Button Mash: Gender and Gaming at MIT

MIT Building N25, Room 373 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA

Issues around gender and gaming, as well as an opportunity for female MIT students who play digital games to come together to talk and play.

Online Information Session

cms.mit.edu

Join us at 10am on November 21, 2011, here at cms.mit.edu!

Hacker Movies!

MIT Building E15, Room 344 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

We'll be watching some classic (and not so classic) examples from the genre, looking at how the depiction of hacker characters has changed.

Introduction to Knitting

MIT Building E15, Room 320 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Start a hat and keep warm in January! The basic knitting stitches will be taught during the mandatory first session.

On-Campus Information Session

Comparative Media Studies: MIT Building E15, Room 335 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA

If you would like to attend an on-campus info session, please RSVP to cms-admissions@mit.edu.

[For Credit] 21W.794: Graduate Technical Writing Workshop

MIT Building 2, Room 147 182 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Draft a thesis proposal, thesis chapter, journal article, progress report, or specification, and review basics of engineering writing.

MIT Writers’ Group

MIT Building 12, Room 134 Cambridge, MA

Join other writers to get advice about your own writing, to help other writers, or to get inspiration to write something to share with the group.

Reading Programming Code as a Cultural Object

MIT Building 14E, Room 311 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA

Let's talk about what it means to start reading code differently, as cultural objects and statements. Let's raise the questions that need to be raised.

Alchemists and Mad Scientists: from Faust to Dr. Strangelove

MIT Building 3, Room 133 33 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA

We will trace the development in mass media of the evolution of alchemists into mad scientists, using the films "Faust," "Metropolis," "The Bride of Frankenstein," and "Dr. Strangelove" as our texts.

Create a Web Series!

You're invited to get in on the ground floor of developing an MIT-themed web series for debut in 2014!

How to Write a Great Abstract

MIT Building 12, Room 132 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA

In this workshop, we'll analyze sample abstracts from different fields, learn editing strategies, and practice revising abstracts.