DoingWell At MIT

Spill the Beans
2025-04-22 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Lobby 10, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Lobby 10, Cambridge, MA, 02142, United States
Celebrate National Jellybean Day & drop date with Student Support Services! Come to Lobby 10 to share something sweet you’re proud of, because sweet moments deserve sweet treats!!
What to expect:
– A jellybean photo station
– Props, puns, and plenty of color
– A chance to reflect and share awesomeness

Self-Guided Movement Study Break
2025-04-23 14:30 - 16:30 | Wellbeing Lab
Explore MIT Recreation’s printed resources to get you stretching, moving, or meditating!

Yoga for Burnout
2025-04-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-30 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Embark on a 6-week series designed around the seasons and school year that will cover basic poses with modifications for all skill levels. Come away feeling relaxed, rejuvenated, and more flexible! Beginners welcome!
Presenter: Taryn Burns (she/her) is a Yoga for Performance Specialist (eRYT500+) based in Boston, Massachusetts. She has spent the better half of a decade designing progressive programming for high performers, from Division 1 teams and middle school students to Fortune 500 employees and private clients.
Her work explores the intersection between the individual / organization by identifying key performance moments, implementing yoga practices that efficiently and effectively manage stress, reducing risk of burnout and optimizing performance. Taryn feels strongly that when we are able to take care of ourselves, we are more prepared to show up for others.

Guided Paint and Sip with VPR
2025-04-23 18:30 - 20:30 | W20 – 3rd Floor, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139
VPR invites all MIT students and SWB staff to attend a guided paint and music night with At Peace Arts in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Join us in Twenty Chimneys (W20-306) on Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30pm to enjoy dinner, refreshments, a live dj and guided painting. We hope this can be a night of community, peace, allyship, and healing for the MIT community and survivors of sexual violence; please join us and invite any and all friends!

Colloquium Series: Research on the Mind
2025-04-24 16:00 - 18:00 | 6-120
Mark your calendars! Join us on Thursday, April 24 at 4pm in room 6-120 for the third seminar in the Colloquium Series: Research on the Mind featuring keynote speaker Luana Marques, PhD, who will be presenting “Bold Move: How to Thrive Through Uncertainty”. Dr. Marques is a global speaker, author, scientist, and innovator, currently an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. She’s the former President of the Anxiety & Depression Association of America and the Founder & Director of Community Psychiatry PRIDE, a premier research lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. To learn more about Dr. Marques, visit: https://drluana.com/.

This event is open to everyone, and we encourage all to attend! Light refreshments will be served before the event (~3:40pm).

Careers in International Development– Recalibrating, Refocusing, and Recommitting
2025-04-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Wellbeing Lab
Are you hoping for a career in international development, humanitarian engineering, development economics, or global health? Are you concerned about these career paths given the recent assault on the sector and dismantling of US foreign assistance in general and USAID in particular? You are not alone! And it is perhaps more important than ever to use your skills and experience to address global challenges and assist in reducing inequality around the world. At this session, you’ll have an opportunity to connect with experienced international development professionals from organizations based in the Boston area, as well as staff and faculty from MIT, to get their perspectives on how to succeed in global development in the current climate. Participate in intimate round table discussions with our speakers to learn about different career paths, new and emerging strategies to enter into the field, and the resources available at MIT to gain valuable experience. Be sure to come with many questions!
Speakers: Michael Eschleman (International Development Project Manager and Consultant); Neil Levine (Consultant and Career Coach with experience in International Relations and NGOs); more TBA!
Light refreshments will be provided.

MIT Puppy Lab
2025-04-25 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-02 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-09 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Join us every Friday in the Wellbeing Lab (3rd floor, Stud) from 12-1pm for unconditional puppy love!

An Evening in the Ton
2025-04-26 21:00 - 23:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Dearest gentle reader,
You are cordially invited to An Evening in the Ton, an enchanting Bridgerton-themed evening hosted by the Well-Being Lab x SEB. Step into a world of regency elegance with calligraphy and letter writing, perfume and cologne blending, and delightful high tea and mocktails.
Join us at the Well-Being Lab on Saturday, 4/26 from 9-11 PM for a night of charm, creativity, and courtly vibes. Come dressed to impress—or simply as you are—and prepare to be transported to a time of grace, wit, and delightful indulgence.

Paint (Bob Ross) Night
2025-04-26 21:00 - 23:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Paint and enjoy some delicious snacks with us!

