ORSEL presents concerts each month, holding space in the Chapel for stillness and reflection. Drop in anytime and enjoy tasty mORSELs after each concert!UPCOMING:Evan Ziporyn: More Sonic Holograms (October 1)Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music at MIT & Faculty Director of MIT CAST, weaves live clarinet, bass clarinet, wind synth, effects boxes and loop pedals into a multidimensional, immersive and meditative auditory journey.TBA: (November 5)Christine Southworth: Snowflake Sonification (December 3)

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

Arun Chandrasekhar (Stanford University)

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.