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

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

Join the Knight Science Journalism program and the program in Science, Technology, and Society on Thursday, April 23rd at 4:30 pm in the Nexus at Hayden Library (14S-130) for a thoughtful discussion on the history of race in the fields of science, medicine, and journalism, and its implications for t

Join us for our second symposium! The gathering will feature discussions and hands-on sessions with environmental and climate justice leaders from across the United States and beyond to explore the threats posed by climate change and how to respond to them.



Living Climate Futures is an interdisc

Refresh your spring wardrobe with an adult clothing SWAP! Bring in gently used clothing for adults. No need to bring clothes to participate, but please bring bags to take home your new finds. Leftover items will be donated to a local non-profit organization.

Early donations will be accepted Tuesday

Bill McKibben, Here Comes the Sun Book Talk

Thursday, May 7, 2026 /5:00–6:00pm

MIT Killian Hall (14W-111)

160 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA


Acclaimed environmentalist and Solar Return for Change guest author and environmentalist Bill McKibben discusses his new book Here Comes the Sun—A Last Chanc

Join us for an end-of-semester presentation by MIT D-Lab students featuring posters and prototypes by each team from eight D-Lab classes.

Final presentations, posters, and prototypes from students in from 9 Spring 2025 MIT D-Lab classes:

Introduction to Engineering Design for International Develop