Join a member of our Visitor Experience Team for this 45-minute introductory tour of the MIT Museum. Learn about the collection, our history, and get your questions answered by our gallery experts. Space is limited, please speak to a visitor experience representative at the admission desk when purchasing museum tickets if you would like to participate in the tour.Every Wednesday at 11am Free with museum admission

Agentic AI is a new generation of artificial intelligence that operates autonomously, learns from past interactions, and makes decisions in real time. Data scientist Andy Vidan of Composable Analytics will examine the key differences between traditional automation and agentic AI and discuss how this technology enables smarter decision-making, process optimization, and systems that respond to dynamic business needs. This is a practical exploration of how autonomous AI can directly affect business performance and innovation.Register for this MIT Horizon webinar.This is a series of live events in partnership with MIT Startup Exchange.

A martial art known for its many health benefits, tai chi is a moving study in meditation.Designed for small spaces, this class covers fundamental skills including postures, hand, and footwork. A short Yang style tai chi form will be taught.Special clothing is not necessary, but athletic shoes and loose fitting pants are recommended.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.

Michèle Griffin from the United Nations will speak at the MIT Security Studies Program's Wednesday Seminar.Drawing on her experience from a career at the United Nations, Ms. Griffin will discuss the recent UN Summit of the Future and what the negotiations tell us about the future of multilateralism at a time of increased risk, volatility and interdependence.

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!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.

Acclaimed drummer-vocalist Lumanyano Mzi returns to the Midday Music series with his unique brand of South African-infused jazz.While you listen, enjoy a delicious hot cup of soup from Souper Roll Up Cafe (on us, while supplies last!). To keep things sustainable, we encourage you to bring your own mug or bowl. If you do, you’ll get a special sweet treat!

Title: Advances in Polynomial Nonnegativity: Novel Certificates and Symmetry-Based MethodsSpeaker: Mitchell HarrisZoom Link: https://mit.zoom.us/my/harrismit

Distributional Growth Accounting: Education and the Reduction of Global Poverty, 1980-2019 | Amory Gethin

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

A robot has never stolen a worker’s job! This claim may seem far-fetched, however, no technology—yes, not even an artificially intelligent robot—has socioeconomic agency or autonomy: What technologies such as AI and robotics can and cannot do, and what their a/effects and meanings are, is an all human rather than mechanical affair. This talk will introduce my research on the history and political economy of automation in the United States, and demonstrate that whatever impact automation had, has, or will have, must be investigated and understood in terms of not what automation does, but in terms of the individual, institutional, and structural forces that shape who can do what with automation, when, where, why, and how.Presented by:SALEM ELZWAY Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Southern California Society of Fellows in the Humanities

Speaker: Lucas Mason-Brown (University of Texas, Austin)Title: The FPP Conjecture for Real Reductive GroupsAbstract: The FPP Conjecture of Barbasch and Adams-van Leeuwen-Miller-Vogan proposes a strong upper bound on the unitary dual of a real reductive group. In this talk, I will review what is known about the structure and shape of the unitary dual and then sketch a short proof of the FPP conjecture. This is based on recent joint work with Dougal Davis.

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 Location: 46-3002 (Singleton Auditorium)Speaker: Robert C. Froemke, PhD Affiliation: Skirball Professor of Genetics, Neuroscience Institute and Department of Otolaryngology, NYU Grossman School of MedicineHosts: Dr. Mriganka Sur, Dr. Rawan AlSubaieTalk title: Love, Death, and Oxytocin: The Challenges of Mouse MaternityAbstract: The neuropeptide oxytocin is important for maternal physiology and social behavior. I will discuss new and unpublished data from our lab on when, where, and how oxytocin is released from hypothalamic neurons to enable maternal behavior in new mother mice. I will focus on maternal responses to infant distress calls, and how oxytocin enables rapid neurobehavioral changes for dams and alloparents to recognize the meaning of these calls. We have built a new system combining 24/7 continuous video monitoring with neural recordings from the auditory cortex and oxytocin neurons of the hypothalamus in vivo. With this documentary approach, we have identified behaviors of experienced and naïve adults learning to co-parent together which also activate oxytocin neurons. I will discuss circuits routing sensory information to oxytocin neurons leading to oxytocin release in target areas important for maternal motivation, and new results on how oxytocin controls gestation and parturition. Finally, I will discuss longer-term behavioral monitoring over months, examining how single mothers build nests to help ensure pup survival or how this sometimes goes awry.

Want to get exercise towards the end of the 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 with the big mirror, right inside the Collier Memorial entrance to Stata. 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.

Get personalized feedback on your resume in this drop-in resume review session with CAPD career advisors. Whether you're attending the upcoming career fairs (https://capd.mit.edu/annual-career-fairs-at-mit/) or applying to internships and jobs, these quick (~10-minute) resume reviews will address your most pressing questions. Review CAPD’s resources listed below before the drop-in so we can efficiently address your specific questions.Resources: - Resume tips https://capd.mit.edu/channels/make-a-resume-cover-letter-cv/ - Crafting an effective resume recording and slides https://capd.mit.edu/resources/career-toolkit-crafting-an-effective-resume/This CAPD event is open to MIT undergraduates and graduate students. Students will meet with advisors on a first come, first served basis during the drop-in hour.

Every Wednesday night 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 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).

Many people think gentle yoga is too easy and not an effective form of fitness. Think again! You can practice yoga in ways that are both active and gentle at the same time.Come enjoy the many known benefits of yoga through:the practice of active yet gentle, rhythmic movementheld yoga poses and vinyasa flow (moving from pose to pose via the breath)pranayam (breath work)relaxation and meditationIn this well-rounded class, Celeste LeMieux, 500 hr certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor, provides clear instructions and modifications, making it accessible and beneficial to practitioners of all ages and stages of yoga practice and life.You will leave class feeling both stretched and strengthened while also feeling more calm and relaxed. This class is the perfect mid-week reset for body and mind. Come see how less really can be more!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.

Refuge @ MIT. Join our weekly gathering for Christian students and seekers as we have worship, prayer and Bible study each Wednesday evening. We share some food and enjoy an in depth Bible study, open to all students at MIT.

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.

This six-week course offers soon-to-be parents full evidence-based information about birth and the ability to learn coping techniques such as relaxation, breathing, position practice, and massage. You will have the opportunity to learn about each of these as well as gain hands-on practice.Classes will cover choices in the hospital and how to understand risk reduction for both mother and baby.This class focuses on vaginal birth but also covers what happens in a C-section in case one is needed.Partners are encouraged to attend and will leave with a "toolbox" of support techniques. Handouts are provided.A small introduction to breastfeeding and early post-partum are covered in this course.One registration is good for both the mother and 1 support person.The ideal time to take this course is during the late 2nd trimester to early 3rd trimester.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 a fee-based class and open to the entire MIT community.

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