Special events and guest speakers

MIT Open Houses since 1923: ice cream and hand-blown vacuum tubesOn April 30, MIT will host an open house for the campus community as well as Cambridge and surrounding areas. In fact, this is a continuation of a long tradition.

Department of Energy launches startup-friendly programAt MIT, Energy Secretary Chu announces ‘Next Top Energy Innovator’ program, and White House officials tout commitment to helping startups.

Energy Conference spotlights military's green energyStudent-led event featured assessments of non-fossil energy's future from leaders in industry, defense and research

You're invited to ConvocationMIT community members, alumni and friends of the Institute welcome at the MIT150 Next Century Convocation on April 10.

The past, present and future of cancerResearchers gather to discuss the state of their field and the potential for new treatments.

What we know, and don't know, about Japan's reactorsPanel of MIT nuclear engineers aims for clarity about the state of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

In wake of Japan disaster, MIT community mobilizes for events, fundraising

‘We need to see ahead’In Compton Lecture, Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano calls for ‘a deeper partnership’ between government and scientists on national security.

Chinese property tycoon encourages entrepreneurshipDuring talk at MIT Sloan, Zhang Xin details how she helped bring 'color to Beijing'

David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research fetedMIT celebrates the official opening of the institute's new building.

Strength in numbersAt MIT’s annual sports analytics conference, owners, coaches and statistics mavens convene to ask how numbers can help increase success.

Save the dateLetter to the community about upcoming MIT150 events: Convocation and the Open House

Alum-astronaut Robert Satcher: ‘We need to get everybody on board’Delivers keynote address at the annual Laureates and Leaders induction ceremony

A migration that shaped a nationIn MIT talk, author Isabel Wilkerson discusses how the Great Migration changed American history.

Rivest unlocks cryptography's past, looks toward futurePublic-key system has worked and made Internet commerce feasible, but new systems are ready in case flaws are found.

'We do it right — now — or it’s over'GM chairman and CEO Akerson examines his company's future at Sloan dean's speaker series.

King’s legacy celebrated at MITCNN's Roland Martin, at annual MLK Jr. breakfast, says the civil rights leader’s example of personal commitment and nonviolence lives on.

Examining the impact of human diversityFour-part forum series kicks off this Thursday.

Sen. Scott Brown visits MITThe Massachusetts Republican says the kind of work done at MIT 'can get our economy going.'

Engineering leadership skills: sometimes a matter of life and deathGordon Engineering Leaders team up to build quinzee shelter during 'project engineering' course.

CNN's Martin to deliver keynote address at MLK Jr. breakfast37th annual event taking place Feb. 9; registration required by Feb. 5

Economists converge at MITNobel laureates, public intellectuals gather for frank debate on economy, politics and the state of their profession.

Alumni power fuels this week’s MIT150 economics and finance symposiumMIT's strength in economics and finance education is manifest in this week's alumni-rich lineup of panelists.

3 Questions: David Briggs on playing the organ in Kresge AuditoriumWorld-renowned organist restores an MIT tradition playing a free concert on one of the Institute's historic instruments.

Let the celebrations beginIn kickoff to Institute’s sesquicentennial celebration, MIT Museum shows off 150 artifacts from MIT’s rich history.

MIT prepares for its 150th anniversaryFor 150 days in 2011, the Institute will celebrate ‘many different MITs’ as it honors its past and imagines its future.

Paul Farmer on Rebuilding HaitiSponsored by MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Arthur Miller Lecture on Science and Ethics

Suresh discusses the role of engineering in the study of infectious diseaseIn public lecture at MIT, former dean describes progress in understanding malaria.