Events Calendar

Ten minutes for your mind@2:50 every day at 2:50 pm in multiple time zones:Europa@2:50, EET, Athens, Helsinki (UTC+2) (7:50 am EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88298032734Atlantica@2:50, EST, New York, Toronto (UTC-4) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85349851047Pacifica@2:50, PST, Los Angeles, Vancouver (UTC=7) (5:50 pm EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85743543699Almost everything works better again if you unplug it for a bit, including your mind. Stop by and unplug. Get the benefits of mindfulness without the fuss.@2:50 meets at the same time every single day for ten minutes of quiet together.No pre-requisite, no registration needed.Visit the website to view all @2:50 time zones each day.at250.org or at250.mit.edu

MIT Program in Polymers and Soft Matter (PPSM) Seminar

Sacred Fire Ceremony and Storytelling with Dr. Sonya Atalay (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe) and MLK Scholar Leslie Jonas (Mashpee Wampanoag)Cedar Tip Tea at 4pmSmudging at Moonrise/4:17pmCeremony at Sunset/4:32pmA Taste of Native American Heritage Month — Normal Dining Hours in MIT DiningNew Vassar and Maseeh Dining Halls:Chickasaw Indian Three Sisters Stew (Vegan) (MIT Student Recipe)Chickasaw Indian Molasses BreadHominy Stew with Lamb (MIT Staff Recipe)Wampanoag Quahog Pie (MIT Staff Recipe)Red Chili Pinto Beans4 Directions ZucchiniAnisinaabe-Ojibwe Wild Rice (MIT Faculty Recipe)Pueblo Pumpkin Pudding (Pre-Contact Recipe)

On Wednesday, November 5, from 4–6 p.m., explore innovative climate curriculum and activities designed for pK–12 learners by MIT community members. Led by the Day of Climate 2024–25 grantees, these interactive sessions will offer practical strategies for integrating climate topics into learning environments, a first-hand look at new classroom-ready materials, and opportunities to connect and collaborate with fellow educators, administrators, and partners in PK–12 education. Registration Required.Date: Wednesday, November 5th, 4-6pm ETFormat: In-Person, On-Campus at MITLocation: 600 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02140Food: Pizza will be provided[This training counts towards 2 hours of training toward one PDP credit (for Massachusetts educators)]

"On tubes; or, Model-building from rich data by isolating concepts" (with Matthew Jackson, Tyler McCormick, Karl Rohe, and Brian Xu)

Abstract:Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of inorganic-organic porous solids that have been of interest for a widerange of potential applications from energy to medicine. October 8, 2025 was an exciting day for the MOF community,where these materials (or more speci cally their co-inventors) were recognized with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.Conventionally, MOFs are constructed from metal ions (or metal ion clusters) and rigid, highly ‘directional’ organicligands containing metal coordination groups. Rigidity and directionality have generally been considered requirementsfor forming the highly periodic, crystalline, and persistently porous structures of MOFs. As part of an ongoing eOort inour laboratory to integrate MOFs with organic polymers, this presentation will describe the use of  exible oligomers orpolymers to form crystalline ‘oligoMOFs’ or ‘polyMOFs’. The characteristics of these MOF-like materials and the ability oftheir underlying organic building blocks to change the structure and properties of the MOF will be detailed. It is expectedthat oligoMOFs, polyMOFs, and other MOF-polymer composites are both fundamentally interesting pursuits inmaterials chemistry, but also may help advance the utilization of MOFs into commercial technologies.

Speaker: Joakim Faegerman (Yale Univeristy)Title: Local constancy of the category of nilpotent automorphic sheaves over the moduli of curves.Abstract: A surprising prediction of the geometric Langlands conjecture is that the category of automorphic sheaves with nilpotent singular support is independent of the complex structure of the underlying curve. In this talk, we give a gentle introduction to the main objects appearing in the Betti geometric Langlands correspondence and then present (the idea behind) a proof of the Ben-Zvi-Nadler conjecture not relying on the geometric Langlands conjecture.

Join us in the Nexus to engage with recent acquisitions and highlights from Distinctive Collections and Rotch Library, including artist books, rare books, archives, and materials from the Aga Khan Documentation Center. Items featured at the open house will engage with the theme of science storytelling through book arts. Refreshments provided. Registration encouraged. Attendees are welcome to stop by anytime during the two-hour event.This event is part of the Libraries' Science Storytelling through Book Arts series. Other events in the series include a zine-making workshop and a panel discussion with book artists.

On Wednesday nights you are invited to come to The Table for peaceful Christian worship in the Chapel at 5:15 pm and dinner in the Main Dining Room of W11 at around 6:30 pm.We worship with beautiful songs, open conversation about the Scriptures, prayers and a simple sharing of communion around the altar. Then we enjoy dinner together and good company together. Whether you come every week or just drop by once in a while, there is a caring community for you at the Table.You are truly welcome to come as you are: undergrad, grad, or post-doc; sure of your faith or wondering what it is all about; gay, straight, bi, trans, questioning. Please join us for no-pressure worship and fellowship.Hosted by the Lutheran Epsicopal Ministry @ MIT. For more information, or to verify gathering times during holiday and vacation periods, please contact chaplains Andrew Heisen (heisen@mit.edu) and Kevin Vetiac (kvet246@mit.edu).Please note that we will not meet during the week of Thanksgiving nor between Christmas and New Year's Day. Please see our website (le-ministry.mit.edu) for updates on meeting times and locations as well as additional details.

Anti-choice movements have gained key victories in courts over the last few decades, including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health which overturned the right to abortion in the United States. This talk will consider how contestation around science and medicine appears in litigation and the role of courts in validating controversial, and often incorrect, ideas about abortion from fetal personhood, maternal life, and the safety of abortion. These victories are part of a larger push to delegitimize abortion as a medical procedure and an option for those who seek to control their reproduction. For questions and concerns about accommodations, please contact wgs@mit.edu.

