Family Weekend Schedule
Click on an event name below to view its description.
When planning your schedule, note that multiple sessions are offered at concurrent times on Friday. Many tours can safely accommodate only a small group of attendees at a time. If there is a tour of particular interest, note that many are offered more than once.
Keep in mind when registering for events that you may wish to avoid scheduling activities back to back. It can take up to 30 minutes to cross the MIT campus, and you may wish to plan breaks for meals.
Events in bold are drop-in events, and attendees are welcome to arrive and depart at their convenience.
FRIDAY: October 16, 2009
| 8:00 AM | Check-in and On-site Registration |
6:00 PM |
unlimited |
| 8:30 AM | Lewis Music Library Tour | 45 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 9:00 AM | Open Classes |
5:00 PM |
unlimited |
| 10:00 AM | Achieving Excellence: MIT Athletics and the Student Experience |
60 minutes | Capacity: 50 |
| 10:00 AM | Aeronautics and Astronautics Lab Tour | 50 minutes | Capacity: 15 |
| 10:00 AM | Astronomy with X-rays | 50 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 10:00 AM | Behind the Scenes: Theater Arts | 50 minutes | Capacity: 30 |
| 10:00 AM | Biological Engineering | 30 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 10:00 AM | Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex Overview | 60 minutes | Capacity: 75 |
| 10:00 AM | Brain and Cognitive Sciences: Overview and Tour | 120 minutes | Capacity: 60 |
| 10:00 AM | CSAIL: Inside the Lab | 60 minutes | Capacity: 60 |
| 10:00 AM | Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies | 60 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 10:00 AM | Nuclear Reactor Tour | 90 minutes | Capacity: 35 |
| 10:00 AM | OpenCourseWare: Unlocking Knowledge | 60 minutes | Capacity: 50 |
| 10:00 AM | Paper Engineering (Sibs) |
120 minutes | Capacity: 25 |
| 10:00 AM | Plasma Science and Fusion Center | 90 minutes | Capacity: 40 |
| 10:00 AM | Religious Life at MIT | 60 minutes | Capacity: 50 |
| 10:00 AM | Sculpture Tour | 90 minutes | Capacity: 25 |
| 10:00 AM | Supporting Optimum Wellness at MIT | 60 minutes | Capacity: 80 |
| 11:00 AM | Aeronautics and Astronautics Lab Tour | 50 minutes | Capacity: 15 |
| 11:00 AM | Behind the Scenes: Theater Arts | 50 minutes | Capacity: 30 |
| 11:00 AM | Campus Tour | 60 minutes | Capacity: 30 |
| 11:00 AM | Center for Space Research: Charge-Coupled Device |
50 minutes | Capacity: 15 |
| 11:00 AM | Fair Trade Bazaar | 6:00 PM |
unlimited |
| 11:00 AM | Food Tasting: House Dining Cuisine | 60 minutes | Capacity: 50 |
| 11:00 AM | Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies | 60 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 11:00 AM | Powering Our Transportation Future | 60 minutes | Capacity: 25 |
| 12:00 PM | Electro-Chemical Energy Lab Tour | 60 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 12:00 PM | Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences | 2:00 PM |
Capacity: 1144 |
| 12:15 PM | Nobel Laureate Luncheon ($30) |
90 minutes | Capacity: 275 |
| 1:00 PM | Electro-Chemical Energy Lab Tour | 60 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 1:00 PM | Hack Lore: Cows, Cars, and Cannons | 60 minutes | Capacity: 100 |
| 2:00 PM | Astronomy with X-rays | 50 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 2:00 PM | Boston Duck Tour ($29)(Sibs) |
60 minutes | Capacity: 36 |
| 2:00 PM | Center for Space Research: Charge-Coupled Device |
50 minutes | Capacity: 15 |
| 2:00 PM | D-Lab Innovation Olympics (Sibs) |
120 minutes | Capacity: 100 |
