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History on Display at Next House Celebration

Around this time last year, a group of Next House residents decided that their dorm’s 30-year annive...

Understanding Childhood Stresses That Lead to Mental Illness

“Genes load the gun, and environment pulls the trigger.”

Photo of the Week by Owen Franken ’68—May 12, 2012

Franken Photo of the Week: Couples on the banks of the Seine, Île Saint-Louis, Paris

Lectures

Connect with New Ideas on Campus and Online

Black architect photoLecture Notes in many OpenCourseWare offerings provide readings and video, such as students performing in a puppet show, pictured, the final project for 4.301, Introduction to the Visual Arts. Photo: Joe Zane.

Continue to make MIT a key intellectual resource in your life by attending one of the hundreds of open lectures on campus each year. Visit the MIT Events Calendar for a complete listing. The advanced search allows you to browse by category, such as lectures in science and engineering, or get details for Institute events, performances, and exhibits.

Want to watch online? Hundreds of lectures are now available through Video at MIT, a free site that offers on-demand videos from three MIT sources: TechTV-content provided by students, faculty, and alumni of MIT; MIT World-a composite of public lectures and events on campus; and OpenCourseWare-video portions of course materials that are readily available on the MIT site.

Attend some of the many MIT club seminars offered by MIT clubs worldwide that feature faculty and alumni speakers on topics ranging from the Mars mission to measuring the health of Earth's oceans.