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  • January 2021

  • Wed 13

    CMS.S60/CMS.S96 Lightning in a Panel: American Comics and the Graphic Novel

    Wednesday, January 13, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Cambridge, MA, United States

    Lightning in a Panel: American Comics and the Graphic Novel is a one week IAP offering that tackles the American comic book from three distinct and defining perspectives: superheroes and fantasy, crime comics, and the graphic memoir. While the superhero offered an electrifying narrative for comics and ushered its transition from newspaper strips to the […]

  • Thu 14

    CMS.S60/CMS.S96 Lightning in a Panel: American Comics and the Graphic Novel

    Thursday, January 14, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Cambridge, MA, United States

    Lightning in a Panel: American Comics and the Graphic Novel is a one week IAP offering that tackles the American comic book from three distinct and defining perspectives: superheroes and fantasy, crime comics, and the graphic memoir. While the superhero offered an electrifying narrative for comics and ushered its transition from newspaper strips to the […]

  • Fri 15

    CMS.S60/CMS.S96 Lightning in a Panel: American Comics and the Graphic Novel

    Friday, January 15, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Cambridge, MA, United States

    Lightning in a Panel: American Comics and the Graphic Novel is a one week IAP offering that tackles the American comic book from three distinct and defining perspectives: superheroes and fantasy, crime comics, and the graphic memoir. While the superhero offered an electrifying narrative for comics and ushered its transition from newspaper strips to the […]

  • January 2022

  • Thu 13
    Three different digital drawings as panels

    Exploring COVID and Comics (Non-credit Activity)

    Featured Thursday, January 13, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    MIT Building 56, Room 114 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Description How can a mix of words with pictures crack open new ways to understand the Covid pandemic? For two years, our bodies have been immersed in a blind, planetary-scale battle with nature’s most ruthless, efficient manifestation: the virus, a mindless mutagenic that has confounded humankind’s ability to collectively rally and oppose. As we struggle […]

  • Thu 20
    Three different digital drawings as panels

    Exploring COVID and Comics (Non-credit Activity)

    Featured Thursday, January 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    MIT Building 56, Room 114 Access via 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Description How can a mix of words with pictures crack open new ways to understand the Covid pandemic? For two years, our bodies have been immersed in a blind, planetary-scale battle with nature’s most ruthless, efficient manifestation: the virus, a mindless mutagenic that has confounded humankind’s ability to collectively rally and oppose. As we struggle […]

  • Thu 27
    Independent Activities Period

    American Perceptions of Climate Change

    Thursday, January 27, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    "Over 50% of Americans are worried about climate change – but why is the rest of the country not?"

  • Fri 28
    Independent Activities Period

    American Perceptions of Climate Change

    Friday, January 28, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

    "Over 50% of Americans are worried about climate change – but why is the rest of the country not?"

  • January 2023

  • Thu 12

    CMS.S60 Watching the Watchmen: Superheroes in Comics and Television

    Thursday, January 12, 2023 - Friday, January 20, 2023
    MIT Building 2, Room 105 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • January 2024

  • Tue 9

    MIT in 3:00 >> IAP Guerrilla Filmmaking Workshop

    Tuesday, January 9, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Interested in submitting a short video for the "MIT in 3:00" competition, but want to learn more about DIY cinematography? Join MIT CAST Visiting Artist / Visiting Scholar Alberto Angelini (pka Albert Figurt) for a 2-session workshop about the art & craft of guerrilla filmmaking!

  • Thu 11

    MIT in 3:00 >> IAP Guerrilla Filmmaking Workshop

    Thursday, January 11, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    MIT Building E38, 3rd Floor 292 Main Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Interested in submitting a short video for the "MIT in 3:00" competition, but want to learn more about DIY cinematography? Join MIT CAST Visiting Artist / Visiting Scholar Alberto Angelini (pka Albert Figurt) for a 2-session workshop about the art & craft of guerrilla filmmaking!

  • Fri 12
    Closeup of MIT campus model

    Constructive Dialogue: Taming Conflict, Sparking Connection

    Friday, January 12, 2024 - Friday, February 2, 2024

    “Using material from the Constructive Dialogue Institute and elsewhere, we will 'explore the inner workings of the mind to uncover why disagreements happen and why it can be so difficult to change people's minds. Then learn – and practice – five proven skills for constructive dialogue.'”

  • Tue 23
    A collage of nine photographs of train-themed board games

    MIT Game Lab IAP workshop on Train Games

    Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - Thursday, January 25, 2024
    MIT Building E15, Room 320 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Join Mikael Jakobsson and Rik Eberhardt from the MIT Game Lab, together with train game industry insider Jason Begy (MIT SM ’10) for this three-session, non-credit playsploration of train-related board games.

  • January 2025

  • Wed 8

    Make Noise Jam (IAP Wednesdays 2-4pm)

    Wednesday, January 8, 2025 - Wednesday, January 29, 2025

    We invite all MIT community members to join us and learn how to cobble simple circuits, microprocessors, and playful interfaces to make music and enjoyable noise together.

  • Tue 28

    “MIT in 3:00” Filmmaking Workshop

    Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - Thursday, January 30, 2025
    iHQ (Building E38, 3rd Floor) 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Interested in submitting a short film for the “MIT in 3:00” competition, but want to learn more about filmmaking? Join documentary filmmaker Kira Akerman for a 1-day workshop during IAP!

  • January 2026

  • Fri 16

    Wellbeing, Motivation, Connection: an IAP Workshop

    Friday, January 16 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    MIT Building 35, Room 308 127 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

    Learn and practice with tools and strategies from the Compassionate Systems Framework.

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