A Historic Moment for Innovation & Disruption: Insights from Founders & Investors📅 Date & Time: 6 PM Wednesday, April 16th📍 Location: Live Online (Zoom Webinar)🎟️ Register Now: https://mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/rYM-zU5FQGygevS2e6TZPwThe GenAI revolution is creating transformative opportunities for new digital innovators to impact education and workforce development. The $6 trillion global education market includes the PK-12, post-secondary, and workforce education sectors – and a growing set of opportunity areas such as healthcare & aging education, career & lifelong learning, and financial concepts & literacy education.Join us and hear from EdTech experts, GenAI+Tech founders, and the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology market – all to provide you with insights on getting started, successfully applying GenAI+Tech advances in education, understanding education market sectors, getting funded, finding resources, scaling your startup, and finding your path to impact and success.MIT is at the epicenter of the GenAI and Digital revolution with cutting-edge research, our “GenAI Impact Consortium” with OpenAI and industry partners, and a new NSF I-Corps hub led by MIT supporting a partnership of eight New England universities committed to expanding and accelerating science and technology entrepreneurship for commercial and impact success – including in education.This informal zoom event will be focused on serving aspiring and first time founders and teams, but those interested in GenAI+Tech for education and societal impact are warmly welcome to join.Panel 1: EdTech Landscape, GenAI+Tech Startups & Founder RoundtableEdTech Vision – Luyen Chou, CEO & Founder, DeweyLearnPK-12 & Workforce – Ricard Huguet, CEO & Founder, ROBOTIXCollege & Corporate – Steve Shapiro, CEO & Founder, FineTuneFuture of Work – Jodi McPherson, CEO & Co-Founder Work SimplrModerator – Steve Smith, MIT VMS, Harvard iLab & CEO G7 ResearchPart 2: GenAI+Tech Startup Opportunities to Disrupt & Improve EducationGenAI+Tech Startups in EdTech & Workforce – Tom Costin, Managing Director, Owl VenturesBuilding GenAI+Tech Ventures - Jessie Woolley-Wilson, Operating Partner, Owl VenturesVCs as Funders & Partners - Lyman Missimer, Vice President, Owl VenturesModerator – Alison Doucette, MIT VMS & GenAI+Education Startup Advisor

"One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." -: BHagavad gita 4.9We’re pleased to invite you to join us for a special celebration of Ram Navami, hosted by Vedic Vision Forum.Ram Navami marks the appearance of Lord Ram, a revered figure known for his unwavering commitment to truth, compassion, and righteousness. This occasion offers a meaningful opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with values that bring clarity and balance to our lives.The evening will include devotional music, reflections on the life and teachings of Lord Ram, and a chance to engage with a welcoming community of like-minded individuals. We warmly invite you to be part of this thoughtful and peaceful gathering.Event Details:Date: 18th April (Friday) Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Venue: Room 56-114RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/MgoXuzNju3AxNkRR9To enhance your experience, delicious vegetarian dinner will be served after the session!Best wishes, MIT Vedic Vision Forum

The Sixth Annual MIT Playwrights LabA weeks-long festival of new student plays from Senior Lecturer Ken Urban’s Course 21T.355 workshopped and performed by professional actors and directors.SCHEDULE OF STAGED READINGSEscape Velocity by Aquila Simmons Wednesday, April 16 at 8pmHereafter by Ariel McGee Wednesday, April 30 at 8pmWhat Remains of the Sun by Sofia Galiana Wednesday, May 7 at 8pmAll readings will take place in Building W97-160Free and open to the publicThe MIT Playwrights Lab is made possible thanks to the generous funding of the Richard Price Rudy (1968) and Robert Paul Rudy (1937) Memorial Fund.

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.

Join us for Sustainability Connect—MIT’s annual event where innovation meets action! Join a dynamic community of operational staff, researchers, students, and policy experts as we come together to take stock of MIT’s efforts and explore climate and sustainability solutions as a community.This interactive event offers a firsthand opportunity to hear more about MIT’s climate initiatives, exchange groundbreaking ideas, and play a key role in shaping the future of sustainability at MIT. Whether you're creating solutions, launching programs, or discovering new ways to get involved, you will walk away with invaluable connections and fresh, actionable insights.Register by April 10th to attend.

Talk Title: Sensory cortical computations for learningTalk Abstract:Learning about sensory cues from the environment is essential for animal survival. The sensory cortex is thought to subserve this learning by increasing the saliency of behaviorally relevant cues at the timescale of behavioral improvements. However, reports suggest that the acquisition of task knowledge may occur faster than performance improvements, challenging the stimulus-related plasticity model of sensory cortical plasticity. To investigate the relationship between learning and sensory cortical representations, I trained mice on a novel behavioral paradigm that dissociated the rapid acquisition of task contingencies (learning) from its slower expression (performance). I combined longitudinal two-photon imaging in the auditory cortex to track thousands of neurons across weeks, cutting-edge tensor decomposition algorithms to reveal latent dynamics at multiple timescales, and behaviorally closed-loop optogenetics. Rather than enhancement or expansion of cue representations, we found that the sensory cortex manifests higher-order computations, reward prediction and action suppression, that separably drive rapid learning and slower performance improvements, respectively. These results reshape our understanding of the fundamental role of the sensory cortex. At the end of my seminar, I will briefly discuss my future directions focusing on investigating multi-region neural dynamics that underlie memory-guided behaviors.This talk will not be live streamed