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INSPIRE 2015

Agenda for Teachers, Parents & Chaperones

April 7-9, 2015

Copyright © 2015 MIT INSPIRE. All Rights Reserved.

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Event  Agenda  for  Teachers  and  Parents  April  7,  2015:  Finalist  Check  in,  INSPIRE  Inaugural  Opening  Ceremony  

• 12:00 – 3:30 PM: Student registration, check-in and poster set up in

Sala de Puerto Rico (W20)

• 12:00 – 3:45 PM: Optional – visit MIT Museum

• 1:00 – 3:45 PM: Optional – Interactive enrichment activities hosted by MIT

Libraries. For finalists who have signed up in advance, and chaperones if space

permits. Meet at the Student Center 15 minutes before activity start time.

o “Travel through Time at the Institute Archives and Special Collections”

o “Images Aren’t Just for Art”

o “Behind the Scenes in the Conservation Lab”

• 4:00 – 6:00 PM: Opening Ceremony at the Wong Auditorium (E51)

o Opening remarks by Deborah K. Fitzgerald, Kenan Sahin Dean, MIT

School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Professor, Program in

Science, Technology and Society, MIT

o Welcoming remarks: Cynthia Barnhart, Chancellor, Ford Professor of

Engineering, Director, Transportation@MIT

o Remarks by Vaishnavi Rao, Founder and President, MIT INSPIRE

o Panel discussion: “Careers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Fields”. Panelists include:

§ Moderator: David Kaiser, Germeshausen Professor of the History of

Science, Department Head, Program in Science, Technology, and

Society, MIT

§ Ian Cheney, American documentary filmmaker, cinematographer,

and producer, and Knight Science Journalism Fellow, MIT

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§ Scott Kominers, Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows

and Research Scientist in Harvard's program for Evolutionary

Dynamics

§ Ian Condry, Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies and Head,

Global Studies and Languages, MIT

§ Bonny Kellermann, Director of Special Constituencies at MIT

• 6:30 – 8:00 PM: Students staying off campus are free to go with their chaperones

at 6:30 PM

 

April  8,  2015:  Judging  Day  and  Enrichment    

• 8:00 – 8:45 AM: Student drop off and check in for judging

• 9:00 AM – 2:45 PM: Optional activities: explore Boston, Cambridge or MIT (MIT

campus options available at: http://web.mit.edu/institute-events/visitor/do.html)

o MIT Campus Tour groups convene in Lobby 7, in the main building at 77

Massachusetts Avenue. Tours are offered at 11 am and 3 pm. Further

questions about campus tours may be addressed to the Events and

Information Center, 617-253-4795.

o The List Visual Arts Center is at 20 Ames Street (Building E15), Atrium

level. It houses a collection of contemporary art in all media, in addition to

managing the Artists in Residence and Percent-for-Art programs. Hours

and directions are available on the List website. Admission to all

exhibitions and related events is free and open to the general public.

o The MIT Museum is located at 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Building

N52. In addition to the world's largest collection of holography, the

museum features Kismet and other MIT robots and the interactive

sculpture of Arthur Ganson, as well as programs and activities for all ages.

Hours and the MIT Museum calendar are available at the Museum’s

website, as are the hours the Hart Nautical Gallery in Building 5.

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o From the MIT events calendar (Please check MIT Events calendar for

the latest updates on these events):

§ Wired: A World Transformed by the Telegraph

Time: 10:00a–4:00p; Location: 14N-130, Maihaugen Gallery,

Sponsor(s): MIT Libraries Exhibits

Long before telephone or text, instantaneous messages travelled

by telegraph. Explore the historic significance of this technological

triumph of the 19th century through an exhibit featuring books,

telegrams, photographs, and ephemera from the Libraries' Peterson

Telegraphy Collection. Web site:

http://libraries.mit.edu/exhibits/maihaugen/wired/

§ 10AM Undergraduate Admissions Information Session

Time: 10:00a–11:00a; Location: 10-100

MIT Undergraduate Admissions Information Sessions are led by

student interns and cover a variety of topics including academics,

campus life and the admissions and financial aid processes.

Immediately following the Undergraduate Admissions Information

Session is a student led Campus Tour.

§ Artists Beyond the Desk Presents Michael Yarsky

Speaker: Michael Yarsky

Time: 12:00p–1:00p; Location: 14W-111, Killian Hall

Artists Beyond the Desk

Yarsky (b. 1987) is a Boston-based songwriter and multi-

instrumentalist. He has written several indierock tunes for The

Wakes before venturing into solo, flamenco-infused indie folk. In

addition to being an accomplished bassist for pit orchestras and

jazz trios, he performs his work solo or with accomplished

composer and tenor Saunder Choi. He is a classical guitar

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enthusiast, a fervent admirer of Bartók, and a former student of

Berklee professor David Newsam. He is thrilled to be playing Killian

Hall again!

o Additionally, various galleries at MIT open to public – from arts to

cancer research. See http://arts.mit.edu/events-visit/galleries/ for details.

• 12:45 – 2:15 PM: Activities for Accompanying Adults organized by the MIT

Libraries. Meet at the Student center 15 minutes before activity start time. Please

check at registration desk for updates on this activity.

• 4:00 – 6:00 PM: Projects open to the MIT and Boston community for public

viewing (La Sala de Puerto Rico). The public can vote on a project for the MIT

INSPIRE 2015 Lincoln Community Choice award.

• 6:00 – 6:30 PM: Poster tear down and cleanup. [Note: All posters, display and set

up must absolutely be cleared out before 6:30 PM]

• 6:30 - 7:30 PM: Dinner for Finalists, mentors and parents. Location: Coffeehouse

(Student Center)

• 7:30 – 9:00 PM: Panel Discussion: “The Transition to College/Student Life at

MIT”. (Panelists consisting of MIT students). Open to Finalists, mentors and

parents. Location: Wong Auditorium.

April  9,  2015:  Award  Ceremony  and  check  out  Location:  Kresge  Auditorium  (W16)    

• 9:00 – 9:45 AM: Breakfast in Kresge Auditorium Lobby

• 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Award Ceremony

o Concluding remarks – W. Eric L. Grimson, Chancellor for Academic

Advancement, MIT

o Special remarks – The Honorable Deval L. Patrick Former Governor,

Massachusetts

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o Special awards presented by Ms. Colleen Messing, Chair, Council of Arts

at MIT (CAMIT) grants committee, Mr. Paul Parravano, ex officio member

of the MIT Community Service Fund (CSF) Board and Co-Director of the

Office of Government and Community Relations, MIT

o Category awards presented by Leah Flynn Gallant, Assistant Dean and

Director for Student Leadership and Engagement, Office of Student

Activities, Division of Student Life, MIT

o 12:15 –2:30 PM: Checkout in Kresge Lobby