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.

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Choose to Reuse!Join us at Choose to Reuse in Lobby 13Event Details: • Location: Lobby 13 • Drop-off Time: Starting at 8:00 AM • Pick-up Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PMHow It Works: • From 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, you can take up to five items per person. After 12:00 PM, there’s no limit, and you’re welcome to come back for more. • Items can be dropped off until 12:15 PM, so there will be new items available throughout the event. • You don’t need to donate in order to pick something up, and you don’t have to take back what you dropped off. • There is no charge, but an MIT ID is required to attend.What is Choose to Reuse? Since 2010, the Working Green Committee and the Department of Facilities have sponsored this monthly event during the academic year. The goal is to reduce our environmental impact and positively affect the community by sharing items instead of buying new ones.What Will You Find? It depends on the donations! We’ll have books, office supplies, housewares, clothes, and more. There may even be toys and stuffed animals. Stop by and see what’s available!Are There Any Restrictions on Donations? Yes. All items should be clean and in working condition. Items should be light enough to carry easily. Food items must be unopened and unexpired. Opened packages are not acceptable. Large items, such as furniture, can be posted on Rheaply, an online marketplace for exchanging items within the MIT community.What Happens to Leftover Items? • All clothing is donated to on-campus thrift or reuse events or goes into textile recycling. • Some housewares are donated to the Furniture Exchange. • Volunteers will sort through everything else to determine what is recyclable.Data Collection: Choose to Reuse volunteers count every person and item that comes to the event. Last year, we had over 1,500 attendees!Have more questions?Email: staffrecycles@mit.edu

All kids from newborn age to 3.5 years old are welcome! You can bring siblings as well.It's a chance for kids to have fun while parents can chat, share parenting tips, and socialize.Please register if you plan to attend the group. Contact Maria at mwiegandl@udd.cl if you have any questions.This group is sponsored by the Executive Committees of Westgate and the Graduate Tower at Site 4, and MIT Spouses & Partners Connect, a dedicated network for the significant others of MIT students, postdocs, staff and faculty who have relocated to the Boston area.

February 26, 2025 - July 17, 2025Hidden 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.

Learn about the Grand Paris Express, the massive transit project that will improve access and connectivity throughout the Ille de France region and Paris. We will hear from Bernard Cathelain, who oversees the design and construction program for the Grand Paris Express transport project, as well as the industry, purchasing and environmental strategy functions, and Pierre-Emmanuel Becherand, Head of Design, Arts and Urban Development for the project.The Grand Paris Express comprises four new lines for the Paris Métro, plus extensions of the existing Lines 11and 14. A total of 200 kilometres (120 mi) of new tracks and 68 new stations are to be added, serving a projected 2 million passengers a day.

This is a small group discussion based on themes found in the New York Times best-seller book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA. People who have not read the book but are interested in the discussion are welcomed and encouraged to participate. Lunch will be provided.This event is open to the MIT Community only. Please use your MIT email to register.More information about the book:Burnout is for those who have felt overwhelmed and exhausted by everything they have to do, yet still worried they weren’t doing “enough.” This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men—and provides a roadmap to minimizing stress, managing emotions, and living more joyfully. Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the all-too-familiar cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. They compassionately explain the obstacles and societal pressures we face—and how we can fight back.

Have some fun(nel) on a tunnel or sun(nel) walk! Join us for a 30-minute volunteer-led walk either through MIT’s famous tunnel system or around Killian Court. As the weather gets warmer, walk leaders may choose to take the group outside. Is the weather warm and you missed the start? Find the group on Killian Court and join in!Location details: Meet in the lobby with the big mirror, right inside the Collier Memorial entrance to Stata. Location photo below.Sun(nel) Walk Leaders will identify themselves by holding a white flag at the meeting location.Prize Drawing: Attend a walk and scan a QR code from the walk leaders to be entered into a drawing for a getfit canvas boat 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: These 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 walks are open to the entire MIT community and you do not need to be a current getfit participant to join.

How does believing in a higher power intersect with ways of knowing in science and engineering? Here, we discuss seeking support for what Roz Picard has called “the hardest tests” in life, where faith and community might be an option for spiritual support. Join us as we explore these questions and others together. Attendance is limited to 8 graduate students/post-docs.Speaker Bio: Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author, and engineer. She is the Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at the MIT Media Lab. Picard is best-known for her book, Affective Computing, which proposed and described how to give skills of emotional intelligence to computers — including voice assistants, robots, agents, and many kinds of interactive technologies.

MIT Free English Class is for international students, sholars, spouses. Twenty seven years ago we created a community to welcome the nations to MIT and assist with language and friendship. Join our Tuesday/Thursday conversation classes around tables inside W11-190.

