Community News for the week of October 7, 2024

Week of October 7, 2024

The following announcements are as of October 4.


Events and Seminars

October 9: Systems Forum: Chevron’s AI Journey-Insights & Key Takeaways with Justin Lo, 3:00 p.m. [Details]

October 10: Barn Babies: Join us for some fun with baby animals and take a break from midterm stress! 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in 66-201.

October 10: ChemE students & postdocs are invited to the DMSE Career Fair. 11:00 a.m. in 54 (8th floor) [Details]

October 11: Wang Lecture: Biocatalytic Approaches to New Chemistry, Michelle C. Chang, ’04, Princeton Univ., 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

October 16: xTalks: Generative AI in teaching at MIT, Profs. Michael Strano & Per Urlaub, 11:00 a.m., 36-156. [Details]

October 16: MITEI: Powering the future: Clean energy and federal policy, U.S. Representative Sean Casten, 5:15 p.m. [Details]

October 17: The role of fusion energy in a decarbonized electricity system, 5:00 p.m. in 45-230. [Details]

October 21: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
– Xiao Wan, “Advancing Closed-Loop Recycling of Nylon 6 Waste Through Mild Ammonolysis”
– Gabrielle Godbille-Cardona, “Double-Loop Circularity for Polyurethanes”

October 25: ChemE Seminar Series: 3:00 p.m., 66-110
Mutexa: A Computational Ecosystem for Protein Engineering“, Zhongyue Yang, Asst. Prof. of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University

October 26, November 7, 14: Fall seminars on climate, agriculture, and water systems. [Details]


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


Thesis Defense

TBA


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


Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

October 20: Application due –  authors and associate editors wanted, MIT Science Policy Review. [Apply now!]

MIT Graduate Community Fellow: [See current positions and apply]

Search for more faculty positions around the world at PolytechnicPositions.com


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


Other Announcements

October 7-10: MIT Health flu clinic, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Building 50. [Details]

October 18: Submissions due for the ChemE Holiday Card design contest. [Details]

November 1: Abstracts due for SERC Conference on the Ethics of Technology (TeXneCON 2025). [Details]

TurboVote: Register to Vote at MIT. [Details]

MIT Spouses & Partners Connect: Language Conversation Exchange events. [See Calendar]

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]

Become an iREFS to offer confidential, peer-to-peer conflict management coaching and support to graduate students at MIT! Email irefs-contact@mit.edu


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