Line Dancing
2025-04-27 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-05-04 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-05-11 17:00 - 18:30, 2025-05-18 17:00 - 18:30 | Wellbeing Lab
Take a break from studying and come dance! Country line dancing is a popular form of social dancing that can be done to many different styles of music and is very beginner friendly. Lessons are taught weekly by MIT professor and dance enthusiast David Karger. No experience necessary!

Yoga Study Break
2025-04-30 16:00 - 17:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Get into your flow state with MIT Student & Yoga Instructor,Andrea. Flows will be approximately 15 minutes long. Join for one flow or for all! Mats provided.

MITvote Voting Rager
2025-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Have questions about the general electoral politics in the US? Want to change the world around you but don’t know where to start? Just want to vent about politics? Join MITvote and others for FREE RAISING CANE’S and to answer any of your civic engagement questions! We are here to clear up the confusing political process and help you get involved with Cambridge or beyond.

Wellbeing Fair
2025-05-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Mezzanine Lounge
Grab your wellbeing passport and journey through the pillars of wellbeing! Join the Wellbeing Ambassadors for the fourth annual Wellbeing Fair, featuring interactive activities centered around the four pillars of wellbeing: Mind, Body, Relationships, and Purpose. Explore resources, connect with campus partners, and discover new ways to support your own wellbeing, and the wellbeing of those around you. All are welcome!

Lavender Graduation Celebration 2025
2025-05-02 16:30 - 18:00 | E38, 292 Main St, Cambridge, 2142, United States
Join LBGTQ+ Services for the 2025 hybrid Lavender Graduation on Friday, May 2nd at 4:30 pm US Eastern Time to celebrate our LBGTQ+ MIT undergraduate and graduate/post doc students who have graduated or will be graduating in 2025 and the wonderful things they’ve accomplished. This event is in collaboration with and hosted by our friends at Alumnx Pride and the MIT Alumni Association.

Please make sure to RSVP and share within your networks so you can receive the information on how to participate. Graduates must RVSP to participate.

If you have any questions please feel free to email LBGTQ+ Services at lbgt@mit.edu.

The entire MIT community (students, staff, faculty, family, friends) is invited to enjoy and be with us on this date to recognize our grads. There will be music, speeches, graduate celebrations, a mini-dance party, and more. This event will not be recorded, but it will be a hybrid event as portions will be live streamed.

Mujeres Latinas - Desserts & Mini Games
2025-05-02 21:00 - 23:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Post-Lotería Night event where we will have some desserts and other mini games, like board games or card games to play!

UA Sustainability Building Terrariums
2025-05-03 21:00 - 23:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Designing a mini gardens with all supplies provided.

Wellbeing Lab Open House
2025-05-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Wellbeing Lab
As part of the larger MIT Community Social, stop by the Wellbeing Lab Open House for a tour of the Wellbeing Lab, to relax with a cup of tea, to decorate a coaster, or to plant and create your own Chia Pet to keep or give as a gift.

Crafting in Community with MIT Alum Jen Gouldstone
2025-05-06 17:00 - 18:30 | E19-202, E19-202 | 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142, United States
Join us for an evening of connection and creativity with MIT Alumna Jen Gouldstone, a course 6 alum and local business owner at Craft Loft, a women and minority-owned business that features local artisans, plants, and a walk-in DIY craft space. During this event, Jen will share her non-linear career journey (from tech leadership to entrepreneurship) and then lead attendees in making geometric origami models. This event offers a chance to de-stress, build connections, and explore career possibilities. See Handshake for more details.
This CAPD event is open to undergraduate, graduate students, and postdocs. Space is limited.
Registration required in Handshake.

Boba & Cookies Night
2025-05-09 21:00 - 23:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Stop by the Wellbeing Lab on 5/9/25 from 9-11pm to grab some free boba and Insomnia Cookies!

Papa's Freezeria + Ice Cream
2025-05-10 21:00 - 23:00 | Wellbeing Lab
Come relax before finals: play Papa’s Freezeria and eat ice cream with the VGA.
Sponsored by Weekends@MIT.

Launch Your Wellness Tours
2025-05-14 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Alumni Wang Fitness Center, Zesiger Sports & Athletic Complex, 120 Vassar St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139
Are you ready to “blast off” into the new year? Let us help you Launch Your Wellness! This year we’re hosting not one, but two tours per month. On the second Wednesday of each month starting on January 10th, we’ll be showcasing the Zesiger Center. On the Third Wednesday of each month, we’ll shift the information sessions and tour across campus to Alumni/Wang. But wait, there’s more! The Alumni tour will include the opportunity to sign up for a special Community Cycle Class (space limited to first come, first serve)!
It’s time to Launch your Wellness, MIT! What better time than right now?