Be inspired by creative community connections in libraries! Sign up for the MIT Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) Community Showcase!Join us to hear from our exceptional PLIX Creative Learning Ambassadors, library professionals from Massachusetts to Hawaii, in rural to urban areas, who have implemented PLIX activities this year. They'll share their approaches to designing and facilitating creative STEAM learning experiences for audiences in their local communities, and they'll answer your questions about their library programs.Open to everyone! Please register here to attend!This showcase will be like a mini virtual conference:We will have 3 breakouts sessions, with 4 rooms to choose from during each session.Within each room, there will be a facilitator, a pair of presenters, and time for discussionThe presentation will be recorded, but the discussion won’t be recorded so you can speak up with ease.Each pair presents twice, so you’ll have 2 opportunities to hear from presenters you may be interested in!About PLIXThe MIT Public Library Innovation Exchange (PLIX) develops creative STEAM learning experiences based on MIT research and designed for the public library setting. PLIX programs support learners as:Designers—rather than consumers—of technologyCreators—rather than recipients—of knowledgeScientists and artists—rather than one or the otherPLIX connects library professionals and MIT researchers to co-design learning experiences, develop and share facilitation practices, and integrate creative learning into public library programming. PLIX strives to increase equitable access to and broaden participation in STEAM programming.

Have some fun(nel) on a tunnel or sun(nel) walk! Join us for a 30-minute volunteer-led walk either through MIT's famous tunnel system or around Killian Court. As the weather gets warmer, walk leaders may choose to take the group outside. Is the weather warm and you missed the start? Find the group on Killian Court and join in!Location details: Meet in the lobby under the “Belonging + Community” banner. Location photo below.Sun(nel) Walk Leaders will identify themselves by holding a white at the meeting location.Prize Drawing: Attend a walk and scan a QR code from the walk leaders to be entered into a drawing for a getfit canvas boat 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.

Topic: The Economics of Tropical Forests: the case of Amazon

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: Dun Tang (University of California, Berkeley)Title: A Dijkgraff-Witten type reconstruction formula for g=1 quantum Κ-invariantsAbstract: Quantum Κ-invariants are defined as holomorphic Euler characteristics on the moduli space of stable maps, incorporating products of universal cotangent bundles and virtual bundles pulled back from the target space. These invariants enumerate the dimensions of sheaf cohomology. In this talk, I will present a reconstruction formula for general genus-one quantum Κ-invariants, expressing them in terms of genus-zero invariants and genus-one invariants with at most one marked point carrying a universal cotangent line bundle.

Recreational swims provide a fun and engaging way for children and parents to practice new skills, stay active, and enjoy quality time together in the pool with the MIT community.No Z Center (MIT Recreation - Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center) membership is required to participate.A parent or caregiver must accompany children in the water. Per Z Center policy, each adult may supervise up to two children at a time.Children must be at least 6 months old to join. If younger, they must be able to hold their head up comfortably. Registration is here. Only for MIT Spouses and Partners Connect members.

The Rising Stars Award in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) is awarded to 3 postdoctoral scholars per year. Recipients are awarded based on their outstanding research accomplishments and their extraordinary potential to succeed as independent research faculty. This award also aims to enhance diversity and representation in the brain and cognitive sciences. Awardees receive a cash prize and are invited to present their research in the BCS Colloquium Series.Title: Control Systems for Speech, Language, and IntelligenceSpeaker: Carmeen Amo AlonsoAbstract: Control theory is fundamental in the design and understanding of many natural and engineered systems, from cars and robots to power networks and bacterial metabolism. In the context of the brain, one of the most prominent application of control theory is the field of motor control. In this talk, we explore how the principles of control —formalized with control theory— have a much broader set of applications in neuroscience, cognitive science, and intelligent behavior. We focus on language applications, particularly language processing and grounding in technology, as well as speech processing in the human brain. We discuss three applications that exemplify the importance of control across a broad range of settings and research questions. First, we discuss how to leverage language embeddings with control to ground natural language commands in robot actions. We demonstrate how, using these insights, natural language commands can be used to directly instruct a robotic arm to perform a wide range of tasks while preserving safety guarantees. Then, we illustrate how control-theoretic principles can be used to steer the generation of foundation models. We illustrate how, by actively controlling per-layer activations, it is possible to steer a language model away from toxic content, or towards personalized responses. We discuss the potential of this work in both enhancing language models during post-training and its connection to in-context learning, as well as implications for mechanistic interpretability of embedding spaces in the context of Natural Language Processing. Lastly, we present how control-theoretic models of the brain’s auditory-articulatory system can be used to explain existing experimental results in a unifying framework.Bio: Carmen Amo Alonso is a Schmidt Science Fellow affiliated with the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. Her research lies at the intersection of control theory, machine learning, and optimization, with a focus on understanding and improving language processing and generation in both humans and machines. Carmen’s work aims to uncover the control mechanisms underlying language processing and intelligence, and leverages control-theoretic principles to develop safer, more controllable AI technologies. At Stanford, Carmen was named an Emerson Consequential Scholar for the potential of her research to positively impact society. Prior to joining Stanford, she held a postdoctoral fellow position at the Artificial Intelligence Center at ETH Zurich. Carmen earned her Ph.D. in Control and Dynamical Systems from Caltech in 2023, where she was advised by Prof. John Doyle. Her thesis on the optimal control of distributed systems under local communication constraints was awarded the Milton and Francis Clauser Doctoral Prize, which recognizes the best Ph.D. dissertation of the year across all disciplines at Caltech. During her Ph.D., her research received two best paper awards, was partially funded by Amazon and D. E. Shaw fellowships, and earned her the title of Rising Star in both EECS and Cyber-Physical Systems. Besides her research collaborations across academia and industry, Carmen is committed to education for all. As a member of Clubes de Ciencia, she travels to Mexico in the summer to teach underserved students.Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89002014229?pwd=bzZuZGh6cVhOSjJ6TlNZVHgrRnNaQT09Followed by a reception with food and drink

