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Special events and guest speakers
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A recipe for health
Women’s health advocate, Top Chef host and executive producer, and MIT visiting scholar Padma Lakshmi tours campus, speaks on endometriosis.
October 9, 2018 -
Showcasing solutions for land, sea, space — and everywhere in between
At the fifth annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, graduate students gain valuable practice presenting their innovative work.
October 5, 2018 -
An assault on American intelligence
In MIT visit, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden describes current difficulties faced by society and U.S. intelligence services.
October 3, 2018 -
Thomas Friedman examines impact of global “accelerations”
In fall 2018 Compton Lecture, noted columnist discusses problems and opportunities arising from a society in flux.
October 2, 2018 -
MIT and HUBweek showcase ideas and innovators making the future
Institute throws open its doors for the Greater Boston area’s fourth annual celebration of innovation.
October 1, 2018 -
Remarks from the installation ceremony for MIT Chaplain Kirstin Boswell-Ford
September 28, 2018 -
MIT Solve selects new class of innovators for 2018
At the Solve Challenge Finals, judges selected 33 tech entrepreneurs who will receive the support necessary to scale their solutions.
September 28, 2018 -
Math Prize for Girls competition helps to close the gender gap in mathematics
MIT hosts the 10th annual contest encouraging STEM careers for female middle and high school students.
September 27, 2018 -
3Q: Reverend Kirstin Boswell-Ford on religion, ethics, and the role of the chaplain at MIT
Chaplains “are here to help guide the MIT community toward being more inclusive, more caring, more supportive, and more ethically minded,” Boswell-Ford says.
September 24, 2018 -
3 Questions: Richard Lester on the MIT China Summit
Conference will explore possibilities for MIT-China collaboration in applying science and technology to help solve great global challenges.
September 18, 2018 -
3Q: Sheila Widnall on sexual harassment in STEM
National Academies report cites need for strong leadership and cultural change; will be focus of upcoming MIT panel discussion.
September 17, 2018 -
MindHandHeart plus art at Paint Nite
Social event gives graduate students an opportunity to paint, unwind, and mingle.
August 29, 2018 -
“At MIT I found my home!”
President L. Rafael Reif welcomes the Class of 2022 to campus at annual Convocation.
August 28, 2018 -
At MIT, Thomas Piketty calls for policies and collaborations to reduce income inequality
French economist was a keynote speaker at the 2018 World Economic History Congress.
August 9, 2018 -
PKG Summer Series: Documenting, preserving, and sharing Boston’s LGBTQ history
Through the PKG Summer Series, students follow the trail of the first-ever Boston Pride parade and view archives of early LGBTQ activism in Boston.
August 3, 2018 -
Music as a gateway to shared humanity
Iconic composer A. R. Rahman visits MIT campus to learn more about new technologies.
August 2, 2018 -
Q&A: Anne McCants on "Waves of Globalization," the 2018 World Economic History Congress at MIT
Congress of leading thinkers in economic, business, and social history convenes in the US for first time in 50 years.
July 30, 2018 -
How to improve critical hurricane-related supply chains
MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab reports on supply chains in effect after hurricanes hit, and how they might be better managed.
July 26, 2018 -
Fighting implicit bias in STEM with increased cognitive control
In a visit with the Department of Biology, Lydia Villa-Komaroff PhD '75 explains how “thinking fast makes changing slow.”
June 25, 2018 -
Oral Buyukozturk receives George W. Housner Medal for Structural Control and Monitoring
Prestigious award recognizes contributions to sustainable infrastructure.
June 19, 2018