February 26, 2025 - July 17, 2025Hidden within MIT’s Distinctive Collections, many architectural elements from the earliest days of the Institute’s architecture program still survive as part of the Rotch Art Collection. Among the artworks that conservators salvaged was a set of striking windows of gypsum and stained-glass, dating to the late 18th- to 19th c. Ottoman Empire. This exhibition illuminates the life of these historic windows, tracing their refracted histories from Egypt to MIT, their ongoing conservation, and the cutting-edge research they still prompt.The Maihaugen Gallery (14N-130) is open Monday through Thursday, 10am - 4pm, excluding Institute holidays.

It's a good time to get creative and finish that project! The Fiber Crafts Group offers the space to craft online with friends. Meetings will be held via Zoom. Feel free to sign in at any time over the session, and stay for as long as you like. For a Zoom invite, please email Claudia James (nonnajames@gmail.com) or Olimpia Caceres-Brown (olimpia@mit.edu)

Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Seminar Room 3310Title: The post-stroke arm paresis phenotype and what to do to make it better: training, plasticity, recovery.Abstract: Arm paresis after stroke is a very common neurologically acquired disorder. It provides insights into the assembly of normal motor control and into how the nervous system can recover – either spontaneously or with specific forms of training and/or physiological intervention. I will discuss novel approaches to neurorehabilitation and new ways to think about how recovery is occurring within the CNS.Bio: Dr. Krakauer is currently John C. Malone Professor, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement Lab (www.BLAM-lab.org) at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and a Visiting Scholar at The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. He is Chief Medical Advisor to MindMaze. His areas of research interest are: (1) Experimental and computational studies of motor control and motor learning in humans (2) Tracking long-term motor skill learning and its relation to higher cognitive processes such as decision-making. (3) Prediction of motor recovery after stroke (4) Mechanisms of spontaneous motor recovery after stroke in humans and in mouse models (5) New neuro-rehabilitation approaches for patients in the first 3 months after stroke.(6) Philosophy of mind, philosophy of neuroscience.

MIT Free English Class is for international students, sholars, spouses. Twenty seven years ago we created a community to welcome the nations to MIT and assist with language and friendship. Join our Tuesday/Thursday conversation classes around tables inside W11-190.

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

On May 13, NYT bestselling author, podcaster, and NYU professor Suzy Welch visits Pappalardo Lab for the May edition of Lecture Notes to share her "Becoming You" framework—a formula to create a purpose-driven life. Using scientifically-validated tools to measure your values, aptitudes, and areas of interest, you will learn how to lean into your authentic self with confidence!“LECTURE NOTES,” is a series that brings you the best and brightest minds in art, science, and industry for up-close-and-personal conversations that will delight and inspire.📝: LECTURE NOTES: Becoming You w/ Suzy Welch 📍: Pappalardo Lab, Basement of Building 3 (enter through main entrance on 77 Mass Ave, walk straight until you reach Building 3 and take the stairs down, hang left and you will see the Pappalardo entrance!) 🗓️: Tuesday, May 13, 4-6 pm🎟️: FREE and open to the public (preregister here: https://forms.gle/r3kdHQ8NcExRUqCs7)*books available for purchase at the event*Contact Amy Carleton (amymarie@mit.edu) w/ any questions!