Artificial Intimacy: Who Do We Become When We Talk to Machines?
MIT Alumni Association
MIT Alumni Association
MIT Architecture Alumni
Thursday, May 1, 6:00pm - 8:00pm (America/New_York)
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Join MIT Architecture Alumni and friends from across the New York Metro Region in a social gathering to be held at Dattner Architects, a mission-driven, women-owned design firm.
The event is graciously hosted by Richard Dattner '60, who will make a brief presentation of the principles by which his practice has been leading public, civic and mixed-use projects for over 60 years.
We will meet from 6-8pm at 498 Seventh Ave (corner W.37th St.), 20th Floor. Refreshments will be provided.
There is no cost to attend, but registration is limited so please sign up so your name will be at the entrance desk.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Learn MoreClub of Northern New Jersey
Saturday, May 10, 1:30pm - 3:00pm (America/New_York)
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$20 Members. $25 non-members and guests. Children to 16 free.
Adult capacity: 30 persons.
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Learn MoreClub of Cape Cod
Thursday, May 15, 11:30am - 2:30pm (America/New_York)
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Prescription For Bankruptcy:
America's Failing Health Care "non-system"
Why do Americans pay more than citizens of any other country for health care and yet have, at best, mediocre health outcomes? Dr. Edward Hoffer will discuss this topic, and suggest both global solutions and practical things you can do to pay less and get better care.
Our speaker, Edward Hoffer MD
Edward Hoffer MD is a graduate of MIT and Harvard Medical School and did his residency and fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Hoffer has held faculty academic appointments at Harvard, the University of Massachusetts, and Boston University. He has also held appointments at several Boston hospitals (Peter Bent Brigham, Beth Israel, Boston Hospital for Women), at many Boston metro-west hospitals (in Worcestor, Natick, and Framingham), and at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington. He has either authored or co-authored over 80 publications, including 8 books and dozens of refereed journal articles, many of which deal with the application of computers to various aspects of medicine and with issues within the American healthcare system (insurance, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, etc.).
For 45 years he combined clinical practice of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with research on the applications of computers and AI to medical care, and continues to work half-time at the MGH Lab of Computer Science.
He has written and lectured extensively on the problems of the American healthcare "non-system."
Lunch at Alberto's Ristorante
We will be returning to Alberto's Ristorante in Hyannis because of the many rave reviews we received for the food and service in the past.
There will be a cash bar and we will be offering the same entrees as before (gluten-free is available upon request). All meals include a house salad and Tartuffo dessert.
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Learn MoreClub of Northern New Jersey
Thursday, May 15, 6:00pm - 6:00pm (America/New_York)
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MIT Club of Northern NJ
Annual Dinner
One randomly chosen NNJ MIT Club member at the meeting will receive a $100 cash prize. If you are not yet a club member and are coming to the meeting, you should join the Club here before May 15!
Schedule:
6:00pm Cocktail Reception (cash bar)
7:00pm Three course dinner
8:15pm Dr. Emily Carter's presentation followed by questions from attendees
Location: Newark Marriott hotel at the Newark Liberty Airport
Price:
$70 - MIT Club members and their guests
$85 - All others
Free Hotel Parking included! (Parking ticket handed out during the meeting)
*I acknowledge and understand that: (i) I am not required to participate in this event; (ii) my participation is voluntary and at my sole risk; and (iii) I am responsible for my own protection against Covid-19, including, without limitation, following all health and safety protocols communicated to me or posted at the event venue.
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Learn MoreClub of Northern New Jersey
Thursday, May 22, 6:30pm - 6:30pm (America/New_York)
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Book Club: The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
A New York Times Notable Book
“Gripping…one puts down the book inspired by the women’s grit, tenacity, and brilliance.” —Science
“Riveting.” —Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene
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In 1963, a female student was attending a lecture given by Nobel Prize winner James Watson, then tenured at Harvard. At nineteen, she was struggling to define her future. She had given herself just ten years to fulfill her professional ambitions before starting the family she was expected to have. For women at that time, a future on the usual path of academic science was unimaginable—but during that lecture, young Nancy Hopkins fell in love with the promise of genetics. Confidently believing science to be a pure meritocracy, she embarked on a career. |
In 1999, Hopkins, now a noted molecular geneticist and cancer researcher at MIT, divorced and childless, found herself underpaid and denied the credit and resources given to men of lesser rank. Galvanized by the flagrant favoritism, Hopkins led a group of sixteen women on the faculty in a campaign that prompted MIT to make the historic admission that it had long discriminated against its female scientists. The sixteen women were a formidable group: their work has advanced our understanding of everything from cancer to geology, from fossil fuels to the inner workings of the human brain. And their work to highlight what they called “21st-century discrimination”—a subtle, stubborn, often unconscious bias—set off a national reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science.
