Events

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  • Sat, March 9, 2024 - Tue, May 7, 2024

    Exhibition - Unboxed City: critical explorations of ai and cities

    Building E14: Media Lab
    "Unboxed City: critical explorations of [ai] and cities" invites visitors to consider the balance between technology and the inclusion of humans in the development of cities. It invites us to think about how AI can be integrated with human intelligence to create urban spaces that are not only techno
  • Mon, May 6, 2024 • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    Bazaar of Ideas: Resilient Energy in Puerto Rico

    Please join us as Terrascope students and their teammates at Diné College in the Navajo Nation and the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce showcase their ideas for helping elders access alternative electricity sources during power outages.

    Refreshments will be served!
  • Tue, May 7, 2024 • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

    Get smart quickly on climate change from MIT

    MIT Climate, the institute’s climate engagement program, offers an array of content to help nonscientists get straightforward answers to their climate change questions. Serving more than 2 million readers and podcasts listeners, MIT Climate runs the MIT Environmental Solutions Journalism Fellowship
  • Tue, May 7, 2024 • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

    Exploring Ocean Climate Solutions

    Building 2
    Join us to hear from some of the leading voices in the ocean climate solution space.

    Opening Presentation:
    "A New Agenda for Ocean-Climate Restoration" by Brad Ack, Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Visions.

    Panel Discussion:

    Julie Pullen, PropellorSimon Freeman, ARPA-EPeter de Menocal, WHOITechno
  • Thu, May 9, 2024 • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    MIT D-Lab End-of-Semster Student Showcase

    Posters, prototypes, presntationas, and conversations with students from six spring 2024 MIT D-Lab classes - D-Lab: Climate and Planetary Health, D-Lab: Design, Introduction to Energy in Global Development, D-Lab: Leadership in Design, Mobiles for Development, and D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygie
  • Sat, May 11, 2024 • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

    Teen Science Cafe: Sustainability Soiree

    MIT Museum
    Designed by teens for teens, Teen Science Cafes bring together scientists and students, grades 8-12 to explore new research and discuss what inspires and influences people to pursue careers in STEM.

    Join local experts and participate in fun, interactive activities!

    At our next Cafe, meet an MIT re
  • Mon, May 13, 2024 • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Terrascope Radio Premiere

    Please join us for the premiere of this year's Terrascope Radio production, an exploration of resilience and hope in Puerto Rico. This is your chance to hear this student-produced story before it is broadcast. Valentina Chamorro, host of WMBR's "Lentil and Stone," will play the story and interview t
  • Tue, May 14, 2024 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

    Soil to Foil: Minerals for Sustainable Infrastructure

    Building 9
    A conversation with DUSP doctoral alumnus Saleem H. Ali about his new book Soil to Foil (Columbia University Press), which he has dedicated to MIT Professor and his doctoral mentor Lawrence Susskind

    Bio: Saleem H. Ali is Chair of the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and the Blue and Gol
  • Wed, May 22, 2024 • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

    Using technology to eliminate hidden emissions of the furniture industry

    We don’t buy furniture anymore; we consume it. Every year, millions of tons of furniture items are sent to landfills while more are made to replace them. The furniture industry contributes 2% to global CO2-equivalent emissions, which is at least as much as the aviation industry. Designer and climate
  • Wed, May 22, 2024 • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

    Solve at MIT 2024

    Building W16: Kresge Auditorium
    What does an equitable and sustainable future look like? How can we continue making progress amidst conflict, pandemics, and climate disasters? We’ve invited global leaders to our opening plenary, to address these universal questions, and share how they’re wielding technology through global crises.