MET Fund launched to support MITdesignX
A new investment fund has been established to support ventures emerging from SA+P's MITdesignX innovation accelerator. MIT News.
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Why are student-athletes amateurs?
With debate about the unpaid status of NCAA athletes surfacing over the last decade, DUSP's Jennifer Light traces the origins of the idea that students aren’t part of the labor force. MIT News.
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The future of agriculture is computerized
The MIT Media Lab's Open Agriculture Initiative uses machine learning to reveal optimal growing conditions to maximize taste and nutrients, and help crops adapt to climate change. MIT News.
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Keeping genetic engineering localized
MIT Media Lab’s Kevin Esvelt and colleagues are developing a "daisy-chain" gene-drive system that provides controls for genetic engineering of certain populations. MIT News.
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Save the date: Met project reception with architects
On April 19, 5–7 pm, in Long Lounge, join a reception with Met project architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Leers Weinzapfel Associates who will be visiting MIT to engage with the project working groups and steering committee. All SA+P faculty, students, and staff are encouraged to attend, along with colleagues from Project Manus.
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A conversation about race with Beverly Daniel Tatum
As a nation, are we having honest conversations about race and racism? Twenty-two years ago, Beverly Daniel Tatum published her seminal work, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? On April 18, 2019, Tatum will discuss the current state of race relations in the U.S., assessing changes over the past 20 years, exploring what we, as an institution and a nation, can do to create a more equitable and inclusive Institute and society. Learn more, read her book, and join the conversation through MIT Reads.
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Project Manus hosts MIT MakerBreak
On April 16, 2–4 pm, join MIT students, faculty and staff for a celebration of making. Engage in friendly competition and explore making in ways that are new to you such as glass working; knitting; laser engraving; 3D printing and photography; origami; button and jewelry making; vinyl cutting; welding; and more. Get involved.
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Around SA+P this week
Wednesday
Architecture | Architectural design workshop: "Part-Objects: Precarious Structures and Other Forms of Sculptural Disorder," Viola Ago
Thursday
MIT China Future City Lab | Urban China Workshop: "Su Dongling"
MIT Libraries | Hayden Library Renovation Community Workshop: "Making Spaces for New Modes of Research"
Friday
Architecture | Symposium: Turning Points in Architecture, Design, and Research
SA+P | Yoga and Mindfulness
Saturday
Architecture | Symposium: Turning Points in Architecture, Design, and Research
Monday
SA+P | Yoga and Mindfulness
Tuesday
Architecture | Conversations: Rosalyne Shieh, "The past is in the present"
Project Manus | Maker event: "MIT MakerBreak"
SA+P | Yoga and Mindfulness
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April 17: Gallery 9, LCAU exhibition opening: "The Resilience District: Planning for Coastal Adaptation in Boston"
April 17: Architectural design workshop: "Part-Objects: Precarious Structures and Other Forms of Sculptural Disorder," Garrett Ricciardi
April 18: "A Conversation About Race with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum"
April 18: MIT China Future City Lab, Urban China Workshop: "Cheng Kun"
April 18: Arthur H. Schein Memorial Lecture, "Junya Ishigami"
April 19: Architecture Design and Computation lecture, "Christine Gaspar"
April 22: DUSP CDD Forum, "Brie Hensold and Gina Ford"
May 1: Intellectual Commons event series featuring Mary Robinson, “Climate Justice Can Help Secure a Good Future for All”
May 10 and 11: Reconstruction as Violence: The Case of Aleppo
May 20 and 21: MIT Center for Real Estate, “MIT World Real Estate Forum”
Ongoing exhibitions and activities
ACT | "Joan Jonas: Sources and Methods"
E14 Gallery | "Schoenberg in Hollywood"
Keller Gallery | "Rosalyne Shieh: The past is in the present"
Dean's Gallery | "What if...?"
MIT List | "Kapwani Kiwanga"
MIT List | “Kathleen Ryan: Cultivator”
MIT Museum | "Drawing, Designing, Thinking: 150 Years of Teaching Architecture at MIT"
Bookmark the MIT events calendar for a full schedule of events.
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