Community News – Week of April 10, 2023

Week of April 10, 2023

The following announcements are as of April 7.


Events and Seminars

April 10: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
– Victoria Gomerdinger, “Layer-by-Layer Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery to Ovarian Cancer and Immune Cells”
– Kexin (Charlotte) Dai, “Accelerated Small Angle Neutron Scattering Algorithms for Polymeric Materials”

April 11: Graduate Student Poster Expo – receive feedback, 5:00 p.m. [Details]

April 12: “Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science”, screening & panel discussion, 5:00 p.m., 10-222. [Register]

April 14: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m. in 66-110.
Biological Circuit Integration and Synthetic Memory – Bottom-Up Design of Intelligent Chassis Cells“, Prof. Corey J. Wilson, Georgia Tech.

April 14: Makerworkshop and Bike Lab Joint Event, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30p.m. outside of Lobby 13. [Details]

April 15: Grad Gala 2023, 7:00 p.m., Museum of Science, Boston. [Get Tickets]

April 18: Social & Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) Symposium. [Register]

April 18: MIT Values Worskhops, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. [Register]

April 19: Textile Trends: Sustainability Careers Panel, virtual event, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. [Register]

April 19: MITei Earth Day Colloquium with Senator Mike Barrett. 5:15 p.m. Wong Auditorium. [Details]

April 22: Free NSF-Sponsored Faculty-Development Workshop, Boston College. [Details]

April 23: MITei: Working the Energy Transition Conference. [Details]

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


Thesis Defense&

April 11: Thejas Wesley (Román & Surendranath Labs), 2:00 p.m., 68-180 and zoom link will be provided
The Electrochemical Nature of Non-Faradaic Catalysis at Interfaces

April 14: Webster Guan (Chung Lab), 9:30 a.m., 66-110 & zoom link will be provided
Scalable Subcellular Resolution Mapping of the Human Brain

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


Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

April 23: Application due for the Summer Teaching Fellow for Experiential Ethics. [Details]

April 30: Application due MCSC Climate & Sustainability Scholars Program. [Details]

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

MIT Office of Sustainability (MITOS): open position for student sustainability researchers. [Details]

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

June 21-23: TEE Conference in MIT and Harvard University. [Registration is open]

D-Lab Spring Class: Applications of Energy in Global Development. [Details]

MIT Energy and Climate Club (MITEC): Graduate students sign up to present your research. [Details]

Graduate Classes & Workshops on Technical Leadership for 2023. [Details]

MIT Community Wellness: Performance coaching workshops and mindfulness mini-course. [Details]

MIT Spouses & Partners Connect: [Upcoming events]

MIT Medical: Wellness support for students, in-person and virtual activities. [Details]

MIT English as a Second Language Program for Service Employees – Volunteer tutors wanted. [Details]

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

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

MIT Martin Trust Center: Online tutoring is open to all MIT students who want to make things. [Details]

MIT Alumni Advisors Hub: Students, 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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