Thursday, February 27, 5-7 p.m., Room 32-124 (dinner provided)Are you prepared to "hit the ground running" at your next internship or in a new role after graduating? Learning how to “take charge” and actively engage with your new responsibilities is an important skill to master.This workshop will help you understand and build this skillset as it relates to your future goals. Hear from a panel of MIT Grad Students as they share their experiences and advice on successfully kickstarting their careers.Who shouldattend:· MIT grad students from all majors· Seeking internships or full time positions· Have internship/employment offers andwant to begin with a strong startWhat you'll learn:· Why "taking charge" is an important skill· Common mistakes and how to avoid them· Strategies for actively engaging with your new responsibilities· Real advice from MIT Grad Students

Speaker: Xinyu Zhou (Boston University)Title: Families of varieties with good reductionAbstract:We review some constructions on crystalline representations and cohomology. Then we present a result in Lawrence-Venkatesh that shows the points in a residue disk that define semisimple representations are contained in a proper analytic subset. The proof illustrates the basic strategy in Lawrence-Venkatesh: to show the finiteness of a set of points, one only need to show its image in the period domain is contained in a Zariski-closed subset with dimension smaller than that of the orbit of a point under the complex monodromy group.Reference:$\bullet$ Lawrence and Venkatesh, Diophantine problems and ppp-adic period mappings, Section 3.$\bullet$ Faltings, Crystalline cohomology and p-adic Galois-representations. Algebraic analysis, geometry, and number theory (Baltimore, MD, 1988), 25–80.$\bullet$ Illusie, Crystalline cohomology. Section 3.Motives (Seattle, WA, 1991), 43–70.

The MIT wrestling club holds practices in the du Pont Wrestling Room on weeknights 5:30-7pm. All levels of experience welcome! Whether you're looking to learn how to grapple or just want to get in a good workout, wrestling practice is a good time to learn technique, get in some live goes, and have fun with a great group of people.Current schedule is: structured practice MTRF, open mats W, and technique sessions 9-10:30am on Saturday. For more information, contact wrestling-officers@mit.edu.

Join us at the MIT List Visual Arts Center for a unique chance to connect with other Boston area graduate art students and emerging artists.For this special networking event, the List Center invites Boston area graduate art students, recent grads, and emerging artists to come together and create connections, while learning more about our exhibitions and highlighting community, placemaking, and professional development.This event will begin with an exhibition tour of Pedro Goméz-Egaña: The Great Learning led by Curator Natalie Bell, followed by networking activities for a chance to meet new colleagues. The evening will close off with several raffled prizes while attendees can enjoy hors d'oeuvres provided by Formaggio Kitchen.6-6:45 PM Exhibition tour of Pedro Goméz-Egaña: The Great Learning 6:45-8 PM Networking activities and open receptionThis event is supported by the MIT Office of Graduate Education.

Join us in the 14th Women Take The Reel Film Festival!Film Screening followed by Q&A with Dir. Jan Haaken and Hessann Farooqi (BCAN)Facillitated by Prof. Catherine D’IgnazioThe film is set along the rivers of Oregon and follows activists as they enlist the necessity defense in a jury trial after being arrested for a direct action at Zenith Energy in Portland. This story of climate resistance in the Pacific Northwest brings into view a historical landscape of tribal leaders, Indigenous activists and white allies as they resist oil trains and trucks carrying these highly inflammable products through treaty lands. In following the path of oil-by-rail and oil resistance along the Columbia, we revisit lessons of the New Deal era of building massive dams and what climate activists take from that era in thinking about a Green New Deal.

A celebration of creativity and community at MITArtfinity is a new festival of the arts at MIT featuring 80 free performing and visual arts events, celebrating creativity and community at the Institute. Artfinity launches with the opening of the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building on February 15, 2025, continues with a concentration of events February 28-March 16, and culminates with the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts public lecture by 2025 recipient artist and designer Es Devlin on May 1, 2025, and a concert by Grammy-winning rapper and Visiting Professor Lupe Fiasco on May 2, 2025. Artfinity embodies MIT’s commitment to creativity, community, and the intersection of art, science and technology. We invite you to join us in this celebration, explore the diverse events, and experience the innovative spirit that defines the arts at MIT.About the Artists Artfinity features the innovative work of MIT faculty, students, staff, and alumni, alongside guest artists from the Greater Boston area and beyond.About the Activities & Events All 80 events are open to the public, including dozens of concerts and performances plus an array of visual arts such as projections, films, installations, exhibitions, and augmented reality experiences, as well as lectures and workshops for attendees to participate in. With a wide range of visual and performing arts events open to all, Artfinity embodies MIT’s commitment to the arts and the intersection of art, science, and technology.About the Presenters Artfinity is an institute-sponsored event organized by the Office of the Arts at MIT with faculty leads Institute Professor of Music Marcus Thompson and Professor of Art, Culture and Technology Azra Akšamija. Departments, labs, centers, and student groups across MIT are presenting partners.Visit arts.mit.edu for more information about the arts at MIT.