the lecturers and the problems described to ensure follow-through & Drafting of recommendations for the UN under Equity, Action and Target domains.
Fri Feb 3, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
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Technology for Advocacy: Apps for reporting issues in the Built Environment
Rachel Blatt
Wed Feb 1, 06-07:30pm, 32-155
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Ever complained about overflowing trash bins, broken sidewalks, potholes? There’s an app for that!
Join us for a panel discussion with representatives from three organizations that help citizens report issues in the built environment to the appropriate authorities. They’ll talk about the technologies they have developed and the ways that smart phones are changing how citizens interact with governments.
See Click Fix – a New Haven based start-up that works with municipalities large and small and community organizations to collect reports from citizens.
The Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Boston – this unique branch of the city government is tasked with developing innovative ways of engaging constituents.
Talk to the T – the MBTA launched their Talk to the T campaign and app over the summer to facilitate reporting on MBTA property.
This event is hosted by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, organized by WalkBoston, and co-sponsored by the Institute for Human Centered Design.
Contact: Rachel Blatt, rb2472@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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The revolution will be well-informed: Creating the A- Z Library at Occupy Boston
Heather McCann
Thu Jan 12, 01-02:00pm, 4-145
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Limited to 40 participants.
Single session event
Shortly after the Occupy Boston encampment was founded, a group of intrepid librarians and an activist bookstore owner came to Dewey Square independently with the idea of creating a library. They quickly joined forces, and the Audre Lorde-Howard Zinn (A-Z) library was born. This talk will describe how a fully-functioning library was created from scratch within a few days and how it continues to live on despite the eviction from Dewey Square.
Contact: Heather McCann, 7-238, x3-7098, hmccann@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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