PhD Thesis Proposal workshop
10/28/2024 - 1-236 - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pmLed by Comm Fellow Souha El Mousadik (PhD ‘23), this Comm Lab workshop will provide information and guidance on the entire PhD proposal process. This event is in-person in 1-236.
How to Craft a Literature Review
09/25/2024 - 1-236 - 3:30 pm - 5:00 pmThis hands-on workshop hosted by the CEE Comm Lab will cover all aspects of conducting a literature review. This event is in-person in 1-150.
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series
10/18/2024 - 48-316 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPlease join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series with Kristie Boering from Berkeley University. The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: The biogeography of Amazon forest vulnerability and resilience to droughts
10/11/2024 - 48-316 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPlease join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series with Professor Scott Saleska from the University of Arizona. In this talk, Saleska will will present a new approach for combining forest plot data and remote-sensing of Amazon forest photosynthetic response with ground-based tree demography to identify a "biogeography" of Amazon forest drought response that emerges from different forest ecotypes across the basin. The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series
10/04/2024 - 48-316 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPlease join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series with Professor Gene-Hua Crystal Ng from the University of Minnesota, who will discuss "First We Must Consider Wild Rice: A Tribal-University Research Collaboration Around Manoomin (Ojibwe)/Psiη (Dakota)." The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series
09/06/2024 - 48-316 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPlease join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series with Postdoc Fellow José Ignacio Arroyo from Santa Fe Institute. Arroyo will discuss "Searching for general principles in biology." The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.
Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series
09/13/2024 - 48-316 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPlease join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series with Professor Benjamin Wolfe from Tufts University. Wolfe will discuss "Delicious rot: ecology and evolution of fermented food microbiomes." The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.
Special Seminar: Rewilding the forest microbiome as a natural climate solution
05/08/2024 - 15 Vassar Street, 48-316. - 11:00 am - 12:00 pmPlease join us for a special seminar with Colin Averill, founder and CEO of Funga Earth, who will be discussing "Rewilding the forest microbiome as a natural climate solution." The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.
CEE Graduate Student Seminar Series
04/19/2024 - 48-316 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us for the CEE Graduate Student Seminar Series with Vindula Jayawardana from the Wu Lab, LIDS, and EECS who will be discussing "Mitigating Metropolitan Carbon Emissions with Semi-autonomous Vehicles" and Dat Quoc Ha from the Carstensen Group who will be discussing "Playing video games as a profession - a perspective." This seminar is in 48-316.
Student Stories of Sustainability
04/30/2024 - Room 1-236 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmJoin us for an engaging discussion with students who will share their insight and work on sustainability challenges both at MIT and around the globe. Speaker Sophia Chen ('24, Course 2A and 4B) will give a talk titled "How water is key to women's empowerment." Speaker Runako Gentles ('24, Course 1) will give a talk titled "Helping Jamaica adapt to climate change." This event is in room 1-236 and hosted by MIT Chapter of Chi Epsilon in collaboration with the MIT Office of Sustainability, MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering . Food will be provided.
Student Stories of Sustainability
04/22/2024 - Room 1-131 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us for an engaging discussion with students who will share their insight and work on sustainability challenges both at MIT and around the globe. Speaker Lilly Heilshorn ('25, Course 2A) will give a talk titled "Enhancing quality of life through sustainable water practices in Madagascar." Speaker Robert Fetell (PhD, Course 1) will give a talk on "The mining race to net zero." This event is hosted in room 1-131 by the MIT Office of Sustainability, MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, and MIT Chapter of Chi Epsilon. Food will be provided.
Student Stories of Sustainability
04/17/2024 - Room 1-236 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pmJoin us for an engaging discussion with students who will share their insight and work on sustainability challenges both at MIT and around the globe. Speaker Kathleen Julca ('25, Course 11) will give a talk on "Indigenous water technology and sovereignty in Andean Highlands." Speaker Melissa Stok ('24, Course 3 and 6-2) will give a talk titled "Stories of designing out waste at MIT." This event is hosted in room 1-236 by the MIT Office of Sustainability, MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, and MIT Chapter of Chi Epsilon. Food will be provided.
Student Stories of Sustainability
04/10/2024 - Room 1-131 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmJoin us for an engaging discussion with students who will share their insight and work on sustainability challenges both at MIT and around the globe. Speaker Jayashabari Shankar ('27, Course 5-7, 9) will give a talk on "Briquettes: Creating eco-friendly sources of fuel from waste material in Chisinga, Malawi." Speaker Megan Lim ('24, Course 15-1) will give a talk on "Engaging in climate action as a student - get involved in current efforts." This event is in room 1-131 and hosted by the MIT Chapter of Chi Epsilon, in collaboration with the MIT Office of Sustainability, MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Food will be provided.
Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series
05/03/2024 - 15 Vassar Street, 48-316 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPlease join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series with Moala Bannavti from MIT. The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.
Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series
04/19/2024 - 15 Vassar Street, 48-316 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmPlease join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Environmental Science Seminar Series with Sutanu Sarkar from University of California, San Diego who will be discussing "Oceanic flows at bottom topography." The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316.