Maintain Your Wellbeing During Winter Break! This can be a great time to prioritize your own wellbeing. This winter break guide offers tips, resources, local activities, and support services available to help!

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

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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...

The Gift of Catharsis

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

Ashira Ali Darwish is a motivational speaker from Palestine who founded Catharsis holistic healing, a trauma therapy project. She will be leading a discussion and guided practice of somatic and sufi healing modalities for continuous and complex trauma for MIT students. This active meditation will help you release tension and anxiety in the body. Dinner...

Free

Challenging Conversations Workshop featuring Student Mental Health & Counseling (a WA Community Meeting)

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

The Wellbeing Ambassadors Present: Challenging Conversations Workshop featuring Leslie Langston, LICSW of Student Mental Health and Counseling We all face difficult conversations at some point, whether it’s addressing a roommate issue in the dorm, a group member’s performance, navigating a disagreement with a partner, or in a difficult relationship with a supervisor. No matter how...

Free

Stratton Lecture: The Epidemic of Loneliness

Join us for the 2025 Stratton Lecture as we delve into the growing epidemic of loneliness in modern society. Despite unprecedented digital connectivity, we experience a sense of isolation, with profound impacts on mental and physical health. We’ll explore the societal factors contributing to this phenomenon, the consequences for well-being, and strategies to rebuild authentic...

Free

Visualizing Sex Work & Trafficking: Ethical Maps & Modeling

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The event will feature presentations by two distinguished researchers: Dr. Kayse Lee Maass, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University, will share insights on ethical approaches to collecting sensitive data and innovative techniques for anonymizing location data while preserving analytical value. Dr. Elena Shih, Manning Assistant Professor of American...