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Indigenous People's Day - Monday, October 13th
Voter Registration form signup in APO. Last day to register is October 24th
The local elections are coming up on November 4th, and the last day to register to vote is October 24th. MIT's Graduate Student Council is distributing mail-in voter registration forms and will deliver them to your city's city hall for you. You can pick up a form in the APO (4-315), fill it out, pop it in an envelope, and leave it with us.
UPCOMING COLLOQUIA & SEMINARS
Monday, October 13, 2025 at 12:00pm ET in Duboc Room (4-331)
No seminar - Indigenous Peoples' Day
Monday, October 13, 2025 at 2:00pm ET - Cosman Room (6C-442)
No seminar - Indigenous Peoples' Day
Monday, October 13, 2025 at 4:00pm ET - Kolker Room (26-414)
No seminar - Indigenous Peoples' Day
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 12:00pm ET - Kolker Room (26-414)
"Probing Higher-Dimensional Wilson Operators in the VVV Production and Opportunities for Run3 using the Scouting Dataset"
Garyfallia Paspalaki, CERN
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 2:30pm ET at Cosman Seminar Room (6C-442)
TBA
Badal Bhalla, Oklahoma
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 4:00pm ET at Marlar Lounge (37-252) and Zoom
TBA
Roger Blandford, Stanford University
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 4:00pm ET - 4-270
TBA
Jeff Thompson, Princeton University
Ten Minute Talk: "Ultrafast High-fidelity Rydberg gates " by Bingtian Ye, Harvard
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 10:45am ET - Duboc Room (4-331)
TBA
Nigel Goldenfeld, UCSD
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 3:45pm to 5:15pm ET - Zoom
"Finite-N indices from branes and negative branes"
Kasia Budzik, Harvard University
Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 12:00pm ET - CUA Room (26-214)
TBA
John Chiaverini, MIT Lincoln Labs
Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 4:00pm ET - 10-250
TBA
Jeff Thompson, Princeton
Refreshments at 3:30pm in 4-349 (Pappalardo Community Room)*
*There cannot be any eating or drinking in 10-250, so please plan to finish your food/drink in 4-349
Friday, October 17, 2025 at 2:00pm ET - NW17-218 or Zoom
TBA
Patrick Shriwise, ANL
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 1:00pm ET - Kempner Institute, Harvard SEC Room 6.242 (150 Western Ave, Boston) *NOTE SPECIAL TIME AND LOCATION
"Flow Equivariance: Enforcing Time-Parameterized Symmetries in Sequence Models"
Andy Keller, Research Fellow, Harvard University Kempner Institute
UPCOMING EVENTS
Plan Your Postdoc (PYP): Career and professional development planning
Who: Postdocs
When: Monday, October 13, 2025 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm ET
Where: ONLINE
Jumpstart your postdoc experience! Plan Your Postdoc (PYP) is a signature program for early stage postdoctoral scholars who have joined MIT for less than a year. Participants attend four 1 to 1.5 hour lectures/planning sessions, panels, and interactive workshops to kickstart their career development
Join us for the second PYP meeting: Spend the first 45 minutes learning about breaking down goals into smaller tasks and what resources postdocs can harness to achieve their goals. Then spend the remaining 45 minutes applying this information and getting feedback from your peers.
This event is only open to MIT Postdocs. Registration is required for this event. Please register here.
Materials Day 2025 - Designing the Future of Extreme Materials
Who: All Students
When: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from 8:00am to 6:00pm ET
Where: W16: Kresge Auditorium
From offshore platforms to the interior of advanced electronics and high-performance vehicles, materials are constantly being pushed to their limits. The advancement of materials capable of withstanding extreme environments—such as high-rate deformation, shock loading, corrosive exposure, and intense thermal and mechanical stress—is a critical frontier in materials science and engineering. This symposium explores recent progress in the design, synthesis, and application of materials that exhibit exceptional durability, corrosion resistance, and structural reliability under such demanding conditions.
Speakers will share real-world challenges and solutions, offering insights into cutting-edge alloy development, composite behavior under impact, and dimensional stability in substrates and components. The program highlights innovations that are redefining performance expectations and fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration around materials that are engineered not just to endure—but to enable the technologies of the future. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
MechE Colloquium
Who: All Students
When: Friday, October 17, 2025 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm ET
Where: 3-270
"Cell Mechanics and Biophysics"
Ming Guo, MIT
Teaching at Teaching Intensive Institutions (TTII) Virtual Conference
Who: Graduate Students
When: Friday, October 17, 2025 at 2:30pm ET
Where: ONLINE
The conference features two panels. You may register for one or both:
- Intro to Teaching Intensive Institutions, 12:00-1:15pm
Think all faculty careers are the same? Think again! In this panel, senior faculty and administrators from a range of institutions will talk about how their institutions differ (students, mission, size, etc.) and how this motivates their career choices in this space.
