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  Gallery Discussion: List Projects 25 Azza El Siddique

  Join museum educators for an examination of “List Projects 25: Azza El Siddique.” This facilitated discussion will offer a closer look at El Siddique’s new installation and invite attendees to...

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  The Value of IP: Raising Capital With Patents As Collateral

  Intangible assets make up over 80% of the S&P 500 today. In today’s market, intellectual property holdings have become core aspects in a growing number of businesses in a multitude...

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  Future of (how we) Work Task Force

  Kendall Square Association’s (KSA) Future of (how we) Work Task Force answers critical questions about how our innovation ecosystem will return to work in a post-COVID-19 world. The Future of...

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  The MassLandlords Crash Course in Landlording

  Learn everything you need to succeed as an owner or manager of residential rental property in Massachusetts. This fast-paced course is strictly limited to 16 participants to allow for detailed...

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  LEAP Lab: Animals’ Amazing Senses

  Registration recommended! You’ll be the first to learn of event details or if the location or date changes due to inclement weather. How can dogs save endangered killer whales? And...

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  Emily Weinstein & Carrie James | BEHIND THEIR SCREENS w/ Linda Charmaraman

  Join the MIT Press Bookstore to discuss Emily Weinstein and Carrie James’s Behind Their Screens with Linda Charmaraman. In Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)...

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  Securing SBIR|STTR Non-Dilutive Funding for Startups & Small Businesses

  Discover everything you need to know about SBIR/STTR federal funding programs for startups and small businesses during this online event! Learn when to utilize SBIR/STTR funding sources, how to find...

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  DPLA + the MIT Press Book Talk: Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly with author Emily West

  Join us for a talk with author Emily West about Buy Now, which explores how Amazon combined branding and relationship marketing with massive distribution infrastructure to become the ultimate service...

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  Start Smart

  Start Smart is an interactive virtual class for entrepreneurs who are serious about launching a startup. CEOs, successful entrepreneurs, and others who’ve seen and done it all before are invited...

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  Using Chemical and Biomedical Engineering to Advance Biomedicine with Robert Langer

  Join Ruth Lehmann, Director, Whitehead Institute, for a conversation with scientist and inventor, Robert Langer, MIT Institute Professor, on how chemical and biological engineering will impact human health.

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  Webinar: Neurodiversity & Ableism in the Workplace

  Join SGO Facilitator Dr. Victoria Verlezza (she/her) for this interactive and educational discussion on what neurodiversity and ableism mean, how our lived experiences and identities can impact those who are...

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  LabCentral Ignite Golden Ticket Pitch Event

  Please join us for the second annual LabCentral Ignite Golden Ticket Pitch Event, designed to support diverse, underrepresented biotech entrepreneurs who are using innovative science to solve problems for human...

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  Ignite bioDiversity Summit

  The Ignite bioDiversity Summit is poised to bring the biotech ecosystem of industry, STEM nonprofits, higher ed/secondary education (including Historically Black Colleges & Universities and Minority Serving Institutions), early-stage founders, workforce development...

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  Cambridge Science Festival

  Events. Performances. Demonstrations. Workshops. Experiments. Lectures. Walking tours. VR experiences. Talkbacks. Runway shows. Meet-and-greets. Trivia nights. Tastings. Immersive installations. Interactive presentations. Robots. Competitions. Give-aways. Keynote speakers. And so much more....

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  Cambridge Science Festival

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  Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Training for Biotech Startups

  During the three days (over the course of three weeks) of intensive training, you will (re)learn the basics of DEI and define your role and responsibility as a leader in...

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  MXD COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE

  Join us on October 13 (Rain date October 18) for the MXD Substation Redevelopment Community Open House! The event will go from 5:00-7:30PM on the roof level of the Kendall...

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  authors@mit present "Inclusion on Purpose" with Ruchika Tulshyan in conversation with John Dozier

  Few would disagree that inclusion is both the right thing to do and good for business. Then why are we so terrible at it? If we believe in the morality...