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who broke the story, The Exceptions chronicles groundbreaking science and a history-making fight for equal opportunity. It is the “excellent and infuriating” (The New York Times) story of how this group of determined, brilliant women used the power of the collective and the tools of science to inspire ongoing radical change. And it offers an intimate look at the passion that drives discovery, and a rare glimpse into the competitive, hierarchical world of elite science—and the women who dared to challenge it.
No Fee: just let us know you are coming
This book is available on Amazon: The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
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Learn MoreClub of Northern New Jersey
Tuesday, May 27, 12:00pm - 1:30pm (America/New_York)
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Amazon In-Person Edison Fulfillment Center Tour
We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, 5/27, 12:00 - 1:30pm
Know before you Go
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Tour Duration Each tour is approximately 60-90 minutes long. On the tour you may walk up and down at least one flight of stairs and walk approximately 1 mile. |
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Arrive Early Early arrival is strongly recommended. Plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to your tour. If guests do not arrive on time, the tour will start without you. Once the tour has begun, guests will not be able to join the tour. |
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Attire All guests must wear flat, closed-toed, and closed-heeled shoes (no sandals, clogs or high heels). We recommend wearing comfortable shoes or sneakers. Additionally, long hair must be pulled at or above shoulder length. Loose fitting clothing (long-hanging jewelry, scarves, or ties) are not permitted. Headscarves worn for religious reasons are permitted but must be tucked in securely. |
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Identification Upon your arrival, your tour leader will ask for a government issued photo ID. Please ensure that guest information submitted during sign-up matches the guest ID. |
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Children Children must be six years of age or older to attend the tour. Visitors may not carry young children on the tour. Guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Accessibility Amazon Fulfillment Centers are accessible facilities. To request a specific accommodation for a tour, please submit a request via the Amazon Tours Help Center ahead of registration to confirm we can support. |
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Service Animals Pets are not authorized on the tour. Service animals are permitted in all public areas and on the tour. Service animals are dogs that have been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability and does not include emotional support, comfort, or companionship animals. |
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Photography While cell phones are allowed on the tour, still photography is only permitted in designated photo spots along the tour.
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Items Allowed on Tour You may bring your wallet, keys, cell phone, and transparent water bottle on the tour. We ask that you keep all bags and backpacks at home or in a vehicle, unless medically necessary. Outside food and drink will not be permitted.
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No Fee: just let us know you are coming
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Learn MoreClub of Cape Cod
Wednesday, June 11, 5:00pm - 8:30pm (America/New_York)
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The Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project
Wampanoag was the language spoken by the indiginous people living in this region when the Pilgrims arrived in 1620.
After a couple hundred years of colonial laws, wars, and diseases, hundreds of Wampanoag tribes were reduced to four small fragmented communities, and the last people for whom Wampanoag was their first language passed away in the mid 1850's. It took only a few more generations for all traces of spoken Wampanoag to completely fade away, with the decendants speaking only English after that.
Our speaker, Jessie (Little Doe) Baird
In the early 1990's our speaker, Jessie (Little Doe) Baird, had dreams in which people were speaking in an unfamiliar language, and soon after that she thought that the language might be Wampanoag, the language spoken by her ancestors.
This inspired her to start researching everything she could find out about the original Wampanoag language, and in 1993 she founded the Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project with the long-term goal of revitalizing the language, which had not be spoken for seven generations, for the people now living within the remaining Wampanoag tribes.
Because something like that had never been done before, there were many who thought that it was not even possible. But Jessie was undeterred. In her quest, she gained admission to MIT where she learned how to apply modern linguistic techniques coupled with historical records in order to understand original Wampanoag grammar and to create a dictionary of 10,000 Wampanoag words. (And she did all this while commuting between her home on Cape Cod and Cambridge while also raising four children).
For this seminal work, Jessie was granted a Masters in Linguistic Science from MIT in 2000.
Not one to rest on her laurels, Jessie then founded the Wampanoag Language School. Over the years -- and after much fund raising, curriculum development, and training of additional linguists and teachers -- there are now hundreds of members of today's Wampanoag tribes who can speak Wampanoag, from beginners to people who are fully fluent.
In recognition of all these brilliant achievements ...
Jessie also serves as the vice-chairwoman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council.
Our Annual Education Event
Prior to our presentation, Carol Bogin, our club's VP for Education Programs, will briefly report about all the education activities and awards for this year, highlighting the many ways we support the MIT Club of Cape Cod's primary missions to promote STEM education on the Cape and the Islands, including:
Lunch at Alberto's Ristorante
We will be returning to Alberto's Ristorante in Hyannis because of the many rave reviews we received for the food and service in the past.
There will be a cash bar and we will be offering the same entrees as before (gluten-free is available upon request). All meals include a house salad and Tartuffo dessert.
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Learn More