Today’s the day: the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony is at 3 PM! 🎓 MIT welcomes chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Lisa T. Su '90 SM '91 PhD '94 as the ceremony’s speaker. Webcast ➡️ https://t.co/ZJrvfkaUxR
Join us on Thursday, June 4 at 12:00 PM for Best Practices to Save Multilateralism, co-sponsored by United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, Global Governance Innovation Platform, and @ensured_eu.
Mihaela Papa, director of research at CIS, will speak on the panel.
This is a hybrid event. Learn more here: https://t.co/nWIZbqohip
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We're thrilled that @geoffreyhinton will be delivering the @MIT_IMES Judith Richter Lecture! The "godfather of AI" will give a "brief and biased history of AI, in a talk called: "Are We Creating Alien Beings?" May 26, 3:30 pm, Building 32-123 @MITMechE@MITEngineering@MIT
Registration is open for the Zero Robotics 2026 Middle School Tournament: Asteroid-Bee!
Zero Robotics is an educational program that hosts tournaments to teach middle and high school students to write code and program with robots on the International Space Station (ISS). The Astrobee system was designed and built at NASA’s Ames Research Center for use inside the ISS. Astrobee is a testbed to explore the capabilities of robotic systems in space to perform tasks, test satellite maneuvers, and assist astronauts.
Build teamwork, coding, and problem-solving skills as you program NASA’s Astrobee robots for a simulated mission on the International Space Station!
Register by May 22, 2026
Learn more and sign up: https://t.co/FbvHhXUdId
Celebrate the end of the semester with us! All undergrads, grad students, and postdocs are invited to stop by 7-103 for bagels, green tea, and a moment of wellness on Thursday, May 21 from 10am-12pm.
Attention Reunion-year alumni!
MIT Sloan Reunion 2026 is happening in two weeks—from Thursday, May 28, to Sunday, May 31.
Learn more and register to attend at the link below.
https://t.co/nqGkM8VkDQ
📷: Justin Knight
Who's up at BATS?
Bishal Thapa (@Geneticdesigner): “Engineering Radiation Tolerant Fungi for Space Biomanufacturing”
Blythe Irwin (Birnbaum & DeKosky Labs): “Introducing RePLiCA: A Replication-Based Protein:Ligand Cellular Activation Assay”
Join us in Cambridge, MA (or online) for a Broad Discovery Series talk, “What Animal Superpowers Can Teach Us About Our Own DNA,” on Wednesday, May 20, at 6 pm ET with @eenork of @darwinsarkfnd. Register: https://t.co/pQfSkgg4Pn
Announcing MIT Future Fest: a new festival inviting you to participate in the next era of science, technology, and human understanding, September 30–October 4, 2026, on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, MA. Tickets go live in June. Sign up at https://t.co/4j8MXN8g5J
We optimize AI decision support for accuracy and speed. But what if those aren't the right goals?
THIS THURSDAY: Krzysztof Gajos (Harvard) on expanding the success criteria for AI-powered decision support
🔗 Join us: https://t.co/e0YEvfzwlf
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Curious about painting? How about color-changing paintings?? I'm hosting this 3-week thermochromic painting workshop with the @MITMuseum! We provide the materials, no painting experience required 🎨 Make + take home a unique work of art!
tickets 👉 https://t.co/Y98TqvSJGd
📅 Events on Campus | April 27 - May 3, 2026
For a full calendar of games and events, visit: https://t.co/CsAWqUWTJi
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The MIT Arts Startup Incubator 2026 pitch event is happening Thursday, April 30, at 5 p.m.
Register to attend at the link below.
https://t.co/cbB9rPYeDm
Jazz at MIT!!! First of 3 recitals with our Advanced Ensemble tomorrow at 7pm, Tull Hall…Featuring Alexander Mazurenko and Sabrina Drammis…Free admission, come join us @MIT#MiguelZenon#mit#jazzatmit#mitmta
Join us on Monday, April 27 at 12 PM in MIT E40-496 for a discussion on the security of dual-use technology development as part of our Global Research and Policy Seminar: Progress vs. Security: Dual-Use Technology Development.
Learn more about the event and how to register here: https://t.co/DJqNkII2Ol
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Join us for the final Wednesday Seminar of the semester, in which Heidi Urben will discuss internal accountability in the US military. Learn more: https://t.co/fjQ1gAr4k2
🗓️4/29 at noon ET
📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496
📡Bookmark the livestream
https://t.co/36AJvWNPHD
Don't wait for the next disruption to react. Learn how leader organizations are building the competencies to turn volatility into a competitive advantage! 🛡️
Join the MIT Global SCALE Network next week on April 29, 2026 for our deep-dive webinar➡️https://t.co/Medj28eg3Q
Reminder to join us on April 29 at 5:00 PM in MIT E25-111 for AI and Propaganda: Nothing Is True, and Everything Is Generated with Peter Pomerantsev (@peterpomeranzev), one of the world's leading voices on propaganda and authoritarian disinformation.
Learn more about the event and how to register here: https://t.co/mG7ISN1AJw
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Join @MIT_IMES for Distinguished Seminar Series Founder's Lecture: Review of Past, Present + Potential of Biomed Research by Dr. Elias Zerhouni prof emeritus @JohnsHopkins ! Lydia Bourouiba hosts: 4/29, 3:30 pm MIT 3-270 @MITMechE@MITEngineering@mit_hst
https://t.co/kOnBsuxXza