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  TiE Boston’s Fireside Chat with Sushil Bhatia

  Zach Braiker. | CEO of Refine & Focus will chat with TiE Boston Founder Sushil Bhatia about his journey as an inventor, investor, life coach, and manufacturing executive. This promises...

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  Education Job Fair

  Are you interested in a career in education? Attend an Education Job Fair on Wednesday, October 19 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway,...

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  14th Annual Meeting: [Re] Imagining a Sustainable Future

  Join us for cocktails and networking followed by a conversation with Kendall leaders on how we are innovating and scaling sustainability globally – and get a private look at the...

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  Rena Selya's SALVADOR LURIA w/Deborah Douglas, Richard Hynes, & Phillip Sharp

  Join us to discuss Rena Selya’s biography of Salvador Luria with Deborah Douglas, Richard Hynes & Phillip Sharp. Presented by the MIT Press Bookstore and the Koch Institute at MIT....

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  Curator Tour: The Microbial, Fungal, and Chemical

  Join List Center Exhibition Curator, Caroline Jones for a walk through of Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere. This group exhibition brings together over a dozen international artists whose work...

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  Regenerative Futures at the Crossroad of Art, Science, and Technology

  Join us for a conversation with Diana Ayton-Shenker, Nick Lindsay, and Roger Malina on the legacy of the 30 years of Leonardo. This year, the MIT Press and Leonardo, the...

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  Regenerative Futures at the Crossroad of Art, Science, and Technology

  This year, the MIT Press and Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology, celebrate 30 years of collaboration. Join Diana Ayton-Shenker, Nick Lindsay, and Roger Malina-as we...

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  Graduate Student Talk: Taylor Michael Bailey

  Join MIT doctoral student, Taylor Michael Bailey of the History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society Department for a new perspective on the work of artist Alan Michelson featured in...

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  Women’s Health, Women Leaders with Paula Johnson, President, Wellesley College

  Join the conversation as Whitehead Institute Director Ruth Lehmann and Wellesley College President Paula Johnson discuss how to improve healthcare for women and to increase opportunities for women as leaders...

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  Salary Negotiation: How to Get Paid What You’re Worth

  Salary negotiation is more than you think. This virtual session will explain why, examine the components of salary negotiation, define the difference between salary and compensation, expand your understanding of...

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  Future of (how we) Work Task Force

  Kendall Square Association’s (KSA) Future of (how we) Work Task Force answers critical questions about how our innovation ecosystem will return to work in a post-COVID-19 world. The Future of...

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  2022 BioMAN Summit: Platform and Process Innovation for Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing

  As cell and gene therapy products make the transition to commercialization, significant innovations in manufacturing technologies are needed. This Summit will explore how innovations in production platforms and processes are...

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  Why Sex Matters in Health and Disease with David C. Page, Member, Whitehead Institute

  David Page’s lab studies the genetic differences between males and females and the biological and medical ramifications of these differences. At the core are the sex chromosomes: females have two...

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  Venture Cafe Cambridge: Japan Innovation Night

  Innovation is only effective when all parties are included in building the ecosystem. Join us for Japan Innovation Night and learn how the country is reenergizing its innovation ecosystem. The...

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  Curator Tour: Societal and Ethical impact of Biosciences

  Join List Center Curator, Natalie Bell for a walk through of “Symbionts: Contemporary Artists and the Biosphere.” This group exhibition brings together over a dozen international artists whose work prompts...

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  Webinar: How To Start a Successful Employee Resource Group

  Overview: Creating an Employee Resource Group (ERG) can be confusing, especially if you’re new to it. It may seem easy to start one, but there’s a lot to consider before...

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  Graduate Student Talk: Wakanene (Sebastian) Kamau

  Join Wakanene (Sebastian) Kamau, a PhD student in the Program in Media Arts and Sciences here at MIT, for a conversation exploring the work of Pierre Huyghe in Symbionts. In...

