Events at MIT this week
Every upcoming public event at Massachusetts Institute of Technology: free food, club meetings, game days and more, from the university's own calendars and updated every day.
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Special Info Session for Graduate Students9:00 AM – 10:00 AMBuilding 2 449
- MechE Career Expo10:00 AM – 2:00 PMBuilding W20: Stratton Student Center Sala de Puerto Rico (W20-202)
- Howe, Manning & Almy: Boston’s First All-Woman Firm and the Changing Face of Architecture10:00 AM – 4:00 PMBuilding 14 14N-130
- Thesis Defense - Onkar Gujral11:00 AMBuilding 4 4-146
- Bonus Seminar: The real AI Threats are to the Internet and our Peace of Mind, with Cathy O'Neil11:00 AM – 12:00 PMBuilding E14: Media Lab Multipurpose Room
- Project Finance Strategies for Climate Tech Innovators / Sustainability Lunch Series11:45 AM – 12:45 PMBuilding E51Free
- Distinguished Seminar in Computational Science and Engineering12:00 PM – 1:00 PMBuilding 45 (MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing) 45-432Free
- Physician Lunch & Learn w/ Erin Chen, MD-PhD, Course 7 Professor12:00 PM – 1:00 PMBuilding 1 135
- MIT Free English Class:Tues & Thurs 1pm for International Students & Spouses1:00 PM – 2:30 PMW11-190 W11-190 Main Dining RoomFree
- Farid Farrokhi (Boston College)3:00 PM – 4:15 PMBuilding E51 E51-372
- Labwork to Leadership: Thriving in the Science Job You Weren't Trained For3:30 PM – 5:00 PMBuilding E38 (MIT Welcome Center) 195
- AHA Seminar: Yutong Zhang | When AI Becomes a Companion: Understanding Their Relationship with Psychological Well-Being4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
- Ran Shorrer (Penn State)4:00 PM – 5:30 PMLittauer Center of Public Administration Littauer 301 (Harvard)
- European MISTI Fair4:00 PM – 6:00 PMBuilding 10 105
- Complementarities in Sparse Two-Sided Interaction Models4:00 PM – 5:00 PMBuilding E51 E51-395
- Seminar on Arithmetic Geometry, etc. (STAGE)4:00 PM – 5:30 PMBuilding 2 132
- Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Marina Bedny4:00 PM – 6:00 PMBuilding 46 Singleton
- Symplectic Geometry Seminar4:30 PM – 5:30 PMBuilding 2 449
- MITEI Presents: Advancing the Energy Transition with Roger Martella5:00 PM – 6:00 PMBuilding E51 Wong Auditorium
- Silent Meditation at MIT Chapel6:00 PM – 8:00 PMBuilding W15: MIT Chapel
- e-flux Architecture—Nick Axel and Nikolaus Hirsch6:00 PM – 8:00 PMBuilding W41 (MET Warehouse) 1216Free
- Field Hockey vs. Smith College7:00 PM
- Women's Soccer vs. Worcester Polytechnic Institute7:00 PM
Friday, November 6, 2026
- Statistics and Data Science Seminar11:00 AM – 12:00 PMBuilding E18 304
- SCSB Lunch Series with Dr. Chaoyi Zhang: Reading the social brain: volumetric functional ultrasound imaging in behaving marmosets12:00 PM – 1:00 PMSimons Center Conference room, 46-6011 46-6011
- MIT Mobility Forum12:00 PM – 1:00 PMFree
- Making your research computationally reproducible1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- The Need for Roots in a Digital Society | Catherine D’Ignazio2:30 PM
- Men's Soccer vs. Wheaton College (Mass.)3:00 PM
- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program Seminar with Lauren Orefice (Harvard Medical School) "Understanding Somatosensory and Viscreosensory Alterations in Autism Spectrum Disorder"4:00 PM – 5:00 PMBuilding 46 3002
- Bagel Break with Milena Pagan `115:00 PM – 6:00 PMBuilding 50: Walker Memorial 250
- Reel Rock6:00 PM – 8:00 PMBuilding E38 (MIT Welcome Center)Free
- Women's Swimming and Diving vs. Boston University7:30 PM
- Men's Swimming and Diving vs. Boston University7:30 PM
Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Field Hockey vs. Smith College1:00 AM
- Women's Soccer vs. Worcester Polytechnic Institute1:00 AM
- Men's Water Polo vs. LIU10:00 AM
- Football vs. Worcester Polytechnic Institute1:00 PM
- Women's Volleyball vs. Clark University1:00 PM
- Pursuit of Discovery: An Afternoon with Marie Curie and Lise Meitner - Digital Theater & Science Talks2:00 PM – 5:30 PMBuilding 54 100Free
- Women's Basketball vs. Suffolk University6:30 PM
- Ballroom Social7:00 PM – 11:00 PMBuilding W20: Stratton Student Center Sala De Puerto Rico
- The 2026 MIT Playwrights Lab Alumni Readings7:00 PMBuilding W97 160Free
- Men's Water Polo vs. LIU8:00 PM
Sunday, November 8, 2026
Monday, November 9, 2026
- Howe, Manning & Almy: Boston’s First All-Woman Firm and the Changing Face of Architecture10:00 AM – 4:00 PMBuilding 14 14N-130
- DECODING:ENCODING | Dana Cuff & Emmanuel Proussaloglou12:30 PM – 2:00 PMBuilding W41 (MET Warehouse) W41 -1306
- Ed Jee (UChicago)3:00 PM – 4:30 PMBoylston Hall 101 Fong Auditorium Boylston Hall 101 (Harvard)
- Predictably Unpredictable Inspections4:00 PM – 5:30 PMBuilding E51 E51-151
- Chemical Biology Seminar (James Shorter, University of Pennsylvania)4:00 PM – 5:00 PMBuilding 4 270
- LitTea4:15 PM – 5:30 PMBuilding 14 417
- LIDS Seminar | Tim Roughgarden4:30 PM – 5:30 PMBuilding 32 155
- Algebraic Topology Seminar4:30 PM – 5:30 PMBuilding 2 131
- Navigating Graduate School vs. Industry Panel5:00 PM – 6:00 PMBuilding 7 103
- AI for Impact Lab | Fall 2026 Program5:00 PM – 6:15 PMBuilding W41 (MET Warehouse) 4101
- Radius Taking Collective Action to Shape AI Policy: MIT AI Governance6:00 PM – 7:30 PMBuilding 10 105 (Bush Room)
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