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.

Are you considering 1 or more gap years before medical school but not sure if this is the right choice for you or what opportunities are available? Come to this panel to hear from MIT alumni/current medical students about their reasons for taking one or more gap years, the experiences they pursued during their gap year(s), how they found those experiences, and more! This CAPD event is open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni.Registration is required for this event. Please register here.

The Collaborative Piano Studio (21M.451) presents an evening of chamber music featuring MIT students and alumna. The program includes Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock for soprano, clarinet; Brahms’s Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 38; and 3 Vocalises by Ralph Vaughan Williams, for clarinet and soprano.

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/

Global Languages is happy to offer a non-credit class, Introduction to American Sign Language, during IAP 2025. Ten sessions will be held from January 6 to January 20, 2026, from 10:00 – 11:30 am. This is a virtual / Zoom class. (No class on Monday, January 19th due to MLK Jr holiday)This non-credit IAP class is an introduction to elementary aspects of American Sign Language and to Deaf culture for those with no prior experience. Sessions will focus on gaining specific areas of basic understanding/competency which can be applied to later introductory studies of ASL. Participants will also interact with topics including the role of ASL in Deaf history, current culture, and others.Sessions will be led by Andrew Bottoms. Andrew Bottoms was born and raised in a Deaf family from North Carolina and American Sign Language (ASL) is his native language. Bottoms graduated from Gallaudet University with two bachelor degrees, one in American Sign Language (ASL) and the other in Deaf Studies.Enrollment is limited to 20 participants with the expectation of attendance at all 10 sessions. Open to members of the MIT community.Registration opens November 24 at 2:00pm, using this link (Kerberos credentials required): Intro to ASL Application Form.Registration will close on December 6th, or sooner if an excessive number of applications are received before the deadline. All registrants will be contacted by December 13th with confirmation of enrollment or information on placement in a wait list (in the event of over-enrollment).For more information contact languages@mit.edu.