- Teaching Intensive Institutions: Tips for the Early Years, 1:30-2:30pm
After many years at a research-intensive institution, becoming a faculty member at an institution that values teaching over research can take some adjusting! In this session, community college, state university, and liberal arts college faculty will reflect on their job searches and tips that helped them survive and thrive in their first year.
For more information about the program and to register, visit the TTII website.
Open to all graduate students, postdocs, and recent graduate school alumni.
Plan Your Postdoc (PYP): Know your MIT resources
Who: Postdocs
When: Monday, October 20, 2025 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET
Where: ONLINE
Jumpstart your postdoc experience! Plan Your Postdoc (PYP) is a signature program for early stage postdoctoral scholars who have joined MIT for less than a year. Participants attend four 1 to 1.5 hour lectures/planning sessions, panels, and interactive workshops to kickstart their career development
Join us for the third PYP meeting: Remember those goals and resources you planned out last week? Learn about various MIT offices and support systems that specifically help postdocs.
This event is only open to MIT Postdocs. Registration for this event is required. Please register here.
Open Data @ MIT
Who: All Students
When: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 3:00pm ET
Where: The Nexus, 14S-130
You're invited to a special Open Access Week event to highlight the value of open data at MIT and to celebrate the winners of the 2025 MIT Prize for Open Data. The program will feature short talks from prize winners about their research. After the program, enjoy a reception featuring refreshments and an opportunity to meet the winners, honorable mention recipients, and other open data advocates and practitioners from across campus.
Register
Co-sponsored by the MIT School of Science and the MIT Libraries
Faculty Job Search Series: From TA to Solo Instructor
Who: Graduate Students
When: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 3:00 to 4:30 pm ET
Where: ONLINE
This workshop and panel will help graduate students and postdocs in navigating the transition from assistant teaching roles to designing and leading their own classes, framing these shifts within a developmental perspective on becoming an educator. For more information, visit CAPD's event page. Open to MIT graduate students and postdocs.
MIT.nano Tool Talks: Physical Electronics (PHI) tool talk & workshop
Who: All Students
When: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET
Where: 12-0168 (MIT.nano basement)
SPEAKER: Jennifer Mann, PhD, XPS Specialist, Physical Electronics
Lunch will be provided by PHI.
>>Register for this workshop
MIT.nano's PHI VersaProbe II X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer has been upgraded to the latest Windows 11 VersaProbe XPS software. To support the MIT user community in leveraging these new features, Physical Electronics (PHI) XPS Specialist Dr. Jennifer Mann will visit MIT.nano to give MIT's XPS user community a deep dive into the new capabilities this software upgrade brings, including software for calculating film thicknesses from angle resolved XPS, StrataPHI.
Read the full workshop description and agenda
MIT"s Annual Family Weekend Concert: Sonic Innovations—Celebrating maverick musicians
Who: All Students
When: Friday, October 24, 2025 8:00pm to 10:00pm ET
Where: Kresge Auditorium
MIT's Annual Family Weekend Concert
Sonic Innovations—Celebrating maverick musicians
Join gifted MIT musicians for a thrilling evening of music by artists who have made a mark in their respective genres. The MIT Wind Ensemble performs Shostakovich's Festive Overture, Valerie Coleman's Roma, Eric Witacre's October, and Kenneth Amis' arrangement of Dvořák's rousing Slavonic Dance No. 3. The MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble performs a high-spirited set of pieces by Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, and Count Basie.
Reserve tickets here!
Seating Policy
Your registration through Eventbrite guarantees you a seat until 15 minutes before the event start time. 15 minutes before the concert start time, we will release open seats to the standby list. If you were not able to register through Eventbrite, you may join the physical standby line in the Kresge Auditorium Lobby up to one hour before the concert start time.
Duke Medical Physics Info Session
Who: Undergraduate Students
When: Thursday November 6, 2025, 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET
Where: ONLINE
Save the Date!
We are offering a virtual networking event on Thursday November 6, 2025, 4:00 - 5:30 PM EST (UTC-5). More than an info session, this is your ticket to a new world where theoretical concepts meet practical applications. Learn more and register in advance here.
Embark on a Journey of Discovery!
Before the event, browse our website medicalphysics.duke.edu to see if Duke medical physics is the right choice for you. Witness our program come alive in a playlist of short films at vimeo.com/showcase/9267175 where you can glimpse our state-of-the-art facilities, groundbreaking research, distinguished alumni, and vibrant community that pulses with joy and camaraderie.
Einstein's Dreams, Time, Consciousness & TeleAbsence: An Evening with Alan Lightman & D. Pilis
Who: All Students
When: Friday, November 14, 2025 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm ET
Where: MIT Museum
A reading of selections from Einstein's Dreams with audience participation and conversation between author, physicist Alan Lightman, and researcher and artist D. Pillis.
