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.

Jenkins’ Farewell

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Henry Jenkins returns to talk about his scholarship on digital culture, founding Comparative Media Studies, and experiences as a teacher and housemaster.

Being Muslim in America (and MIT) in 2016

MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MA

Cambridge City Councilman Nadeem Mazen and Wise Systems co-founder Layla Shaikley--both MIT alumni--join engineering student Abubakar Abid to explore how hateful, discriminatory rhetoric influences public opinion, discuss its impact on the lives of Muslim-Americans, and examine strategies to combat it.

MIT Open House, with CMS/W Events

On April 23, 2016, MIT hosts a campus-wide open house, welcoming the public into every department to check out the coolest of the Institute's work.

Next Stage Planning for the Digital Humanities at MIT

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

Douglas O’Reagan will update the audience on his efforts and invite suggestions and ideas concerning the future of digital humanities at MIT.