Have questions about disclosure and accommodations as you embark on your internship and career path? Join this session with Lime Connect to get some answers. We'll discuss ways to navigate the disclosure and accommodation process at every stage of the recruitment and employment process. You’ll also hear about student opportunities, resources and more. The session will wrap up with a Q&A.*Not sure if this session is for you?“ Students with disabilities may not always disclose, and many have non-apparent disabilities. Identification looks different for everyone, but all are welcome!Registration is required fpr this event. Please register here.

Come join the MIT Women’s Chorale as we experience the joy of making music together! New singers from throughout the MIT community are welcome on Wednesdays evenings, beginning on September 10, from 7 to 9 pm in Building 4 as we practice for our December concert.The Chorale, a concert choir focused on music for treble voice, is led by our talented music director, Nhung Truong, who makes each rehearsal a pleasure.We ask that prospective singers contact us at mitwc@mit.edu to register with us and be placed on an e mail list to receive necessary information. Further details are available on our website.https://web.mit.edu/womensleague/womenschorale/

Time: 6:00 PMLocation: Cambridge, MA

Time: 1:00 PMLocation: Boston, MA

Time: 6:00 PMLocation: Boston, MA

Join us for Living Climate Futures Lab Inaugural Lecture with Sara Wylie, PhD MIT HASTS and discussant Marc G. Weisskopf, Ph.D., Sc.D.Abstract: The world’s oil and gas industry is one of the largest and most secretive. Sara Wylie will discuss the lack of transparency that exists between the producers and consumers of oil and gas and why this relationship must be strengthened. For this change to be made, we must first understand the benefits of creating collaborative solutions that support ethical, social, and environmental relationships. Wylie will argue that this is possible, and we can begin to do so by designing solutions that prioritize reciprocity, accountability, consent, and trust.Speaker: Sara Wylie, PhD MIT HASTS, is an Associate Professor Sociology/Anthropology and Health Science at Northeastern University. She is a cofounder of the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), a network of academics and non-profits working to develop more just and effective forms of environmental governance through ensuring and improving public access to data. Sara is a cofounder of Public Lab, a non-profit that developed open source, Do-It-Yourself tools for community-based environmental analysis. Her award winning book Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds describes the need to rethink the extractive research systems that proceed and enable extractive industries. Under the Biden Administration, Dr. Wylie served as an Energy Justice, Science, Technology and Policy Fellow for the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the US Department of Energy and helped develop accountability systems for Biden's Justice 40 Initiative.Discussant: Marc G. Weisskopf, Ph.D., Sc.D., is the Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Director of the Harvard TH Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health, Director of Epidemiological Studies for the Football Players Health Study at Harvard, and codirector of the JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program. Dr. Weisskopf received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California, San Francisco, and his Sc.D. in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He also spent two years as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working on environmental health issues in the Wisconsin State Health Department. His neuroscience work focused on molecular and cellular aspects of neural signaling and plasticity. His epidemiological work focuses on the influence of environmental exposures on brain health across the life course. In particular, his research focuses on environmental risk factors for outcomes such as autism spectrum disorders, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cognitive function and dementia, and psychiatric conditions. Dr. Weisskopf also explores epidemiological methods issues to improve causal inference from observational environmental health studies.The Living Climate Futures Lab is a new, interdisciplinary faculty-driven initiative premised on the recognition that climate change – its causes, impacts, and solutions – are simultaneously ecological, economic, technological, political, social, and cultural.This event was made possible by funding from MITHIC. Questions, comments, or concerns? Please email lcfl@mit.edu.

Navigate the future of technology with confidenceFor over 25 years, EmTech MIT has been the trusted destination for established senior executives and emerging leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs to stay ahead of change. Curated by the expert editors of MIT Technology Review, our flagship technology event delivers the clarity and insight you need to navigate uncertainty and lead with conviction.Join us on November 4-6 at the MIT Media Lab for EmTech MIT 2025, MIT Technology Review’s flagship event on transformative technology for business leaders.Learn more and register: emtechmit.com.Contact MIT Technology Review with any questions and discount opportunities.**Discounts are available to the MIT community. Register here with your MIT email address and save 40%.

The irony of artificial intelligence is that it often reveals more about human intelligence than machines themselves.From AI in the home to robots in the workplace, the presence of AI all around us compels us to question its potential and recognize the risks. What has become clear is that the more we advance AI technology and consider machine ability versus human ability, the more we need to mind the gap.Researchers at MIT have been at the forefront of this evolving field. The work presented in this exhibition builds on the pioneering contributions of figures such as Claude Shannon and Seymour Papert, while highlighting contemporary research that spans computer science, mechanical engineering, neuroscience, and the social sciences.As research probes the connections between human and machine intelligence, it also underscores the profound differences. With AI now embedded in everyday life — from smart assistants in our homes to robots in the workplace — we are challenged to ask critical questions about its potential, its risks, and the boundaries between machine ability and human capability.Join us in shining light on the tremendous promise, unforeseen impacts, and everyday misconceptions of AI in this riveting, interactive exhibition.Learn more about the exhibition.

Imagine different worlds in Cosmograph: Speculative Fictions for the New Space Age, an exhibition that brings art and science together to examine possible futures where outer space is both a frontier for human exploration and a new territory for exploitation and development by private enterprise.We are living at the dawn of a New Space Age. What will the future hold? Will space elevators bring humanity's space junk to turn it into useful material here on Earth? Will asteroid mining be the next frontier in prospecting? Will the promise of geo-engineering turn into a nightmare of unintended consequences?Explore these possibilities and more in our new exhibition that blurs the lines between fact and fantasy, and art and science.