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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.

This project is presented as part of Artfinity, an Institute-sponsored event celebrating creativity and community at MIT. Artfinity is organized by the Office of the Arts.This showcase of MIT’s literary arts, hosted by MIT’s Literature Section, is open to the public. Expanding on the Literature Section’s weekly tradition of hosting a social gathering to connect students and professors over tea and snacks, this event will give the MIT community the opportunity to get a literal and metaphorical taste of the literary flavor of arts taught and produced in the Literature Section. Visitors will get a chance to hear students read poems they submitted for an Ekphrastic poetry contest, view continuous slideshow of artworks produced by students in various Literature courses, and socialize over tea and a delicious assortment of refreshments.

How can leaders create environments where innovation thrives?Join us for a complimentary LinkedIn Live event featuring MIT Sloan experts Fiona Murray, Phil Budden, and Kate Isaacs as they explore how executives can drive innovation within their organizations.During this live conversation, you will gain: - A deeper understanding of the key forces shaping innovation today (including new Technologies) - A framework for innovation (& key Technologies, eg AI) that can be applied across any sector - Strategies to align innovation with organizational goals - A broader perspective of innovation viewed through 3 lenses: strategic, political, and cultural - Strategies to overcome organizational resistance to changeWant to take your learning further? Dive deeper at the MIT Sloan Executive Education’s Innovation Executive Academy, happening on campus April 29–May 8, 2025.

Writing Together Online offers structured time to help you spring into writing and stay focused this semester. We offer writing sessions every workday, Monday through Friday. Join our daily 90-minute writing sessions and become part of a community of scholars who connect online, set realistic goals, and write together in the spirit of accountability and camaraderie. The program is open to all MIT students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and affiliates who are working on papers, proposals, thesis/dissertation chapters, application materials, and other writing projects. For more information and to register, go to this link or check the WCC website. Please spread the word and join with colleagues and friends.Register for Spring 2025 Writing Challenge 1Choose those sessions that you want to attend during Challenge 1: February 10th through March 21stMondays 9:00–10:30amTuesdays 8–9:30am and 9:30–11amWednesdays 9:00–10:30amThursdays 8–9:30am and 9:30–11amFridays 8–9:30am and 9:30–11amMIT Students and postdocs who attend at least 5 sessions per challenge will be entered into a raffle of three $25 Amazon gift cards. The raffle will take place on Friday, March 21st. The more you participate, the more times you will be entered into the raffle of prizes.For more information and to register, check the WCC website. Please spread the word and join with peers and friends.The funding support for this program comes from the Office of Graduate Education

Sun Ra, Parliament-Funkadelic, George Clinton, Erykah Badu, Octavia E. Butler, Digable Planets, Janelle Monae, Flying Lotus, Grace Jones, Missy Elliott, and moreA new exhibit in Lewis Music Library celebrates the visionary contributions of Afrofuturist artists across various genres and mediums. From the cosmic jazz of Sun Ra and the psychedelic funk of Parliament-Funkadelic and George Clinton, to the neo-soul of Erykah Badu and the sci-fi narratives of Octavia E. Butler, these artists have pushed the boundaries of creativity and imagination.This event is presented as part of Artfinity: A celebration of creativity and community at MIT.

Looking for a little mystery in your life? Join us for Blind Date with a Book, where you’ll pick a book wrapped in secrecy, guided only by a few intriguing clues. Will it be a thrilling adventure, a heartwarming romance, or a mind-bending mystery? There’s only one way to find out!

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.

