Archived Programs

Mindfulness for Pain Relief

Friday, October 12, 2018 - 12:00pm
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Zan Barry

Senior Program Manager, Community Wellness, MIT Medical. Her community health programs at MIT include mindfulness and stress reduction, sleep health, eating concerns, and health behavior change.

Pain comes in many forms, including physical, emotional, chronic, acute, annoying, or life-altering. What tools and techniques from mindfulness help alleviate suffering and improve quality of life? Learn research highlights from mindfulness and related fields and practice strategies to address... Read more

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Join us for a conversation with internationally recognized political analyst, Mary Anne Marsh, about the current political climate and women's emerging role in the November elections.

Trade Wars: Much More Than Just Tariffs

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 5:00pm
Speakers

Daron Acemoglu

Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics, MIT

Min Chen

Professor of Physics, MIT

Wennie Wu

Visiting Scientist at MIT, Autumn 2017; Director of International Innovative Institute
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Join us for a series of Wednesday lunch-time discussions beginning on October 3 focusing on the upcoming elections and how we might work towards a more just and civil society. Topics will include redistricting, the dramatic increase of women candidates, the vulnerabilities of voting technology,... Read more

Can We Ever Get It Right? Voting Technology in 2018

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 12:00pm
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At DefCon, in July 2017, hackers were granted legal access to several types of election systems (including voting systems, back office equipment and e-poll books) for the first time.  Reportedly, every machine was breached in some manner.  The NSA, FBI and CIA have jointly reported that Russia... Read more

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