"Ballet des Porcelaines" at MIT
Architecture's Kristel Smentek collaborated with MIT history professor Jeffrey Ravel to stage a series of discussions and class visits related to the complex context of this 18th-century ballet recently presented at MIT with the support of a 2022 Visiting Artist Grant from the MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology.
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Microscopy technique reveals hidden
nanostructure in cells and tissues
Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time. Researchers across MIT, including from the MIT Media Lab, authored the study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. More in MIT News. |
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Interpreting public housing in America
Marisa Morán Jahn (SMVisS ’07) was recently selected for the 2022 Artist as Instigator Residence at the National Public Housing Museum, a fitting opportunity given public housing’s centrality to the lives of the low-wage workers and immigrant families with whom she works.
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SA+P recipes for your holiday
Considering what to make for your Friendsgiving and Thanksgiving meals? Our "Delicious by Design" cookbook has several autumnal recipes to try. For the main course, Architecture alum J. Kenji López-Alt '02 penned a column for the New York Times sharing his "killer techniques" for the perfect turkey. |
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Deadline this week!
Open Enrollment for 2023 benefits
Open Enrollment is the only time each year to make changes to your health care and other benefits choices. You have through Friday, November 18, to update your benefits elections. Explore MIT's exceptional roster of benefits and the 2023 Benefits brochure on the HR website. Application for the new Portable Child Care Subsidy program can be accessed through the same link. Questions? Contact benefits@mit.edu. Deadline: November 18. |
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Reminder!
Student flu vaccine requirement
All students are required to receive a flu vaccine before November 18. Failure to meet the flu vaccination requirement will result in the student’s loss of building access (except their residence hall) and a registration hold for IAP and second-semester classes.
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Around SA+P
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
November 16 | MIT Reads — "Belonging and Connectedness at MIT: Community Voices"
Panel discussion on how to foster a greater sense of community throughout the Institute.
Participate in-person or virtually. More information and registration here.
14S-130 (Hayden Library)
4:00 pm (ET)
November 17 | Virtual MSRED Info Session
MIT Center for Real Estate executive director Kairos Shen and graduate academic administrator Mary Hughes offer an information session discussing the program, curriculum, on the application process. More information and registration here.
6:00 pm (ET)
November 17 | Department of Architecture Fall 2022 Lectures
"Critical Computations: Designing with and for" with Dina El-Zanfally
In-person and streamed on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Register here to attend in-person.
Long Lounge 7-429
6:00 pm (ET)
November 18 | MIT Mobility Forum Fall 2022
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Alex Jacquillat on "Flexibility and coordination in on-demand transportation: from ride-sharing to micro-mobility"
Complete list here. Webcast registration and link here.
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)
November 21 | City Design and Development/Urbanism/LCAU
Fall 2022 Lecture Series
Paul Waddell: "Fusing Human and Artificial Intelligence to Power Better Urban Design and Planning"
On Zoom. More information and registration here.
12:30 pm (ET)
November 21 | AKPIA@MIT Fall 2022 Lectures
"Improve and Reform Them: Manufacturing citizenship and goods in the vocational school of the late Ottoman Baghdad" with Lydia Harrington
Registration required for non-MIT attendees. Seating is limited. More information and registration here.
3-133
6:00 pm (ET)
November 23 | MITdesignX Venice Pitch Day
MIT SA+P's venture design program in Venice, Italy, shares presentations from its first accelerator cohort.
More information and registration here.
11:00 am (ET)
November 24-25 | Thanksgiving holiday
A full list of observed holidays is available on the Institute Holidays page.
EXHIBITIONS
Through December 22 | "Restrictive Topographies: The Black City"
A new exhibition by the architect-artist J. Yolande Daniels, associate professor in the MIT Department of Architecture, explores American cities to reveal phenomena and dynamics, including gentrification, restrictive covenants, racial expulsions, and sundown towns that have affected Black settlements.
MIT’s Keller Gallery, Bldg. 7-408
Through January 15 | "Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment"
Co-curated by Architecture's Kristel Smentek with contributions by doctoral students Phoebe Springstubb and Brandon Scott and recent HTC alum Elizabeth Browne. More information here.
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street
Through February 26 | Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere
Exhibition accompanies a new book edited by Caroline A. Jones, Natalie Bell, and Selby Nimrod. Book to be published by MIT Press, November 2022.
MIT List Visual Arts Center
SA+P Wellness Program: Fall 2022
Yoga and Mindfulness
Tuesdays (in-person) in Room 9-255 5:30-6:45 pm | Connect here
Fridays (online only) 12:00-1:00 pm | Connect here
On-demand fitness for all abilities | Explore what's offered
Virtual exhibitions and activities
MIT Press: virtual lectures with authors | Connect here
ACT lecture archive | Connect here
Department of Architecture lecture channel | Connect here
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