Want to get exercise mid-day but don’t want to go outside? Join the tunnel walk for a 30-minute walk led by a volunteer through MIT’s famous tunnel system. This walk may include stairs/inclines. Wear comfortable shoes. Free.Location details: Meet in the lobby under the “Belonging + Community” banner. Location photo below.Tunnel Walk Leaders will have a white flag they will raise at the meeting spot for you to find them.Prize Drawing: Attend a walk and scan a QR code from the walk leaders to be entered into a drawing for a getfit tote bag at the end of the getfit challenge. The more walks you attend, the more entries you get. Winner will be drawn and notified at the end of April. Winner does not need to be a getfit participant.Disclaimer: Tunnel walks are led by volunteers. In the rare occasion when a volunteer isn’t able to make it, we will do our best to notify participants. In the event we are unable to notify participants and a walk leader does not show up, we encourage you to walk as much as you feel comfortable doing so. We recommend you check this calendar just before you head out! [As of Feb 28, this calendar is defaulting to the year 1899. Click "today" to be brought to the current month.]Getfit is a 12-week fitness challenge for the entire MIT community. These tunnel walks are open to the entire MIT community and you do not need to be a current getfit participant to join.

In Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons, Jonathan Tarleton introduces readers to two social housing co-ops in New York City where residents are pondering significant changes. Should they maintain the rules that have kept units affordable for decades but limit the financial returns they can get for their units? Or should they change those rules in ways that would allow them to reap significant financial windfalls but will make the units—and the communities in the building—inaccessible to new residents of modest means? In exploring these debates, Tarleton lays bare competing visions of what ownership means, what homes are for, and what neighbors owe each other.Lunch will be provided. Registration is not required for this event.

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

Everything around you is made of materials. In this interactive lecture, Professor Vanessa Chan will explore the world of materials science and engineering through three key approaches: applying materials in new areas, inventing new materials, and fabricating materials in innovative ways. She will showcase how materials science has paved the way, drawing on examples from consumer electronics, medical inventions, and sustainable energy. Chan will also dive into the challenges of commercializing technologies, highlighting why it’s not just technical hurdles but also commercialization barriers that must be overcome. She’ll discuss understanding decision-makers in the value chain, regulatory challenges, and unit economics.The Wulff Lecture is an engaging and accessible presentation designed for a broad audience. Its purpose is to inform, inspire, and motivate MIT undergraduates to explore the study of materials science and engineering. The event extends an invitation to all MIT, with a special emphasis on welcoming first-year students

Melanie Wasserman University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management

John Asker (UCLA)

Speaker: Dev Sinha (University of Oregon)Title: From Milnor invariants to E-infinity cochain structuresAbstract: We share current work which goes back and forth between geometric and algebraic topology. We start with generalization of Milnor invariants of links, which works beyond where their indeterminacy limits them and extends to links any three-manifold. This generalization arises from analysis of the classical bar construction. (So we are making progress by connecting two pieces of mathematics developed in Fine Hall in the 1950’s.) These ideas also lead to new algorithms to produce all polynomial functions on presented groups. We then share recent work relating cup product to intersection product on geometric cochains through vector field flows. This leads to a conjectural new approach to E-infinity structure on cochains by “resolving partial-definedness” rather than resolving non-commutativity. What unites these projects is a goal of producing homotopy invariants through a combination of tools including geometric cochains, configuration spaces and bar constructions.

Daniel M. Sturm (LSE)

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.

Do you think yoga is only for young, slender, super-flexible people? Think again!Yoga for Every Body with Catherine provides a gentle yoga experience in the Kripalu tradition. It offers a safe introduction for beginners of all ages, shapes, and sizes, as well as an opportunity for more experienced practitioners to share a gentle, mindful practice.Catherine hopes that this will give everyone an opportunity to turn down the “noise” of daily living and tune in to your own body, mind, and spirit.Registration is required on our wellness class website. If you do not already have an account on this website, you'll need to create one. This is fee-based class and open to the entire MIT community.

Join us on Monday evenings for Argentine tango classes with outstanding instructors Fernanda Ghi, Guillermo Merlo and Mia Dalglish (read their bios on the link). Whether you are completely new to tango, or already have some experience, you will find a friendly environment in which to learn new things and improve your technique. You don't have to bring a partner, since the classes involve rotations with all participants.More info on website: https://sites.google.com/site/mittangoclub/products-services/2025-spring-series?authuser=0