Join us for a special reading with author Alan Lightman from his seminal work, Einstein's Dreams, a fictional meditation on the nature of time. Lightman and Pillis will lead a public reading of some of the book's most beloved passages, inviting audience members to read aloud and share their own favorites. Attendees will also have the opportunity to imagine new worlds of time, you are encouraged to submit your ideas to the link below.
Following the reading, Lightman, Professor of the Practice of the Humanities at MIT; and Pillis, an MIT Media Lab alum and Assistant Professor of Virtual Production at Emerson College, will engage in a conversation about the book's enduring impact, emerging research on TeleAbsence, and deep connections between time, physics, memory, identity, and the universe.
A reception will follow the event.
Please submit your reading selections or original visions of time using this form.
$15 General Admission | $5 for MIT ID Holders
Daniel Whiteson presents "Do Aliens Speak Physics?: And Other Questions about Science and the Nature of Reality" at Harvard Book Store
Who: Graduate Students
When: Monday, November 17, 2025 at 7:00pm ET
Where: Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave
On November 17, Daniel Whiteson (UC Irvine) will present his new popular-physics book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" at the Harvard bookstore, in conversation with Matt Strassler.
This book asks: when aliens arrive, could we use physics as a way to communicate? Could we learn the secrets of the Universe from an advanced alien race? Fundamentally, the book is asking whether the core ideas of our physics are universal or colored by our humanity.
More info about the book: www.alienspeakphysics.com
And the event: https://www.harvard.com/event/daniel-whiteson
FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS
IAP Energy Opportunities Grant
Who: Undergraduate Students
Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Posted: 10/3/2025
The MIT Energy Initiative's IAP energy opportunities grant is now available to MIT personnel developing new, or enhancing existing, energy-related undergraduate events, subjects, and opportunities during Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2026. Funding available between $1,000 - $10,000, depending on the scope of the proposal.
Please apply here no later than Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Funding decisions will be communicated by Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
HGSFP Doctoral Fellowships
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: November 1, 2025
Posted: 9/12/2025
The HGSFP invites applications for Doctoral Fellowships In the fields of:
- Astronomy and Cosmic Physics
- Quantum Dynamics and Complex Quantum Systems
- Fundamental Interactions and Cosmology
- Mathematical Physics
- Environmental Physics
- Complex Classical Systems
Participating Schools: IMPRS HD | Astronomy and Cosmic Physics | @ Heidelberg University & MPIA IMPRS QD | Quantum Dynamics | @ Heidelberg University & MPIK IMPRS PTFS | Precision Tests of Fundamental Symmetries | @ Heidelberg University & MPIK
Application deadline: November 1, 2025
2026-2027 Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: December 1, 2025
Posted: 9/5/2025
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing is seeking outstanding candidates for the 2026-2027 cohort of Tayebati Fellows.
The interdisciplinary AI program, which launched last year, will support multiple postdocs across MIT whose work combines AI and one of the following six areas: Biology/Bioengineering, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Music, or Physics.
Fellows that are accepted into the program will be awarded a stipend starting at $75,000 annually, plus MIT benefits. Travel grants for academic conferences as well as computer access and support for various programmatic activities will also be provided.
Application details are at https://computing.mit.edu/tayebati. The deadline to apply is December 1, 2025.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Apple Internship Opportunities
Who: All Students
Deadline: ASAP
Posted: 10/10/2025
Apple is looking for interns in the following positions:
The earliest internship start time is October 2025 and the latest start time is June 2026. The minimum duration of the internship is 3 months and the maximum duration is 12 months. More detailed job descriptions and recruitment info are included in the attached file. We are also looking for full time candidates.
If you are interested, please send your resume to: ASM-Internships@group.apple.com.
Get SPS National Membership!
Who: Undergraduate Students
Deadline: ASAP
Posted: 10/10/2025
TLDR: Fill out this form if you are interested in joining/renewing your MIT chapter membership for SPS National: https://forms.gle/7HTmqtWga4n4tf4i7
It is that time of the year to renew or join the annual SPS membership. For those who didn't know, SPS at MIT is a chapter of a larger national Society of Physics Students. There are so many cool events happening and cool people within the national SPS, and you can join, and it's free! (it's actually subsidized by MIT physics dept, but free for you!)
Here're some cool opportunities and reasons why you should join:
- Physics Today - A monthly award-winning publication*
- SPS News eNewsletter - A bi-weekly briefing of everything you need know
- Jobs: Access to the SPS Jobs site
- Scholarships
- SPS Internships - 10-week-paid internship program for SPS members
- Free membership with two AIP Member Societiesfor undergraduates only, for up to three years.