Mark your calendars! Join us on Thursday, April 24 at 4pm in room 6-120 for the third seminar in the Colloquium Series: Research on the Mind featuring keynote speaker Luana Marques, PhD, who will be presenting “Bold Move: How to Thrive Through Uncertainty”. Dr. Marques is a global speaker, author, scientist, and innovator, currently an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. She’s the former President of the Anxiety & Depression Association of America and the Founder & Director of Community Psychiatry PRIDE, a premier research lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. Check out one of her talks: Here. To learn more about Dr. Marques, visit: https://drluana.com/.This event is open to everyone, and we encourage all to attend! Light refreshments will be served before the event (~3:40pm).

Time: 3:30 PMLocation: Cambridge, MA

We have two Sign Language Study Breaks coming up, with free Cafe 472 pizza and activities for all skill levels! When #1: Thurs, April 24th, 4:30-6:00pmWhen #2: Wed, May 7th, 4:30-6:00pmWhere: MIT building 33, room 33-206What: Sign language practice + Cafe 472 pizzaRSVP (encouraged): https://asl.mit.edu/asl-study-break-rsvp-march-2025/ Come to socialize, learn the ASL fingerspelling alphabet, practice some basic signs, play sign language games, and for more experienced signers, we can practice conversational skills. All MIT community members are welcome! An ASL interpreter will be provided. Please RSVP to notify us of any other accommodations needed.

There’s something very special about the opportunity to hear directly from a leader about what her path to success was really like, how she learned to lead, and what has helped her to thrive. In this “Spilling the Tea” event, join an informal chat with MIT alumna Colleen Akehurst, who in her current leadership role serves as Chief Executive Officer at Sterilex. Don’t miss this chance to talk with an accomplished alumna mentor and ask her advice on leadership in graduate school and beyond. Learn more about Colleen Akehurst here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-akehurst-a797426/. This CAPD event is open to MIT graduate students.

Curious about consulting? Join us for an interactive Consulting Case Competition, where you'll get hands-on experience tackling consulting-style cases! - Kickoff (15 min): Learn key case-solving strategies from an industry expert. - Mini Case Round (30 min): Work in teams to analyze a real-world business problem. - Team Presentations (30 min): Pitch your solution in a 5-minute presentation. - Judges’ Feedback (15 min): Receive insights from experienced consultants. No prior experience needed—just bring your problem-solving skills and teamwork!

Speaker: Elia Gorokhovsky (Harvard)Title: The Kodaira--Parshin familyAbstract:In this talk, we describe the construction of an abelian-by-finite family parametrized by a prime $q$ which is amenable to direct monodromy computations. This family, the Kodaira-Parshin family, serves as input to the arguments in Section 6 which use an abelian-by-finite family with full monodromy to prove finiteness of rational points. The bulk of the talk focuses on the ``finite'' part of abelian-by-finite: we will describe the construction of an \'etale cover of a curve $Y$ parametrizing $G$-covers of $Y$ branched at a single point, together with a universal curve.Reference:$\bullet$ Lawrence and Venkatesh, Diophantine problems and $p$-adic period mappings, Section 7.

