Events

A series of talks on OR-related topics.
For more information see: https://orc.mit.edu/seminars-events/

Join us for a seminar with J-WAFS Visiting Scholar Khalil Walji!

Walji will explore the practical constraints countries face in implementing large-scale ecosystem restoration, with particular attention to the role of productive landscapes in sustaining food systems and water security. Drawing on wo

Join us on Monday, April 13, 2026, at 4 pm in the Nexus, Hayden Library, for a talk led by Catherine Coleman Flowers, an environmental and climate justice activist bringing attention to the largely invisible problem of inadequate waste and water sanitation infrastructure in rural communities in the

Sustainability Connect brings together the community working to create a more sustainable MIT.

Join us for Sustainability Connect: MIT’s annual event for the MIT community focused on climate and sustainability!

Connect with colleagues across MIT (including staff, students and faculty) as we take s

Join us this spring for Day of Climate!

Register today! The event is free, but registration is required to attend.



Join us on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, for the MIT pK-12 Initiative’s second annual Day of Climate at the MIT Museum. The afternoon will be a lively, all-ages celebration focusing

Join us on Wednesday, April 15th, from 4-6 pm in E51-095 for a special lecture with Professors Lindsay Smith and Vivette García-Deister titled “Deep Forensics: A Conversation on Disappearance, Technology and Layered Violence in Mexico.”

Speakers:

Lindsay A. Smith (Arizona State University, ASU)
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Members of the MIT community often share a recurring question: What do we do if we have qualms about where our research funding comes from or what our research will be used for?



This conversation will provide stories, frameworks, and orientations for those navigating the intersection of funding

Out with the old, in with the new! Join us for a clothing and toy exchange - for children’s items ages birth to 5 years old. The exchange will include kids’ clothing, outerwear, shoes, toys, and books. Expectant parents are welcome.

No need to bring clothes to participate, but please bring bags to

Join us on the eve of Earth Day 2026 at the GIS and Data Lab (Rotch Library, 7-238) for a presentation and workshop about federal environmental data tools and infrastructures. You will learn how some of these tools were preserved by advocates for public data and environmental justice. Participants w