Artificial Intimacy: Who Do We Become When We Talk to Machines?
MIT Alumni Association
MIT Alumni Association
Club of Princeton
Thursday, May 1, 6:00pm - 8:00pm (America/New_York)
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Come meet with fellow alumni/ae at our monthly happy hours on the 1st Thursday of every month!
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Sunday, May 4, 11:00am - 2:00pm (America/New_York)
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Celebrate Star Wars Day at the MIT Club of DC Annual Meeting & Picnic! At this event, MITDC members and their guests can relax with fellow alumni, enjoy good food, play lawn games, and vote for next year's MITDC board while enjoying the beautiful view of the Potomac River. Attendees will also have an opportunity to win fun raffle prizes. As it is Star Wars Day, the grand prize will be a Lego Millennium Falcon Set!
Lunch is included in this event. The menu includes: Pesto Baked Salmon, Pulled Chicken BBQ + buns, Roasted Seasonal Vegetables, Baked Beans, Corn on the Cob, Potato Salad, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Lemonade and Iced Tea. Acoholic drinks may be purchased at the Island Time Bar and are the responsibility of the attendee.
This event is for dues paying members. Not a member? No worries! We have bundled tickets + discounted membership tickets at checkout. Discounts for MIT10 are also available. Partners may attend for free.
See you there, and May the Fourth be with you!
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Wednesday, May 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm (America/New_York)
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Join your fellow MIT alumni for an evening of entrepreneurship and device innovation in the DMV region! Alum Dr. Gil Blankenship, '67, SM '69, PhD '71, will share some stories about what he has learned while starting companies that make hardware. There will be networking time and a chance for you to pitch your company.
Hosted in collaboration by the MDC Studio, a startup studio dedicated to building medical technology companies from the ground up, and Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF), attendees will get a chance to learn about the new HJF Innovation Ecosystem, empowering the development and commercialization of military medical innovations.
Come and discover local resources and support for device innovations, pitch your ideas (no experience needed!), and mingle with innovators, experts, and future collaborators while enjoying light refreshments and drinks!
Dr. Gil Blankenship is the Founder and Chairman of the MDC Studio, and a former Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. Over his career, he has built multiple technology companies, including Techno-Sciences, TRX Systems, and Strom Motors, which have taken numerous products to national and international markets, and three of which have been acquired. Dr. Blankenship completed his BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
The meeting will be held in the Henry M Jackson Foundation's San Antonio A/B conference room in building 6720A, which just on the right after you enter the building.
This event is best accessed by car. It is possible to take the metro to the Grosvenor-Strathmore red line stop and take a bus (or Uber/Lyft/cab) for the last three miles.
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6720C Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, MD 20817
Parking Directions
When you arrive at the parking garage, enter through the daily lane and take a ticket. Park and bring your ticket with you, as you can receive a validation sticker to exit the garage.
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Sunday, May 18, 4:30pm - 4:30pm (America/New_York)
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Join us at The Liberty Tavern for great food and great conversation in the heart of Arlington.
Metro: Located 2 blocks from the Clarendon Metro Station (Orange, Silver)
This is pay-as-you-go event.
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Thursday, May 22, 7:00pm - 9:15pm (America/New_York)
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Buy Tickets Direct Online (Recommended) or @Box Office |
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Friday, May 23, 1:45pm - 4:00pm (America/New_York)
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Friday, May 23, 5:00pm - 7:00pm (America/New_York)
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Join us for our
50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
Featuring the exquisite flavors, crafted with the finest seasonal ingredients by Princeton's premier Italian Restaurant
La Mezzaluna: A Taste of Italy
5:00 - 7:00 PM, May 23rd, 2025
at the
1 Preservation Place, Princeton
*Seating is limited
Immediately followed by a special guest appearance and keynote by celebrated journalist and author
Sylvia Nasar
A Pulitzer finalist and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, the book was adapted into a 2001 film that received four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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The powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
“How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” asked the Harvard visitor to the West Virginian with movie-star looks and Olympian manner.
“Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did,” came the answer. “So I took them seriously.”
Thus begins the true story of John Nash, the intensely human drama of a mathematical genius who, early in life, made an astonishing discovery and stood on the brink of international acclaim when he slipped into madness.
Thanks to the selflessness of his devoted wife, Alicia, and the loyalty of the mathematics community, Nash emerged after decades of a ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize for triggering the game theory revolution.
Sylvia Nasar’s now-classic biography, which inspired an Academy Award-winning movie, is a drama about the mystery of the human mind, triumph over adversity, and the healing power of love.
"A Beautiful Mind" on Audible, Kindle, and Hardcover
Sylvia Nasar was a New York Times economics correspondent from 1991 to 1999 and the first John H. and L. Knight Professor of Journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Nasar broke the story of John Forbes Nash Jr. in the New York Times and achieved international acclaim for her epic biographical study, A Beautiful Mind. Her biography of Nash, a mathematician, game theorist, and winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics, won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A drama about the mystery of the human mind in three acts, A Beautiful Mind inspired the eponymous Academy Award-winning movie by Ron Howard. Nasar followed up this triumph with 'The Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius', a sweeping history of the development of modern economics. Sylvia Nasar grew up in Germany and Turkey, the daughter of a German mother and Uzbek father who served as the CIA station chief in Ankara. Nasar's work has appeared in the New Yorker, BusinessWeek, the New York Times Book Review, and numerous other publications.
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Friday, May 23, 7:00pm - 9:00pm (America/New_York)
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'John Nash at MIT'
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Sylvia Nasar was a New York Times economics correspondent and John H. and L. Knight Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is best known for her biographical book of John Forbes Nash Jr., A Beautiful Mind. Nasar broke John Nash's story in the New York Times. Her biography of Nash, A Beautiful Mind, won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A drama about the mystery of the human mind in three acts, A Beautiful Mind inspired the eponymous Academy Award-winning movie by Ron Howard. |
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Wednesday, May 28, 7:30pm - 9:30pm (America/New_York)
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Please join your fellow alums from the MIT Club of Washington DC as we cheer on DC United, the New England Revolution, or both. This year we are under cover in section 204, click here to view.
Early Bird special--save $2 if you buy your tickets by noon, May 19.
Parking is available, but is generally expensive. Audi Field is metro accessible (about a 15 minute walk) from both the Navy Yard-Ballpark and Waterfront stations. DC United's transportaion guide is here.
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Wednesday, June 18, 6:00pm - 8:00pm (America/New_York)
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Book Club
Wednesday, June 18th
The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose
and the Cost of Genius
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