- Free joint membership in the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) or the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP)
- Apply for free outreach materials and kits (SOCKs)
Fancy re-enlisting? Click here: https://forms.gle/7HTmqtWga4n4tf4i7
Learn more about SPS National here: https://students.aip.org/ ! Feel free to email sps-exec@mit.edu with questions.
Now accepting applications to the Applied Physics Graduate Program at Northwestern University
Who: Undergraduate Students
Deadline: Monday December 15, 2025
Posted: 10/3/2025
We are currently accepting applications to the Applied Physics Graduate Program at Northwestern University for Fall 2026 enrollment.
The following is some information from our website regarding what is unique about our program.
The Northwestern I Applied Physics Graduate Program:
- is a hub for collaboration between more than 10 departments, including Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
and Materials Science and Engineering.
- offers a wide range of PhD research opportunities for graduate students with a strong undergraduate background in Physics:
Applied Quantum Physics, Interface Science, Soft Condensed Matter, Magnetism, Structure and Self-Organization of Biological Molecules,
Mineral Physics and Photonics.
- provides students with a very competitive 12 month stipend, 5 years of minimum guaranteed funding, paid health, dental and vision insurance and a full tuition scholarship.
See 2025-26 PhD student stipend information here.
Please note that for applications submitted in 2025 for Fall 2026 enrollment:
- the deadline to submit is Monday Dec. 15, 2025
- GRE General and Physics tests are not required.
Postdoc job opportunity in Clinical Medical Physics at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: ASAP
Posted: 10/10/2025
Apply now for a postdoctoral job opportunity at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. The program combines 2 years of postdoctoral research and 2 years of clinical residency training in medical physics. The candidate would have the opportunity to work on dose accumulation and volumetric reirradiation in the setting of clinical radiation oncology, under joint supervision of Drs. Lei Zhang and Jean Moran.
Link to job listing
This is a competitive and prestigious opportunity for an upcoming PhD graduate to pursue a future career in radiation oncology and medical physics—both Dr. Zhang and Dr. Dylan Hsu PhD '19 DABR have previously graduated from this program.
Application now open for the 2025 EKA Postdoctoral Program at Columbia University
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: November 1, 2025
Posted: 9/26/2025
Columbia Physics Department invites applications for the 2026 EKA Postdoctoral program for outstanding young scientists with research interests in any area of physics pursued at Columbia. The positions are co-sponsored by the Ernest Kempton Adams fund and Columbia faculty members and come with travel and research funds. The appointment is for an initial term of one year, renewable for up to two additional years by mutual agreement and subject to the availability of funding.
Applications received by November 1, 2025 will receive full consideration. All application materials must be received via the Columbia Job Site- HERE.
Postdoctoral Research Positions at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: November 1, 2025
Posted: 9/19/2025
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is inviting applications for the Postdoctoral Research Program.
For more information, please visit the job posting.
Perimeter Institute offers a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment with maximum research freedom and opportunity to collaborate. We welcome all candidates to apply by November 1, 2025 but applications will be considered until all positions are filled.
Regeneron's Postdoctoral Program is Now Accepting Applications for 2026
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: Friday, November 21, 2025
Posted: 10/10/2025
Regeneron is now accepting applications for our 2026 Postdoctoral Training Program!
- Up to four years of formal post doctoral training in a program co-directed by award-winning and published educators, both of whom are working scientists at Regeneron devoted to training post doctoral fellows
- Exposure to the biotechnology industry's most successful and innovative scientists
- Weekly post doctoral scientist meetings to foster scientific rigor, creative thinking, critical reasoning, and career advancement
- A prestigious, well resourced, and dynamic industry environment
- Encouragement of scholarly productivity, such as publications and conference presentations
- Opportunities to pursue your own cutting-edge research ideas in almost any area of biomedicine, including human genetics
- Learn more at https://www.regeneron.com/postdoctoral-training-program
https://careers.regeneron.com/en/jobs/r42170/postdoctoral-fellow/
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Experimental Quantum Science at Princeton
Who: Graduate Students
Deadline: December 1, 2025 (11:59pm EST)
Posted: 9/26/2025
The Princeton Quantum Initiative (PQI) and the Department of Physics at Princeton University invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position in experimental quantum science, with a preferred start date of September 1, 2026.
We welcome applicants across all areas of experimental quantum science, including (but not limited to):
- Quantum information processing and computing
- Quantum sensing and networks
- Novel experimental platforms for quantum technologies
Candidates should demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring, as well as the ability to lead a high-impact, independent research program. Princeton is committed to fostering an inclusive academic environment, and we especially encourage applications from individuals who will contribute to diversity and excellence in our community. Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Application details:
- Review of applications begins November 2025
- Full consideration deadline: December 1, 2025 (11:59pm EST)
- Application portal: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/39903
- Required materials: cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, and three reference contacts
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