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  • October 2023

  • Tue 3

    Book Launch with Justin Reich – Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools

    Tuesday, October 3, 2023 @ 4:00 pm
    MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater (Room 070) 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools is a playbook for making big changes in schools out of a series of small, manageable steps.

  • Tue 3

    “Angles” Showcase: MIT student authors share their work

    Tuesday, October 3, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
    Building 14, The Nexus (14S-130) 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Angles provides a public forum for the best work produced last year by students in MIT's introductory writing courses. Join us in celebrating these talented authors. Everyone is welcome to listen, to meet the authors, and to share good conversation and delicious refreshments.

  • Tue 3

    Qianxun Chen and Mariana Roa Oliva: The William Corbett Poetry Series

    Tuesday, October 3, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
    MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 141 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Chen and Oliva will present digital, visual poems from their book Seedlings_: Walk in Time, a book written through their interactions with programs they have written.

  • Wed 11
    A computer screen image showing a mock psychotherapist conversation with the ELIZA chatbot.

    Getting to know ELIZA: ChatGPT’s Great Grandmother

    Wednesday, October 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 155 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    A team of scholars uncovered the source code in the MIT archives and embarked on an expedition through the code that has led them through twisty little passages into chambers of culture, history, and technological innovation. 

  • Tue 17
    Black and white photo of a man with binoculars sitting on a wrecking ball. The wrecking ball is on a small railcar on tracks and holding up a pipline.

    Brian Jacobson, “Pipeline Media”

    Tuesday, October 17, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
    MIT Building E14, Room 633 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    French oil and gas companies needed new forms of technological vision to persuade powerbrokers and the public to support an undersea gas pipeline.

  • Tue 17

    Keith Jones and Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno: The William Corbett Poetry Series

    Tuesday, October 17, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
    MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 141 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Keith Jones is the author of Echo’s Errand and the poetry chapbooks. Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno, poet, biographer and translator, is the author of more than two dozen books including biographies of Paul Bowles and E.E. Cummings.

  • November 2023

  • Thu 2

    Yichen Rao, “Discourse as Infrastructure: How ‘New Infrastructure’ Policies Re-infrastructure China”

    Thursday, November 2, 2023 @ 12:30 pm
    MIT Building 14E, Room 304 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Through an analysis of policy documents and other discursive materials, Dr. Rao tracks New Infrastructure’s fetish-like existence.

  • Mon 6

    Katy Gero and Katherine Yang: The William Corbett Poetry Series

    Monday, November 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
    MIT Building 32 (Stata Center), Room 124 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Katy Ilonka Gero is a writer and computer scientist. Katherine Yang is an artist and programmer building poetic tools and handmade websites.

  • Fri 17
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    The MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing Information Webinar

    Friday, November 17, 2023 @ 3:00 pm

    Interested in applying to the MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing? Join us for our fall admissions information webinar. Faculty and staff will give an overview of the curriculum, financial aid, and admissions procedures, and will answer questions from viewers.

  • Fri 17

    “Place Based Histories in West Philadelphia”: Three screenings and discussion

    Friday, November 17, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater (Room 070) 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Featuring The Bombing of Osage Avenue, By Your Side, and Precious Places: Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education Center

  • December 2023

  • Wed 13

    Mike Caulfield, “Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online”

    Wednesday, December 13, 2023 @ 4:00 pm
    MIT Building E15, Room 318 (Common Area) 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    "With this illustrated tool kit, you will learn to identify red flags, get quick context, and make better use of common websites like Google and Wikipedia that can help and hinder in equal measure."

  • 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.

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