Community News

Weeks of October 13 & 20, 2025

Note: The following announcements are as of October 10.


Events and Seminars

October 14: Materials Day Symposium and Poster Session. 8:00 a.m., Kresge Auditorium. [Details]

October 14: Midterm fun – Barn Babies, 2:00 p.m. in 66-201.

October 16: Fireside Chat With Tang Tan, OpenAI Chief Hardware Officer. 5:00 p.m., Room 34-101. [Register]

October 16-17: Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering: An Academic Career Workshop for Women. [Details]

October 20: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
– Mary Ehmann, “Precise Titration of a Positive Cell Fate Regulator via an Inducible, Programmable Promoter”
– Aaron Garrison, “Machine Learning Prediction of Optimal Exact Exchange Fractions to Improve Density Functional Theory Accuracy”

October 20, Nov 12, Dec 2: An Invitation to Discuss MIT’s Climate Project. [Details]

October 23: Symposium “Innovative Chemistry for Next-Generation Battery Materials and Technologies” with keynote speaker Professor Yang Shao-Horn (MIT), 4:45 p.m. [Register]

October 24: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m.  in 66-110
Biology by Design: From Directed Evolution to Autonomous Experimentation“, Huimin Zhao, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

October 29: “Collaborating for MIT’s Future”, poster session, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Walker Memorial [Details]

November 6: MIT SDM Systems Night, 6:00 p.m., Le Meridien Boston Cambridge. [Register]

November 7: MIT Energy and Climate Night at the Engine. [Details]


See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>


Thesis Defense

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Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

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See listing of upcoming career-related events, workshops, and company info sessions>>


Other Announcements

October 13: Application due for MIT Energy and Climate Hackathon (11/14-16). [Details]

October 15: Application due for the MIT Energy Initiative’s IAP Energy Grant. [Details]

October 17: Application due for the SoE SoWell Staff Events & Activities Grant. [Details]

October 17: Application due for MIT Science Policy Review VII. [Details]

October 22 – Nov 19: ISO: Argentine Tango For Beginners on Wednesdays, 6:45 – 8:00 pm, in 36-156. [Details]

October 24: Submission due for the Course X Holiday Card Design Contest. [Details]

November 15: Application due for the Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate Program for undergrads. [Details]

Food@MIT Guide: How to access healthy & affordable food at MIT. [Details]

Student Support Services (S3): Help in an accessible & respectful environment. [virtual & walk-in locations]

MIT Alumni Advisors Hub: Signup to connect with MIT alumni for career conversations. [Details]


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