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Join Megan Masterson, a PhD candidate in Physics at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research for a conversation around Pedro Gómez-Egaña: The Great Learning.In this talk, Megan will connect many of the themes that permeate Pedro Gómez-Egaña: The Great Learning, including temporality, intensity, and alignment, to the mysteries of the cosmos. She will specifically discuss how these themes persist in her own research on the growth of supermassive black holes, where the intense gravity distorts our view and influences our perception.About the SpeakerMegan Masterson is a Physics PhD candidate at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, where she works on some of the most extreme objects in the universe — supermassive black holes. Megan’s work focuses on understanding how these black holes grow; she uses both ground- and space-based telescopes spanning multiple different wavelengths of light to map how material accretes onto these cosmic beasts. Megan is involved in many astronomy outreach initiatives, including Astrobites, Astronomy on Tap, and MIT Astrogazers, through which she shares her passion for science communication and the wonders of the cosmos.Graduate Student TalksMIT graduate students 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.

The Kevin Lynch Award was established to honor the memory of Kevin Lynch, an MIT alumnus, urban designer, author and member of the faculty of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning for thirty years. Through his practice, research and writing, Lynch encouraged planning and design professionals and students to adopt approaches to planning that are sensitive to the importance of place as well as the importance of people’s experience of place and to the importance of balancing physical interventions with consideration for the natural environment. As someone who accepted the reality of climate change early on, Lynch understood the delicate relationship between humans and their environment, and he worked to develop methods of practice to better integrate individuals’ perceptions into professional recommendations and theories to better explain the complex relationships among people and the built environment. Since its establishment in 1988, the MIT department of urban studies and planning has granted Kevin Lynch Awards to individuals or organizations whose work embodies and advances Kevin Lynch’s research, as developed in his seminal works, Image of the City (1960), What Time is this Place? (1972), Good City Form (1981) and Site Planning (1984). Nominees have been selected for their plans, books, research, designed projects, media productions, public processes, or similar contributions to merit the award.This year's awardee will be Kofi Boone, FASLA. Kofi Boone is a Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar at NC State University. Kofi is a Detroit native and a graduate of the University of Michigan. His work is in the overlap between landscape architecture and environmental justice with specializations in democratic design and interpreting cultural landscapes. He is the founder of the Just Communities Lab, Immediate Past President of the Landscape Architecture Foundation, and serves on the boards of Black Landscape Architects Network and the Land Loss Prevention Project.This year’s Lynch Award nominations and deliberations were done in collaboration between the City Design and Development faculty at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and the Urbanism faculty at the Department of Architecture at MIT.

What could healthcare look like in the next 10 years?In this collaborative, student-led discussion, we will explore strategies for improving communication around healthcare issues, making complex topics like vaccinations and genetic screening accessible, and fostering better public understanding. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation!

Jo Nagasaka Presented with the Architecture and Urbanism Group 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.

Speakers:Victoria Avis, MIT DUSP MCP CandidateMichael Eschleman, Development Program Manager and ConsultantShamil Ibragimov, Scholar in residence, Legatum Center for Development & EntrepreneurshipNeil Levine, International Relations and NGO Professional Coach and ConsultantPaula Ruiz-Castillo, MIT PhD ’16, Global Health Research Operations Consultant - Global Heath Medical WriterNoel Shaskan, Health Community Lead, MIT SolveAre you hoping for a career in international development, humanitarian engineering, development economics, or global health? Are you concerned about these career paths given the recent assault on the sector and dismantling of US foreign assistance in general and USAID in particular?You are not alone! And it is perhaps more important than ever to use your skills and experience to address global challenges and assist in reducing inequality around the world.At this session, you’ll have an opportunity to connect with experienced international development professionals from organizations based in the Boston area, as well as staff and faculty from MIT, to get their perspectives on how to succeed in global development in the current climate.Participate in intimate round table discussions with our speakers to learn about different career paths, new and emerging strategies to enter into the field, and the resources available at MIT to gain valuable experience. Be sure to come with many questions!Register on Handshake