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  Gattaca at 25 Part I

  Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released the film Gattaca, painting a picture of society in the near future in which the science of genetics is used to predict the life outcomes of...

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  Gattaca at 25 Part II

  Twenty-five years ago, Hollywood released the film Gattaca, painting a picture of society in the near future in which the science of genetics is used to predict the life outcomes of...

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  Science Surfaces

  A special exhibition of teen-designed fashion inspired by award-winning biomedical images from MIT laboratories. This display showcases the results of Peers + Pros, a Boston Fashion Week creative learning initiative...

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  Start Smart Class for Entrepreneurs [Winter 2023]

  Start Smart is an interactive virtual class for entrepreneurs who are serious about launching a startup. CEOs, successful entrepreneurs, and others who’ve seen and done it all before are invited...

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  Biomedical science and machine learning: A two-way street

  Biomedical science and data analysis technologies have both experienced revolutions in the 21st century. Join Caroline Uhler to learn how these two fields are coming together — and how today’s...

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  BIPOC Scholarship Program- Winter 2023 Open Application Period Through Feb 18

  Why This Scholarship? Our expertise is in helping startup founders build science or technology businesses that are scalable. Our Start Smart instructors and Mentors are well-versed in coaching entrepreneurs who...

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  Webinar: Generational Bias in the Workplace

  Overview: With five generations of individuals in the workplace, the opportunity for ageism and adultism increase. In this webinar, Dr. Victoria Verlezza will explore the concepts of ageism and adultism,...

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  HR Tech: The Transformational Power in Recruiting

  Sourcing candidates in a crowded marketplace isn’t likely to get easier. But with the right strategies and tools, companies can overcome these widespread challenges and rise above their competitors. During...

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  HR Tech: The Transformational Power in Recruiting

  ARRAN STEWART, CVO of Job.com looks to reinvent the ‘process’ and deliver a new way of hiring with the use of AI, ML and Blockchain. Hiring is a journey, not...

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  Funding for Entrepreneurs

  Join us for a preview of our upcoming Start Smart Class, to learn about the various funding options available to early-stage startups and entrepreneurs. This 1-hour overview workshop is designed...

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  Graduate Student Talk: Madeline Moore

  Join Madeline Moore, a doctoral student in MIT’s interdepartmental Microbiology program, for a conversation with a new perspective on the work of Gilberto Esparza. In this talk, Madeline will discuss...

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  Bookkeeping and Taxes for Entrepreneurs

  Bookkeeping and taxes might be the farthest thing from your mind when starting a business, but if they are done wrong, or not done at all, it can end up...

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  Bookkeeping and Taxes for Entrepreneurs

  Bookkeeping and taxes might be the farthest thing from your mind when starting a business, but if they are done wrong, or not done at all, it can end up...

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  Bookkeeping and Taxes for Entrepreneurs

  Bookkeeping and taxes might be the farthest thing from your mind when starting a business, but if they are done wrong, or not done at all, it can end up...

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  Work Now

  Topical meetings connect decision-makers and leaders from companies across Kendall to focus on how we work today, and how to positively shape the workplace now. Together, we learn from experts...

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  Dori Tunstall | Decolonizing Design with Holly Harriel

  Join us for a special event featuring Dori Tunstall, author of Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook, with Holly Harriel Presented by the MIT Press Bookstore, MIT Architecture, and the...

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  Start Smart Class for Entrepreneurs [Winter/Spring 2023]

  Start Smart is an interactive virtual class for entrepreneurs who are serious about launching a startup. CEOs, successful entrepreneurs, and others who’ve seen and done it all before are invited...

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  Think You're Suffering From Imposter Syndrome? Think Again!

  Attendees are guided through an exploration of the root causes of imposter syndrome, and ways to transform it into a powerful tool.

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  Webinar: Women+ at Work: Creating a Gender Inclusive Workplace

  Overview: The workplace experience, while seemingly similar, differs significantly based on a person’s gender expression. In this webinar, SGO Facilitator Rachel Sadler will review the ways in which women+ experience...

