Events

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

Join us for a new webinar series highlighting how MIT is putting Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade into action across campus and beyond.

The series explores how collaboration, data, and design are shaping decisions about energy systems, buildings, and food. These choices affect

NEET Competition: Applying Systems Thinking to Challenges in the MIT Campus Food System

1st Place Prize: $300 TechCASH

2nd Place Prize: $150 TechCASH

$20 TechCASH for each participant

Open to all MIT undergraduates. RSVP by 10:00 AM, Monday, March 16!

Tackle a challenge related to the MIT campu

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 AeroAstro for SpaceTech 2026, our annual technically oriented, future-looking event designed to build awareness around the present and future of space technology.



This year’s theme, “The Space Innovation Ecosystem,” explores what it takes to turn research into impact – how early-stage conce

Please, come and check out our latest super fun projects, and meet your favorite teams! We will have yummy foods and yummy drinks! Learn about Engineering, Race Cars, Rockets, Robots, Planes, Waves, Solar Cars, Engines, Wind Turbines, Bicycle Trips Across Country, Space, Repair Shops, Electronics,

April 2026 marks the 10th annual Beyond the Cradle: Envisioning a New Space Age—MIT’s flagship event exploring humanity’s future beyond Earth.
For a decade, Beyond the Cradle has brought together space industry leaders, researchers, and visionaries to advance the shared mission of democratizing this

The outlook for global energy markets and implications for energy security, competitiveness, and sustainability



Please join the MIT Energy Initiative as we welcome Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.


Current global energy markets face rapid policy shifts, marke

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