Boston Chapter of IEEE Computer Society and GBC/ACM7:00 PM, Thursday, 24 April 2025MIT Room 32-G449 (Kiva) and online via ZoomLearning, engineering, and targeting cell states in cancerAva AminiPlease register in advance for this seminar even if you plan to attend in person athttps://acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Msf8F_LXTcSD2mWpDeVx5AAfter registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.Indicate on the registration form if you plan to attend in person. This will help us determine whether the room is close to reaching capacity. We plan to serve light refreshments (probably pizza) before the talk starting at around 6:30 pm. Letting us know you will come in person will help us determine how much pizza to order.We may make some auxiliary material such as slides and access to the recording available after the seminar to people who have registered.Abstract:Cancer is often treated using a reductionist approach: distilled to an individual subtype, mutation, or phenotype. But fundamentally, cancers are complex ecosystems that necessitate systems-level understanding and intervention. Addressing this problem is equal parts biology and computer science. In Project Ex Vivo, a joint cancer research collaboration between Microsoft Research and the Broad Institute, we are envisioning a new, constructionist paradigm for precision oncology, one powered by the bottom-up integration of computation and experimentation to understand the complexity of cell state ecosystems in cancer. In this talk I will share our recent efforts to build AI models to better define, model, and therapeutically target cell states in cancer.Bio:Ava Amini is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, MA. Her research focuses on developing new AI methods to understand and design biology, with the ultimate aim of realizing precision biomedicines that improve human health. She is a co-lead of Ex Vivo , a collaborative effort between Microsoft and the Broad Institute, that is focused on defining, engineering, and targeting cell states in cancer.In addition to research, Ava is passionate about AI education and outreach — she is a lead organizer and instructor for MIT Introduction to Deep Learning , an in-person and global course on the fundamentals of deep learning.Ava completed her PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she was advised by Sangeeta Bhatia at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Ava received her Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Molecular Biology from MIT.Directions to 32-G449 - MIT Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA: Please use the main entrance to the Stata Center at 32 Vassar Street (the entrance closest to Main street) as those doors will be unlocked. Upon entering, proceed to the elevators which will be on the right after passing a large set of stairs and a MITAC kiosk. Take the elevator to the 4th floor and turn right, following the hall to an open area; 32-G449 will be on the left. Location of Stata on campus mapThis joint meeting of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society and GBC/ACM will be hybrid (in person and online).Up-to-date information about this and other talks is available online at https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/boston/computer/. You can sign up to receive updated status information about this talk and informational emails about future talks at https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ieee-cs, our self-administered mailing list.

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 8 pm Thomas Tull Concert Hall at the Joyce Linde Music Building 201 Amherst Street, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCHARLES SHADLE - Catkin for solo oboe (2020) KEERIL MAKAN - NEW WORK for clarinet and strings, in celebration of the McGovern Institute's 25th anniversary (2025) ELENA RUEHR - Of Water and Clouds for flute and piano (1986) CHARLES SHADLE - Choctaw Animals for solo piano (2019) ELENA RUEHR - Ghost Song from Broadway Boogie Woogie (2024) EVAN ZIPORYN - Be-In for clarinet and strings (1991)MIT is regarded as the world's preeminent engineering school; what few may know is that its music program rivals many conservatories. Radius Ensemble is delighted to present this special concert of works by MIT's renowned faculty composers, in the gorgeous new Thomas Tull Concert Hall and in celebration of the new Joyce Linde Music Building. The program includes six works by MIT composers Charles Shadle, Elena Ruehr, Keeril Makan, and Evan Ziporyn.Located steps from Mass Ave, behind Kresge Auditorium, the new concert hall is a theater in the round, with superb acoustics and full amenities. Click here for parking and dining options in the vicinity.This concert is FREE! RSVPs encouraged but not required — RSVP here, or check out the full season and subscribe.About Radius EnsembleRadius Ensemble liberates classical music for a new generation of music lovers with a fresh combination of eclectic programming and intimate performances by extraordinary musicians.Named Boston’s Best Classical Ensemble 2016 by the Improper Bostonian, and winner of a 2013 CMA/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, Radius Ensemble’s thoughtfully curated programs balance old and new, with repertoire ranging from beloved masterworks to riveting new music – brilliantly performed by some of the best Boston-based musicians. Radius’s go-for-broke performances are interspersed with “live liner notes,” brief remarks that enlighten and entertain.A chamber music ensemble of winds, strings, and piano, Radius Ensemble was founded in 1999 by oboist and impresario Jennifer Montbach. Radius’s subscription season includes a four-concert series at Pickman Hall at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where the group has been Ensemble in Residence since 2011. Radius has also appeared on concert series throughout New England, including Rockport Music and Clark University. Radius has commissioned and premiered numerous works by Boston-area composers and has won several Meet the Composer grants. Committed to community engagement, Radius presents a free Saturday-morning family concert in Harvard Square, donates free tickets to disadvantaged children and their parents or mentors through local community service agencies, and works with students at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.Eight core members comprise Radius Ensemble. They are joined by additional musicians as repertoire warrants, including (but not limited to) harp, percussion, and double bass. The group has also collaborated with a thereminist, several narrators, and dancers; and has appeared with film, live and recorded electronics, and other multimedia.