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  Laser Cutting Crash Course

  Join us for a three-session course on how to use a laser cutter to design and fabricate. Through the hands-on use of the museum’s 60-watt Epilog Fusion laser cutter, participants...

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  Lessons Learned on the Charles

  The Charles River Floating Wetland was installed in 2020 to enable important research on artificial wetland technology. Meeting both climate resilience goals and creating community connections to the Charles River,...

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  Opening Reception: Sung Tieu and Lex Brown

  Join the MIT List Visual Arts Center for the opening reception to celebrate two new exhibitions at the List Center, “Sung Tieu: Civic Floor” and “Lex Brown: Carnelian.” Exhibiting artists...

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  Anchor Management

  Immune engineers Darrell Irvine and K. Dane Wittrup join Ankyra Therapeutics CEO Howard Kaufman to discuss the evolution of a convergent bench-to-bedside collaboration that uses localized cytokine therapy to awaken a...

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  SERVIER EARLY INNOVATION AWARD 2023

  Gold Sponsor Servier is pleased to host their 2023 Early Innovation Award at LabCentral! This Golden Ticket will go to a startup who is driving scientific innovation in areas of high unmet need, including hard-to-treat diseases in oncology,...

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  SERC Symposium

  The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) within the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing is bringing together social scientists and humanists with engineers, computer scientists, and computing-related faculty for...

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  Webinar: Building Anti-Racist and Liberation Focused Workplaces

  Overview: In this webinar, SGO Facilitator Fatima Dainkeh will share ways dominant culture harms employee experience, review core principles of anti-racist and liberatory practices in the workplace, and provide everyday...

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  How Opera Can Help Corporate Communication Skills

  “You are your voice, and that’s the first impression you get.” – Jared Lafitte. Whether you are a CEO making an investor pitch, a scientist communicating a new concept, or simply...

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  What We Remember. What to Forget.

  Join Catalyst Conversations for a conversation about memory and forgetting with scientist, John Gabrieli, and writer, poet, and cultural critic, Lewis Hyde.  Memory is a major focus for Gabrieli.  His...

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  3D Printing Crash Course

  Get hands on with 3D printers in this three-part crash course. Through a series of guided projects and challenges, participants will learn how to use 3D printers and 3D design...

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  Algorithm & Views

  Two teams of KI investigators share their innovations using machine learning tools to improve lung cancer detection. Coupling machine learning algorithms with responsive nanoparticles, KI alum Ava Amini and Jesse Kirkpatrick...

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  NEXUM NATURA: AN ART EXHIBITION

  Three women artists connect individually to the natural world in this exhibition, Nexum Natura. Through lenses of environmental awareness, sensations of the body and spiritual contemplation, each artist uses imagery...

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  Lunch Break: Speed Networking

  Join us in the center of “the most innovative square mile on the planet” and build your professional network. In this 45 minute activity, participants will make numerous contacts in...

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  3D Printing Crash Course

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  Webinar: How to Talk about Pronouns at Work

  Overview: Understanding how pronouns are used in the workplace are an important part in LGBTQA+ inclusivity. Sharing, asking, and using the correct pronouns for your colleagues shows that you’re respecting...

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  Broad Discovery Series x BroadIgnite: An evening of inspired science

  Early-career scientists often have the most game-changing ideas. Join five emerging scientific visionaries as they talk about their efforts to move the needle on neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases, sudden cardiac...

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  Cook it UP with Chef Joe Gatto

  Chef Joe Gatto returns to the Urban Park kitchen this summer! Learn kitchen skills and explore new cuisines with one of these FREE cooking demonstrations.

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  LabCentral: Building Equity and Equality with PRIDE

  Marking PRIDE 2023, join ThermoFisher, LabCentral for a special conversation with guest speaker former mayor and Cambridge City Councilor E. Denise Simmons. E. Denise Simmons, a lifelong resident of Cambridge, is currently serving her...

