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The 2026 Compton Lecture will be delivered by Harvard University Professor Martha Minow.

October 22, 2026
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Join STUDIO.nano for the next Resonances Lecture! Professor Paola Bertucci from Yale University will present her talk: Invented pasts, past inventions: When technological myths survive historical evidence.

Monday, October 26, 2026
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM ET
MIT.nano Building 12 Room 0168

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The Nano Summit is MIT.nano's flagship conference bringing together leaders from academia, industry, government, and startups to explore the technologies shaping the next decade of innovation. The Nano Summit focuses on the convergence of nanoscience and engineering, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies, supported by the infrastructure needed to advance and scale them.

It is designed for researchers, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and students engaged in advancing next-generation science and engineering.

Thursday, October 29
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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The 2026 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Gang Chen of MIT.

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET

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Join the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) for their research and development conference. The theme for 2026 is Curiosity on a Mission: Accelerating from Discovery to Real-World Impact.

November 17 – 18, 2026

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Join MIT.nano and Semilab for a tool talk on the Semilab Mercury CV (MCV) probing system.

Tuesday, October 20
11 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET
MIT.nano, 12-0168

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Join MIT.nano for our October Seminar. Mark Allen, the Alfred Fitler Moore Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, will present on magnetics in MEMS: From DC to GHz.

3 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Grier Room A (34-401)

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Join the MLK Scholars Program for a talk by visiting professor Justus Ndukaife on optical nanotweezers for nanoplastics, nanomedicine, and quantum technologies.

Thursday, October 8
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. ET
MIT Bush Room (10-105)

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Join MIT.nano for a special seminar co-hosted with the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL)! Paul Weiss, Distinguished Professor, California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA Center for Quantum Science & Engineering, and Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Materials Science & Engineering, UCLA, will present on mimicking nature: controlling charge, heat, and spin at interfaces.

12 p.m. – 1 p.m. ET
Grier Room A (34-401)

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MIT students, postdocs, researchers, and alumni are invited to meet with representatives of the member companies of the MIT.nano Consortium, Microsystems Industrial Group, Quantum Science & Engineering Consortium, MIT AI Hardware Program, and MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium. This focused career fair will provide networking and career opportunities with leading global companies seeking MIT talent for a variety of roles and industries. 

Sept. 24
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
MIT Stata Center

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