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Monday, March 31, 2025
- All dayArtfinity: The MIT Festival for the ArtsA 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.
- All dayFirst day of classes for half-term subjects...
- 10:00 AM6hRefracted Histories: 19th-c. Islamic Windows as a Prism into MIT’s Past, Present, and FutureHidden 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.
- 12:00 PM1hThe Healing Power of Arts and CreativityArtistic expressions such as dance, painting, sculpture, music, and poetry allow those unable to discuss their inner struggles or triumphs to express their emotions by evoking emotions in others. Artistic endeavors involve creative inner forces and talents, relying on imagination, inspiration, inventiveness, and originality – and are uniquely human. The healing power of these artistic creations has a meditative quality that can bring psychological insight and relief from emotional distress. Together we will learn about how humans evolved to use art to connect, enjoy shared experiences, and create communities. Learning objectives:Discover how mental struggles have been expressed in artUnderstand the relationship between art and the development of language and communicationLearn about the healing powers of artistic creativityThe MIT Health Seminar Series are open to members of the MIT community, along with patients who get their care at MIT Health.Speaker: Lior Givon. Lior Givon is a psychiatrist and the clinical director of MIT Health’s Behavioral Health service in primary care. Before beginning her career in science and medicine, she worked as a graphic designer and has been interested and engaged in artistic activities such as dance and painting since a young age. She uses her experiences to connect art and creative endeavors to human development, mental health struggles and the brain, and to illuminate shared human experiences.
- 2:45 PM15mMIT@2:50 - Ten Minutes for Your MindTen 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
- 4:00 PM1hChemical Biology Seminar (Luke Wiseman, Scripps)
- 4:00 PM1h 30mTBD
- 4:00 PM1h 30mVertical Integration and Plan Design in Healthcare Markets (with Jose Ignacio Cuesta and Carlos Noton)Ben Vatter (MIT)
- 4:15 PM1h 30mLit TeaWhen: Almost every Monday (except Holidays) during the semester Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Where: Room 14N-417Come by for snacks, and tea with Literature Section friends, instructors, students, etc. What are you reading? What 21L classes are you taking or hoping to take? This event is specifically geared towards undergrads; but open to friends of the community that engage in the literary and humanities at MIT.
- 4:30 PM1hAlgebraic Topology SeminarSpeaker: Cary Malkiewich (Binghamton University)Title: Higher scissors congruenceAbstract: Scissors congruence is the study of polytopes, up to the relation of cutting into finitely many pieces and rearranging the pieces. In the 2010s, Zakharevich defined a "higher" version of scissors congruence, where we don't just ask whether two polytopes are scissors congruent, but also how many scissors congruences there are from one polytope to another.Zakharevich's definition is a form of algebraic $K$-theory, which is famously difficult to compute, but I will discuss a surprising result that makes the computation of the higher $K$-groups possible, at least for low-dimensional geometries. In particular, this gives the homology of the group of interval exchange transformations, and a new proof of Szymik and Wahl's theorem that Thompson's group $V$ is acyclic. Much of this talk is based on joint work with Anna-Marie Bohmann, Teena Gerhardt, Mona Merling, and Inna Zakharevich, and also with Alexander Kupers, Ezekiel Lemann, Jeremy Miller, and Robin Sroka.
- 4:30 PM1h 15mPlaces versus People: The Ins and Outs of Labor Market Adjustment to Globalization (with David Dorn, Gordon Hanson, Maggie R. Jones, and Bradley Setzler)David Autor (MIT)
- 5:30 PM1hYoga for Every Body - Virtual ClassDo 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.
- 6:00 PM1hSpring 2025 Architecture Lecture Series: Anneka LenssenAnneka Lenssen Presented with The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture and the HTC Forum Part of the MIT Spring 2025 Architecture Lecture Series.This lecture will be held in person in Long Lounge, 7-429 and streamed online.Lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures will be held Thursdays at 6 PM ET in 7-429 (Long Lounge) and streamed online unless otherwise noted. Registration required to attend in-person. Register here or watch the webcast on Youtube.
- 6:45 PM2h 15mArgentine Tango ClassesJoin 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
- 7:00 PM1hQigong Meditation - Virtual ClassYang 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.