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  2023 Koch Institute Symposium: Cancer Vaccines

  The 2023 Koch Institute Symposium, “Cancer Vaccines,” will be held Friday, June 23 in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium. The symposium will feature an outstanding program of speakers who are leaders in...

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  BEATING BURNOUT SEMINAR

  Burnout, a syndrome caused by excessive and prolonged stress, effects about two-thirds of all full-time workers. With work-related stress on the rise, this presentation discusses how this newly recognized medical...

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  MassBio 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference

  This year’s MassBio Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Conference will shine a light on the topic of health equity and how clinical trial diversity is a meaningful and achievable step...

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  SMART NUTRITION FOR THE BUSY PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR

  Eating right can be a challenge, especially for busy professionals always on the go. This presentation focuses on how to eat healthy throughout the entire day despite how hectic a...

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  REALIZING RESILIENCE SEMINAR

  Employees know all too well that life doesn’t always go as planned. It’s normal to feel overwhelmed when challenges arise; however, realizing resilience can help anyone cultivate the physical and...

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  2023 Cambridge Science Festival

  This October, an electrifying pop-up festival lights up the Kendall/MIT Open Space, in the heart of Kendall square and across the city of Cambridge. The week-long celebration combines all the magic...

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  WORKING FROM HOME SUCCESSFULLY SEMINAR

  Telework is more common now than it has ever been, and the practice of working from home offers a mix of both benefits and challenges. This presentation explores strategies and...

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  HEALTHY HOLIDAY GUIDE SEMINAR

  Most holiday celebrations involve a lot of food as well as some extra stress. From family gatherings and office parties to shopping and traveling, many people end up consuming more...

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  Sing for Science @ the MIT Museum

  The MIT Museum is partnering with the producers of the Top 10 Music Interview podcast Sing for Science bringing live interviews with musicians and scientists to the museum’s Lee Family...

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  Life Sciences Apprenticeship Program - Apply Now!

  Have you always dreamed of working in the biotech industry? Do you pay close attention to detail and have an analytical mind? Would you be interested in receiving free training,...

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  Draper’s Got the Right IDEA

  How to develop a winning strategy in the war for talent By Aisha Losche, Chief Diversity Officer, Draper Diversity is becoming an increasingly important value for modern workplaces. Both businesses...

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  Top 10 Takeaways on AI, Life Sciences,  and the Future in Kendall Square

  The combination of leading AI and life science experts working together here in Kendall Square bodes well for our shared future.  Our superpowers–purpose, collaboration, vision, talent, and fearless pursuit of...

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  2023 Annual Meeting: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

  With an incomparable view of the Charles River from Microsoft’s NERD Center, some 300 leaders from around Kendall Square gathered to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Kendall Square Association...

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  Doubling down on sustainability innovation in Kendall Square

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  Building Community with The Foundry: A Conversation with Diana Navarrete-Rackauckas

  Bridges in and out of Kendall are what bring our innovations to life — and Diana Navarrete-Rackauckas is one of the talented, driven members of our community leading the charge....

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  Kendall Square Challenge is back!

  After a pandemic-induced hiatus, the Kendall Square Association is thrilled to be bringing back the Kendall Square Challenge taking place on June 16th, 2022! 

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  Advancing DEI in Kendall Will Take Intentionality, Community Effort

  Kendall Square is home to some of the world’s most innovative life sciences, tech and biotech companies — but while these industries are responsible for producing change-the-world research and technology,...

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  Synlogic CEO Aoife Brennan On Hybrid Work

  It should come as no surprise that while Kendall was (and continues to be) at the forefront of vaccine creation, it was (and continues to be) leading the way in...

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  Through Innovators for Purpose, Michael and Donna Dawson Support Teens to Drive Social Change

  Michael Dawson’s career in STEM started with a tap on the shoulder. Growing up in Florida, he remembers a guidance counselor at his high school pulled him aside and said...

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  What's New in 2022! From peer learning to interactive community building and culture events, there's something for everyone at KSA this year.

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  MIT Museum to open new Kendall Square location in Spring 2022