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MLTalks: Carroll Bogert "Look Who's Talking: Non-Profit Newsmakers in the New Media Age"

LocationMIT Media Lab, Third-Floor Atrium DescriptionChanges in the media world have been hard on journalists and unsettling for news consu…

Monday
September 10, 2012
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Carroll Bogert

Sept. 10, 2012
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Matthew Carroll

Former Research Scientist

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POSTPONED Media Lab Conversations Series: Geetha Narayanan

LocationMIT Media Lab, Third-Floor Atrium Description This talk has been postponed. We look forward to following Geetha Narayanan later in …

Friday
March 15, 2013
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Damien Echols and Shaka Senghor

Damien Echols and Shaka Senghor in conversation on injustice, compassion, and redemption in relation to their prison memoirs.

Thursday
May 16, 2013
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Media Lab Conversations Series: JJ Abrams

Nov. 26, 2012
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Guts and Genius

David Sun Kong, Kevin Slavin, and special guests in conversation with Media Lab Director Joi Ito.

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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

The Challenge: To harness AI for humanity's leap forwardMachines are becoming more intelligent and more powerful every day. But, like all t…

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Look Who’s Talking

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Media Lab Perspectives Speaker Series

Faculty Perspectives is a new series inviting thoughtful speakers and innovators to inspire the Media Lab community and beyond.

Thursday
April 14, 2022
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Media Lab @ 2022 Lake Nona Impact Forum

"A conversation. Not a conference."

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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

The Challenge: To secure a sustainable future for all living thingsHow can we reduce harm to our planet and the future prospects of life on…

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Media Lab Focus | July 2021: New Health

The Media Lab Focus series for July 2021 will be around the theme of New Health.

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Media Lab’s new head

Aero-astro professor Dava Newman, noted for her pioneering spacesuit designs, will take over in July.

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Dava Newman becomes director of MIT Media Lab

Dava Newman is a visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space.

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Introducing MIT Media Lab's Advancing Humans with AI (AHA) Research Program

The MIT Media Lab announced the launch of its multi-faculty research program, "Advancing Humans with AI" (AHA)

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Conformable Decoders Group presents on New Health at the Media Lab Focus series for July 2021

The July edition of the Media Lab Focus series for member companies starts next week! The theme is New Health,  and wil…

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Media Lab @ 2024 Lake Nona Impact Forum

This event will explore the intersections of health, wellness, scientific innovation, and strategies to optimize human performance.

Wednesday — Friday
February 28, 2024 —
March 1, 2024
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Media Lab spinoff Empatica receives new FDA clearance for its Health Monitoring Platform and announces Series B financing

Co-founded by Professor Rosalind Picard, Empatica develops medical-grade wearables and algorithms for health monitoring and diagnostics.

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MIT Media Lab in the News: 2024 Review

The Media Lab attracted significant attention in 2024 across digital, print, and broadcast media—garnering over 170 stories world-wide.

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Media Lab @ World Economic Forum 2025

The following Media Lab community members are participating in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting this year.

Monday — Friday
January 20, 2025 —
January 24, 2025
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Q&A: Inside the Media Lab's New Website

The MIT Media Lab's new website is yours to explore. Listen to this interview to delve into its design thinking.

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MIT Media Lab in the News

The Communications team tracks strories covered in major and/or significant outlets. The table below is constantly updated.

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Meet the Media Lab’s New Learning Innovation Fellows

The Media Lab is thrilled to announce our inaugural cohort of Learning Innovation fellows for the 2016–2017 academic year.

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Media Lab Perspectives: Listening to Disrupt with Katherine Cramer

Listening to DisruptIn this session of the Media Lab Perspectives series, Deb Roy will engage his collaborator Kathy Cramer in co…

Thursday
May 27, 2021
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Media Lab Perspectives: You are RIGHT! Right? with Juan Enriquez

Thursday April 15, 2021 …

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Look Who's Talking: Mechanisms for Sharing Interpersonal Context and Social Titles as Awareness Information

Adcock, M. "Look Who's Talking: Mechanisms for Sharing Interpersonal Context and Social Titles as Awareness Information"

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Media Lab hosts screenings with Boston Film Festival

The screenings highlight stories of the Black community in the US featuring innovation, tradition, and courage.

Saturday — Sunday
September 23, 2023 —
September 24, 2023
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Media Lab @ Artfinity 2025

Several Media Lab community members will participate in MIT's inaugural Artfinity festival.

