Community News

Weeks of October 27 & November 3, 2025

Note: The following announcements are as of October 24.


Events and Seminars

October 27: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
– Justin Griffith, “Tuning Solvent Environment to Increase Coverage of Self-Assembled Monolayers for Perovskite Solar Cells”
– Akshat Shirish Zalte, “Descriptor-based Foundation Models for Molecular Property Prediction”
– Julia Monkovic, “Protein-decorated Nanomedicine for Targeted Disease Therapy”

October 27: Cinema at the Nexus: “The Cost of AI”, Intro by Eric Robsky Huntley (DUSP), 5:00 p.m. [Details]

October 28: Institute-wide UROP Mixer, 3:00 p.m., W20 2-3rd floor. [Details]

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

October 31: ChemE Halloween Trick or Treat, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
– Participating rooms: E17-504, 66-359, 16-541, 66-442, 66-552, 66-366, 66-350

November 3: MIT Reception at the 2025 Annual AIChE Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Sheraton Boston. [Details]

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

November 7: Ten Talks: An Undergraduate Seminar Series, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., 66-360
Functional Screening Technologies to Engineer Adaptive Immune Proteins“, Prof. Brandon Dekosky,

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

November 7: Future of Aging Research (FAR) Mixer. 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. [Register]

November 7: MIT Partnership w/Harvard Salata Institute Climate & Sustainability Career Expo, 1:00 p.m. [Details]

November 12: MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition with Emily Reichert, 5:15 p.m., 45-230. [Register]

November 14: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
Gradient-driven Transport Phenomena Across Scales: From Fish Skin Patterns to Ion Transport in Electrochemical Capacitors“, Ankur Gupta, University of Colorado, Boulder

November 17: MITHIC: the MIT Human Insight Collaborative Annual Event, 9:00 a.m. E52. [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

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]


REFS (Resources for Easing Friction and Stress): Feeling stressed? We are here to help.
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