Need some motivation to get and stay active this winter? Join the MIT community for the getfit challenge!getfit 2025 will start on Monday, February 3.getfit is a 12-week, team-oriented fitness challenge open to the entire MIT community, including students, faculty, staff, affiliates, and family members.Get your team of five to eight members registered before the end of the day on January 26, and get ready for all the fun, camaraderie, perks, and potential prizes that come with participation.For more information and to create or join a team, visit our website: https://getfit.mit.edu/

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 atrium by the staircase. 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 checking this calendar just before you head out.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.

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing SERC group leaders will be hosting a series of workshops throughout the January Independent Activities Period to teach students the skill of writing a technology impact paper and to offer help and advice on creating such a paper for those interested in applying for the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize.These workshops will provide general information on the competition, guidelines on how to write this kind of paper, and opportunities to discuss project ideas. Workshop slots are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign up for a session here.

What if the key to unlocking your organization’s next big breakthrough isn’t new technology, but a new way of thinking about people? Companies that prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) are outperforming their competitors, driving innovation, and thriving in today’s competitive landscape. Yet, many leaders still view DEIB as a charitable effort rather than a critical business strategy.Malia Lazu will challenge that perspective and show how embracing DEIB can transform your organization’s bottom line, and its future.Malia Lazu is a Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she combines her expertise as an award-winning strategist with cutting-edge research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). Drawing from her work as a fellow at MIT’s Community Innovators Lab, Malia has pioneered initiatives like The Urban Labs, a multicultural agency helping brands realize the business value of diversity. Her research and teaching focus on transforming DEIB from a moral imperative to a strategic advantage, equipping leaders to create measurable impact in their organizations and communities.Join us for a complimentary LinkedIn Live event to explore how companies that embrace an "inclusion economy" mindset can unlock the potential of diverse talent pools, future-proof their organizations, and gain a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving global market.During this live conversation, you will gain: - A deeper understanding of how implicit bias affects teams and organizations, with actionable tools to recognize and transform it - Strategies for leading authentically and leveraging DEIB as a driver for revenue growth and profitabilityDive deeper during Malia’s new MIT Sloan Executive Education course, Intention to Impact: How to Lead in a Multicultural Economy, on campus July 9-11, 2025. Learn more and register: executive.mit.edu/iti

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

Speaker: Yi Han (MIT)Title: Some progress and mysteries in the study of inhomogeneous random matricesAbstract:The spectrum of a random matrix is well-understood for an invariant ensemble, and sufficiently strong information has been obtained for mean field type random matrices. There are however far more general situations where much less information is obtained: when the entries have a heavy-tailed distribution or when the variance profile has a specific structure. In this talk I discuss some recent discoveries in the latter regime. The topics include: a sharp description for the edge of a symmetric random matrix when its tail decays precisely like x^{-4} (the transition regime); a very weak condition for determining spectral outliers for finite rank perturbations of non-Hermitian random matrices with a banded variance profile; the smallest singular value for rectangular random matrix with entries in the domain of attraction of alpha-stable law; and on convergence to the circular law for ESDs of some nonhomogeneous matrices. The work employs recent concentration inequalities invented by Bandeira, Boedihardjo, van Handel and Brailovskaya. While satisfying results are obtained for some problems, a sharp understanding is still not obtained for other problems despite significant quantitative improvement.

Speaker: Søren Galatius (Columbia University)

Jesse Schreger (Columbia)

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.

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 ever feel that life holds a deeper meaning beyond what you currently understand? The truth is profound—there are countless mysteries of existence, divinity, and the self that lie beyond our awareness. There is so much we don’t know, and even more that we don’t realize we don’t know."Join us on this exciting journey of Discover Your Self to explore the unknown territories of life and delve into the science of spirituality. This course, based on the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, will equip you with proven methods to achieve true inner joy and answer your deepest questions about life's higher principles. This Course explains Proven methods to attain the true inner joy of heart and gives answers to all the Inquiries about Higher Principles in life like the pathway for unlimited and everlasting happiness from the eyes of scriptures like Bhagavad Gita in a scientific perspective.Salient Features:Discover the Game of LifeDiscover Inner SelfDiscover The Ultimate GeniusDiscover Manual of LifeDiscover Lasting SolutionDiscover Sublime Joy Through SoundDiscover The Real Eternal LoveDiscover The Happy PlanetYou are invited to join us every Tuesday 6:00-7:00 pm. To your pleasure we have free delicious sattvik vegetarian dinner is available after every session.Event details:6:00 pm-6:10 pm: Mantra Meditation and kirtan6:10 pm-6:50 pm: : Session7:00pm : Dinner along with Q&A.Venue: MIT Room 56-180, 32 Vasaar Steeet, Cambridge MA Kindly RSVP here https://forms.gle/DEXUz6ig6dJZoU1k7Regards, MIT Vedic Vision Forum

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

Yang Sheng "Life Nourishing" Qigong is an extremely powerful tool for bringing out one's natural human potential and optimal fitness. Physical health and mental well being are a direct result of the practice.The core of our training is 'Zhan Zhuang' (Standing Meditation). It is designed to activate 'Zheng Qi' (True or Proper Qi). The effects of this training are rapid with deep therapeutic results producing a unified and balanced 'mind, body, and breath.'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.