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.

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.

Anti-choice movements have gained key victories in courts over the last few decades, including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health which overturned the right to abortion in the United States. This talk will consider how contestation around science and medicine appears in litigation and the role of courts in validating controversial, and often incorrect, ideas about abortion from fetal personhood, maternal life, and the safety of abortion. These victories are part of a larger push to delegitimize abortion as a medical procedure and an option for those who seek to control their reproduction. For questions and concerns about accommodations, please contact wgs@mit.edu.

Have questions about disclosure and accommodations as you embark on your internship and career path? Join this session with Lime Connect to get some answers. We'll discuss ways to navigate the disclosure and accommodation process at every stage of the recruitment and employment process. You’ll also hear about student opportunities, resources and more. The session will wrap up with a Q&A.*Not sure if this session is for you?“ Students with disabilities may not always disclose, and many have non-apparent disabilities. Identification looks different for everyone, but all are welcome!Registration is required fpr this event. Please register here.

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/

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Navigate the future of technology with confidenceFor over 25 years, EmTech MIT has been the trusted destination for established senior executives and emerging leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs to stay ahead of change. Curated by the expert editors of MIT Technology Review, our flagship technology event delivers the clarity and insight you need to navigate uncertainty and lead with conviction.Join us on November 4-6 at the MIT Media Lab for EmTech MIT 2025, MIT Technology Review’s flagship event on transformative technology for business leaders.Learn more and register: emtechmit.com.Contact MIT Technology Review with any questions and discount opportunities.**Discounts are available to the MIT community. Register here with your MIT email address and save 40%.

On view October 1 -- December 11, 2025This exhibition draws on archival materials from the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC) to explore a century of cultural heritage preservation in Aleppo, Syria. It takes as its point of departure the work of Kamil al-Ghazzi (1853–1933), the pioneering Aleppine historian whose influential three-volume chronicle, Nahr al-Dhahab fī Tārīkh Ḥalab (The River of Gold in the History of Aleppo), was published between 1924 and 1926.Ink, Stone, and Silver Light presents three modes of documentation—manuscript, built form, and photography—through which Aleppo’s urban memory has been recorded and preserved. Featuring figures such as Michel Écochard and Yasser Tabbaa alongside al-Ghazzi, the exhibition traces overlapping efforts to capture the spirit of a city shaped by commerce, craft, and coexistence. At a time when Syria again confronts upheaval and displacement, these archival fragments offer models for preserving the past while envisioning futures rooted in dignity, knowledge, and place.

What can honeybees teach us about building a healthier planet — and a sustainable business? Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich, CEO of The Biodiversity Lab and founder of Urban Bee Lab and The Best Bees Company, grew a backyard beekeeping project into a nationwide research network powering insights for NASA, MIT, Harvard, and beyond. Today, through The Biodiversity Lab’s strategic consulting and Urban Bee Lab’s nonprofit research, Noah is expanding that mission to help communities and organizations design actionable solutions at the intersection of science, sustainability, and impact. In this talk, he will share how bees serve as living sensors of biodiversity and climate change — and the lessons he’s learned about entrepreneurship at the crossroads of business, sustainability, and science.

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

Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Location: Singleton Auditorium (Third floor of MIT Building 46)Title: The dynamics of the geometry of abstractionAbstract: Neurons in the mammalian brain often exhibit complex, non-linear responses to multiple task variables (mixed selectivity). Despite the diversity of these responses, which are seemingly disorganized, it is often possible to observe an interesting structure in the representational geometry: task-relevant variables are encoded in approximately orthogonal subspaces in the neural activity space. This encoding is a signature of low-dimensional disentangled representations, it is typically the result of a process of abstraction and allows linear readouts to readily generalize to novel situations. We show that these representations are observed in multiple brain areas in human and non-human primates. We then studied how the geometry changes during the decision-making process in 5 different brain areas (the hippocampus, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, and the amygdala) of non-human primates, and how the analysis of the geometry dynamics can be used to understand the underlying neural mechanisms. We finally show how the representational geometry changes with learning in humans. Collaboration with the Salzman and Rutishauser groups.Bio: Stefano Fusi was born in Florence, Italy, and graduated in 1992 from the Sapienza University of Rome with a degree in physics. After his degree, he obtained a researcher position at the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Rome and started to work in the field of theoretical neuroscience. In 1999, he received a Ph.D. in physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and moved to the University of Bern, Switzerland, as a postdoctoral fellow. After visiting Brandeis University as a postdoctoral fellow in 2003, in 2005 he was awarded a professorial fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation and became an assistant professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland. In 2009, he joined the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University, where he is now a Professor of Neuroscience.

A series of talks on OR-related topics. For more information see: https://orc.mit.edu/seminars-events/

Speaker: Javier Gomez-Serrano (Brown University)

Speaker: John Pardon (Simons Center for Geometry and Physics)Title: Log derived moduli spaces of pseudo-holomorphic curvesAbstract: I will sketch the construction of a canonical log derived smooth manifold structure on moduli spaces of pseudo-holomorphic curves. This provides a convenient language for the construction and manipulation of enumerative and Floer homotopical invariants. Derived smooth manifolds form an infinity-category, which may be obtained from the (ordinary) category of smooth manifolds by freely adjoining finite infty-limits, modulo transverse limits. The derived smooth structure on moduli spaces of pseudo-holomorphic curves comes from a (quite tautological) moduli functor on derived smooth manifolds (the main result is thus that this functor is representable). Log smooth manifolds (essentially defined by Melrose, and recently developed further by Parker and Joyce) are used to capture in precisely what sense moduli spaces of pseudo-holomorphic curves are "smooth" near maps from nodal domain curves. Combining these notions yields "log derived smooth manifolds".

Join us for a private in-person open house for MIT students and alumni featuring Loriann Seluga (MIT '00), Assistant Director of Admissions at Yale Law School. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Yale Law School, our unique admissions process, and our supportive community. There will also be lots of time for your questions!This CAPD event is open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni. Registration is required. Please register for this event here.

Join Miranda Dawson, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the MIT McGovern Institute for a conversation around Goldin+Senneby: Flare-Up.Miranda will explore how neuroimaging can go beyond diagnostics and answer a central question: does opioid dependency arise from the brain, the body, or their interaction? By selectively manipulating neuronal populations, her work reveals distinct forms of neuroplasticity that shape this relationship. Miranda's research will provide a framework to understand Goldin+Senneby's work, which explores the pharmaceutical industry and their interest in the lucrative treatments used to treat multiple sclerosis flare-ups.This event is free, but please register through the Eventbrite link in advance.About the SpeakerMiranda Dawson is a neuroengineer in the Department of Biological Engineering, developing advanced neuroimaging tools to study the brain–body connection. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed her PhD at MIT. Her research focuses on neural representations of physiological processes, particularly opioid-induced neuroplasticity across the central and peripheral nervous systems. Through this work, she aims to uncover the mechanisms underlying addiction and inform strategies for recovery.Graduate Student TalksMIT graduate students and postdocs explore current exhibitions at the List Center through the lens of their own research, background, and interests. Join us for this interdisciplinary lecture series where we dive into how art and research are overlapping on MIT’s campus.