| 2:00 PM | Go Global! | 60 minutes | Capacity: 150 |
| 2:00 PM | Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies | 60 minutes | Capacity: 20 |
| 2:00 PM | Nuclear Reactor Tour | 90 minutes | Capacity: 35 |
| 2:00 PM | Plasma Science & Fusion Center | 90 minutes | Capacity: 40 |
| 2:00 PM | Powering Our Transportation Future | 60 minutes | Capacity: 25 |
| 2:00 PM | Learning Beyond the Classroom | 60 minutes | Capacity: 150 |
| 2:30 PM |
Head of the Zesiger | 90 minutes |
Capacity: 200 |
| 3:00 PM | Architecture Design Studio | 60 minutes | Capacity: 25 |
| 3:00 PM | Boston Duck Tour ($29)(Sibs) |
60 minutes | Capacity: 36 |
| 3:00 PM | Campus Tour | 60 minutes | Capacity: 30 |
| 3:00 PM | Endless Career Opportunities | 50 minutes | Capacity: 150 |
| 3:00 PM | SAA Screen Printing Workshop (Sibs) |
120 minutes | Capacity: 30 |
| 3:00 PM | The MIT Entrepreneurial Ecosystem | 60 minutes | Capacity: 150 |
| 3:30 PM | Academic Department Receptions | 5:00 PM |
unlimited |
| 3:30 PM | Chemistry Magic Show (Sibs) |
30 minutes | Capacity: 100 |
| 3:30 PM | Graduate Student Reception | 60 minutes | Capacity: 50 |
| 4:00 PM | Juggle for a Cookie (Sibs) |
60 minutes | Capacity: 50 |
| 4:00 PM | Nuclear Reactor Tour | 90 minutes | Capacity: 35 |
| 4:30 PM | Chemistry Magic Show (Sibs) |
30 minutes | Capacity: 100 |
| 5:00 PM | From Orchids to Octopi | 90 minutes | Capacity: 194 |
| 5:00 PM | Senior Class Toast | 90 minutes | Capacity: 300 |
|
6:00 PM |
Rifle Team v. John Jay, MA Maritime, and Wentworth |
300 minutes |
Capacity: 6 |
| 7:00 PM | LSC and Misti present: Lake Tahoe; ($4) may not be family-appropriate. |
89 minutes |
|
| 8:00 PM | Wind & Festival Jazz Ensembles | 120 minutes | Capacity: 114 |
| 10:00 PM | LSC and Misti present: Lake Tahoe; ($4) may not be family-appropriate. |
89 minutes |
SATURDAY: October 17, 2009
| 7:30 AM | Check-in and On-site Registration |
12:00 PM | unlimited |
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast ($12) |
60 minutes | Capacity: 260 |
| 9:00 AM | Reuse! Recycle! Puppetry! (Sibs) |
180 minutes | Capacity: 50 |
| 9:00 AM |
Rifle Team v. John Jay, MA Maritime, and Wentworth | 300 minutes |
Capacity: 6 |
| 9:15 AM | President’s Greeting | 45 minutes | Capacity: 1144 |
| 10:00 AM | Faculty Lectures | 120 minutes | Capacity: 1144 |
| 10:30 AM | Women’s Volleyball v. Eastern CT State University |
90 minutes | unlimited |
| 12:00 PM | Eat So They Can: A Lunch Fundraiser | 120 minutes | Capacity: 75 |
| 12:00 PM | Grab and Go Lunch ($12) |
60 minutes | unlimited |
| 1:00 PM | Concert Band Performance | 60 minutes | Capacity: 300 |
| 1:00 PM | From Orchids to Octopi | 90 minutes | Capacity: 194 |
| 1:00 PM | Student Dance Performance (Lunch Event) ($15) |
90 minutes | Capacity: 200 |
| 1:00 PM | Women’s Soccer v. Smith College | 90 minutes | unlimited |
| 1:00 PM | Women’s Volleyball v. UMass Boston | 90 minutes | unlimited |
| 3:00 PM |
Parent Connector Reception and Training |
60 minutes |
Capacity: 200 |
| 3:00 PM | Trolley Tour ($25) |
120 minutes | Capacity: 40 |
| 3:00 PM | Women’s Volleyball v. St. Lawrence University | 90 minutes | unlimited |
| 4:00 PM | Water Polo v. Fordham University | 90 minutes | unlimited |
| 5:00 PM | Living Group and Affinity Events |
7:30 PM |
unlimited |
| 8:00 PM | Greater Boston Invitational Songfest | 120 minutes | Capacity: 1144 |
SUNDAY: October 18, 2009
| 9:30 AM | Lab for Chocolate Science: Chocolaty Brunch | 12:00 PM |
Capacity: 200 |
| 11:00 AM | Head of the Charles Regatta (Race times TBD) |
4:00 PM |
unlimited |
| 7:00 PM | LSC and Misti present: Lake Tahoe; ($4) may not be family-appropriate. |
7:00 PM |