Saturday — Friday
February 15, 2025 —
May 2, 2025
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A Look Inside the MIT Media Lab

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Media Lab Perspectives: Listening to Disrupt with Katherine Cramer

Thursday May 27, 2021 …

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Media Lab Focus | January 2021: Building the New Economy

The Media Lab Focus series for January 2021 will present research every week on the theme of Building the New Economy.

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Media Lab Focus | September 2021: Aging

The theme for the ML Focus series for September 2021 will be on Aging.

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Whose deaths matter? New research on Black Lives Matter and media attention

New research published in the International Journal of Communication

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Cynthia Breazeal Assumes New Media Lab Role

Cynthia Breazeal has been promoted to full professor and named associate director of the Media Lab. Both appointments are effective July 1.

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Media Lab Perspectives: You are RIGHT! Right? with Juan Enriquez

Join this ML Perspectives segment, hosted by Professor Pattie Maes, where Juan Enriquez will discuss ethics and technology.

Thursday
April 15, 2021
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Media Lab Research Theme: Decentralized Society

The Challenge: To shape the future with decentralized technologiesOur world faces a range of complex challenges across multiple sector…

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If/Then She Can – The Exhibit at the MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab is honored to host six statues from #IfThenSheCan – The ExhibitLyda Hill Philanthropies' IF/THEN® Initiative presents #I…

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Dava Newman: Inventing better futures at the MIT Media Lab

Director Dava Newman talks with ILP as part of their Faculty Feature, discussing her work at the MIT Media Lab.

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Perspective-Aware AI at MIT Media Lab

Perspective-Aware AI (PAi) can shape the future of eXtended Reality (XR)

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Media Lab research response to COVID-19

The Media Lab community brings creativity, expertise, and research to the pandemic

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Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

The Challenge: To Transform Mental + Physical WellbeingAs mental health and physical ability challenges surge worldwide, driven by ine…

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The Making of MIT's New Media Lab Complex

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March 6, 2010
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Media Lab Perspectives | Agency and Progress: Efficacy, Optimism, and Imagination with Martin Seligman

Agency and Progress: Efficacy, Optimism, & ImaginationWe hope you'll join us for this segment of the Media Lab Perspectives Series…

Thursday
June 10, 2021
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Early methods for studying affective use and emotional wellbeing in ChatGPT: An OpenAI and MIT Media Lab Research collaboration

Editor’s Note: This blog was written jointly with OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab. It also appears here. 

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Introducing the 2018-19 MIT Media Lab Learning Fellows

Our new cohort is the most diverse yet—bringing together graduate students from eight Media Lab research groups.

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Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

The Challenge: To ignite creativity in the face of global challengesThe accelerating crises, disruptions, and disconnections in today’s soc…

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MIT Media Lab graduates share their entrepreneurial journey during 2022 Newhall Lecture

Alumni Nan-Wei Gong and Anirudh Sharma will deliver the 2022 C. Ashton Newhall Endowed Lecture at Elon University.

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Media Lab Perspectives | Agency and Progress: Efficacy, Optimism, and Imagination with Martin Seligman

Thursday June 10, 2021 …

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Professor Dava Newman named new director of MIT Media Lab

Newman is the first female director of the lab.

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MIT Media Lab’s new knitted keyboard showcases the power of smart textiles

KnittedKeyboard II seeks is an interactive, textile-based musical device with the familiar layout of piano keys.

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Media Lab spinoff Xander honored at CES 2023

Co-founded by Media Lab alum Alex Westner, Xander will introduce its first product, XanderGlasses, at CES 2023.

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Announcing the 2019 Media Lab Director’s Fellows

NBA star, Polynesian voyager, Stockton mayor among the new cohort working to build bridges between MIT and the world.

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Media Lab X.0: Anthology of Tomorrows

As a part of Proseminar in Media Arts and Sciences, the newly-minted PhD cohort works together to envision future Media Lab research groups

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Media Lab Perspectives: Can a lab be an undivided house? with Sara Hendren

In this session of the Media Lab Perspective Series, Future Sketches head Zach Lieberman will moderate a conversation with Sara Hendren.

Thursday
December 9, 2021
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Media Lab Focus

Join us remotely as we go on curated research journeys focused on a monthly theme.

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Opt in to receive the MIT Media Lab Alumni Newsletter

Each month, we send email to thousands of Media Lab alumni to keep you up-to-date on happenings at the lab. Do you receive these emails?!Fi…