Transgender Day of Visibility

Rainbow Lounge 50-250 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States

Celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility with us on a bit early! Join our fun gathering featuring delicious food, community.

Free

Graduate & Postdoc Mental Health & Wellbeing: An Interview with Sherry Turkle (virtual)

Come and hear from one of MIT’s most thought-provoking scholars. Sherry Turkle joins CAPD in an interview to discuss her graduate experience and reflect on how graduate studies have evolved, offer insight on the challenges she’s faced and those our graduate students and postdocs face today, and consider how you can maintain a healthy relationship...

Civil Discourse in the Classroom and Beyond

Civil Discourse in the Classroom and Beyond Speaker Series Spring 2024 These events are free and unticketed. Registration information for the Prasad and deBoer events TBA. “Israel/Palestine: What Next?” With Hussein Ibish (Arab Gulf States Institute), Shanie Reichman (Israel Policy Forum), Tarek Masoud (Harvard), Shai Feldman (Brandeis), and others TBC. February 13, 7-8.30p, 1-190 Registration:...

Free

What Hinges on Anti-Palestinian Racism

45-801 51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Murad Idris is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. His research and teaching explores political theory, the history of political thought, and political theology. Dialogues Across Difference focuses on modeling disagreement by elevating and encouraging dialogue.

Poetry and SpringFest Artist Listening Party

Wellbeing Lab 84 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA, United States

Step into the spring groove at our Poetry and SpringFest Artist Listening Party, hosted by the Wellbeing Lab x SEB! Join us for a laid-back evening of beats, bars, and pre-SpringFest hype. Whether you're an avid writer yourself, or just appreciate the art form, it's the perfect chance to vibe, relax, and hang out with...

Cheney Room and All That – 140 Years of the Margaret Cheney Room at MIT

3-308

Come chat with MIT Libraries Staff to learn about the history of the Cheney room, see photos and archival material, and have your questions answered about the space past and present. Then stay afterwards for the WXGS Open House with food and music. All are welcome.

LBGTQ+ Advisory Board Meeting

Rainbow Lounge 50-250 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United States

The Student Advisory Board will provide a student voice/experience to the Assistant Director of LBGTQ+ Services on programming, events, workshop ideas that uplift the mission of LBGTQ+ Services. The Advisory Board will also help evaluate LBGTQ+ Services signature programs (National Coming Out Day, LBGTQ+ Leadership Retreat, Trans Day of Remembrance, and Lavender Graduation), share ideas...

Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It

Huntington Hall (10-250) Maclaurin Buildings (10) 222 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Mitsui Professor of Political Science Adam Berinsky will speak on Monday, October 21, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Huntington Hall (10-250) about his forthcoming book, Why We Accept Misinformation & How to Fight It, which delves into the spread of political rumors and their impact on public perception and division. Sponsored by the Provost,...

Event Series Sip & Sync

Sip & Sync

Wellbeing Lab 84 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA, United States

What matters to you in terms of technology and ethics? Chat about your passion, values, and research with MIT Radius over tea!

Event Series Sip & Sync

Sip & Sync

Wellbeing Lab 84 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA, United States

What matters to you in terms of technology and ethics? Chat about your passion, values, and research with MIT Radius over tea!

Dr. Joy Buolamwini ’17, ’22 at Harvard Book Store

Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, United States

Join Women and Gender Services (WXGS) to attend Dr. Joy Buolamwini '17, '22 at Harvard Book Store presenting Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines in conversation with Sarah Lewis. Students attending the event will receive a copy of the book and a WXGS food credit. You may...

Transgender Day of Remembrance

MIT Chapel (W15) 48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Join LBGTQ+ Services and the Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life (ORSEL) on November 20th as we gather for a solemn and reflective Trans Day of Remembrance. This annual observance honors the lives and memories of transgender individuals who have tragically lost their lives to acts of violence. Through words, reflection, and community, we...