Special events and guest speakers

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Michael Bloomberg to deliver MIT’s 2019 Commencement address

Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and three-term New York City mayor will address the Class of 2019 on June 7.

December 6, 2018

In a recent Starr Forum, Sana Aiyar, an associate professor of history at MIT, explored ways in which populist nationalism has reversed the progressive and inclusive policies of post-independence India.

Populism: a case-by-case study

MIT Starr Forum panel discusses extreme forms of populism that have endangered basic civil liberties and spawned intolerant rhetoric.

November 29, 2018

Left to right: BethAnne McLaughlin, Tarana Burke, and Sherry Marts have won the 2018 MIT Media Lab Disobedience Award.

Tarana Burke, BethAnn McLaughlin, and Sherry Marts win 2018 Media Lab Disobedience Award

Three leaders of the #MeToo and #MeTooSTEM movements are recognized.

November 28, 2018

Rising Stars in EECS supports women in electrical engineering and computer science

In a return to MIT, 2018 workshop drew 76 of the world’s top early-career women in electrical engineering and computer science to explore life in academia.

November 27, 2018

MIT hosts China Summit, additional gatherings in Beijing

MIT faculty, leadership, alumni, and Corporation members engage with old and new friends of the Institute.

November 23, 2018

Artist Ai Weiwei (right) and Christina Yu Yu, the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair of the Art of Asia at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, examine Ai's pictorial autobiography “Ai Weiwei: Beijing Photographs, 1993 – 2003” at a recent launch event.

MIT Press launches Ai Weiwei's autobiography in photographs

Lively program with the author celebrates the release of “Ai Weiwei: Beijing Photographs, 1993 – 2003” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

November 21, 2018

Joshua Angrist, co-director of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative and the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, speaks at this year's MIT School Access and Quality Summit.

Exploring school choice

MIT School Access and Quality Summit brings policymakers, educators, and researchers together to examine strategies and ways to measure effectiveness.

November 20, 2018

Throughout the MIT Joint Program’s agriculture workshop, attendees from industry, government, and academia engaged in detailed discussions with Joint Program agriculture specialists.

The future of food production amid global change

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change workshop explores risks and opportunities for the agriculture sector.

November 20, 2018

The keynote address at the second annual AI and the Future of Work summit was delivered by Rosalin Acosta, Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development.

Artificial intelligence summit addresses impact of technology on jobs and global economy

Speakers at the summit included Massachusetts Secretary of Labor Rosalin Acosta and former Google chairman Eric Schmidt.

November 15, 2018

MIT students who are alumni of the prestigious Intel International Science and Engineering Fair speak about the impacts the contest had on their lives. Left to right: Ruiwen "Doris" Fu, Afeefah Khazi-Syed, Madison Sneve, Syamantak Payra, Shinjini Ghosh. Harvard University Associate Professor Scott Kominers (far right), a fellow ISEF alumnus, joined.

“Science Fair:” the movie and the life changer

Students use documentary screening as a jumping off point to discuss the far-reaching impacts science fairs have had on their lives.

November 14, 2018

BP Amoco Chemical Company Senior Research Chemist Matthew Kulzick outlines advances in imaging technology during the MIT MRL Materials Day Symposium on Oct. 10.

Solving a multi-million dollar problem

In MIT visit, BP chemist details new X-ray and sample chamber technologies, yielding insights into fighting metal corrosion, improving catalytic reactions, and more.

November 13, 2018

Silvija Gradečak, MIT professor in materials science and engineering, addresses the promise and the problems of perovskite solar cells. She spoke during the MIT Materials Research Laboratory Materials Day Symposium on Oct. 10.

Improving materials from the nanoscale up

At the Materials Day Symposium, researchers focus on tools that probe atomic structures in action to yield better designs for metals, solar cells, and polymers.

November 8, 2018

Associate Professor Caitlin Mueller presented on creative computing for high performance design in structural engineering.

Highlighting new research opportunities in civil and environmental engineering

At its annual alumni reception, CEE faculty shared innovative research projects ranging from machine learning to regional impacts of climate change.

November 7, 2018

Thirty-four of the highest-achieving women graduate students and post-docs in mechanical engineering recently participated in the first-ever Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop hosted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Giving early-career women in mechanical engineering the tools to succeed in academia

The Department of Mechanical Engineering hosts its first-ever Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop.

November 2, 2018

MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt at an MIT forum about the new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

To build new college, MIT seeks campus and alumni input

Opportunities and new challenges were at the forefront of discussions about the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.