All kids from newborn age to 3.5 years old are welcome! You can bring siblings as well.It's a chance for kids to have fun while parents can chat, share parenting tips, and socialize.Please register if you plan to attend the group. Contact Maria at mwiegandl@udd.cl if you have any questions.This group is sponsored by the Executive Committees of Westgate and the Graduate Tower at Site 4, and MIT Spouses & Partners Connect, a dedicated network for the significant others of MIT students, postdocs, staff and faculty who have relocated to the Boston area.

Hidden 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.

The team at the List Center will guide us through this exhibit, the first solo exhibition by artist Pedro Gómez-Egaña. This in-person event invites you to dive into the world of contemporary art and engage with thought-provoking installations.Working in sculpture, performance, video, and drawing, Gómez-Egaña draws on practices of composition and choreography to create dynamic constellations of objects and events in time. His wide-ranging installations are arenas of motion and observation that also mine historical intersections of technology and the occult, the affective qualities of objects and spaces, and shifting economies of attention in contemporary society. In Virgo (2022), for example, 28 modular walls create set-like reproductions of various domestic interiors, some of which repeat throughout the large-scale installation, which taunts viewers with uncanny mise en abyme viewpoints. The work’s many walls are cut through on a diagonal that forms a path for visitors to move through its recursive architecture, bisecting some of the objects within the domestic scene; "orchestrators" activate the work by pushing and pulling metal frames (and attached furniture) through precise gaps in the walls. Drawing on features of both architecture and dramaturgy, Gómez-Egaña layers modes of spatial and temporal dislocation and moments of intimacy and alienation to expose the porous and unstable conditions of contemporary life.Pedro Gómez-Egaña’s exhibition is organized by Natalie Bell, Curator.Pedro Gómez-Egaña (b. 1976, Bucaramanga, Colombia) lives and works in Oslo, Norway where he is professor of sculpture and installation at the Oslo National Academy of The Arts. He holds an MFA and PhD in Visual Arts from the Bergen National Academy of Arts and a BA from Goldsmiths College, London, where he studied performance and music composition. Recent institutional solo exhibitions include Podium, Oslo (2023); KODE Museum, Bergen, Norway (2021); Munch Museum, Oslo (2019); Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan (2018); Entrée, Bergen (2017); Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway, and Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen (2015). He has also exhibited at: the 16th Lyon Biennial (2022); MAMBO, Bogota (2021); Henie Onstand Art Centre, Oslo (2021); TENT Rotterdam (2018); the Contour Biennial, Mechelen, Belgium (2017); the 15th Istanbul Biennial (2017); and Palais de Tokyo (2017); Kochi-Muziris Biennial (2016); and Performa 13 Biennial (2013); among many others.

As AI agents become more integrated into our daily lives, the way we think about privacy is rapidly evolving. Nabanita De, of Privacy License, will explore the key privacy challenges posed by AI-driven systems—how they collect, process, and potentially misuse personal data. Included will be real-world examples, regulatory and ethical implications, and strategies for balancing innovation with privacy protection.Register for this MIT Horizon webinar.

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.