From: Student Life
Date: October 22, 2025
Subject: MIT Sloan Student Life Newsletter October 22, 2025


October 22, 2025

Know Your Resource: Study Rooms in MIT Libraries

Group study rooms and quiet study spots are available across the Institute. Visit MIT Libraries Study Spaces to view the many options open to students. Dewey Library, located next door to E52, offers a variety of individual spaces for studying, and group study rooms that may be reserved. Follow this link to learn more about study space at Dewey, and how to reserve group study rooms.
Student Life Events

ROI: Return on Ingredients
Wednesday, October 29th 
5:30pm-7:30pm
Sloan Cafe
This fall, Sloan students are invited to join ROI: Return on Ingredients, a hands-on cooking experience designed to turn beginners into confident home chefs. Led by Michael Delvental, Executive Chef at RA in Sloan, each session offers a unique opportunity to learn, cook, and connect.

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Course XV Dinner 
Wednesday, October 29th
7pm-9pm
Local Restaurant
Course XV Dinners are an opportunity for fifteen students from across the programs to have a free, delicious, three course dinner at a local venue with a member of the Student Life Office.

Join the Lottery Here

Spooky Sloan
Wednesday, October 29th
11:30am-1pm
Student Life Office, E52-101
Spooky Sloan is back and better than ever! Join Student Life and DEI for a spooky afternoon full of ghoulishly good Halloween fun! There will be frightfully fantastic games, tricks, treats and more. Stop by to decorate a pumpkin, indulge in some sinister sweets, and take part in some delightfully eerie festivities.

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Peter Krause Talk: The History of Israel and Palestine - Part 1
Monday, November 3rd
11:30am-1pm
E62-233
This session will provide historical and political context to help attendees understand the ongoing conflict in and around Gaza. Topics to be discussed include the history of the Zionist and Palestinian national movements, as well as the causes and consequences of previous wars and peace processes between Israelis, Palestinians, and their Arab state neighbors. This session will also introduce some of the initial concepts of How to Have a Constructive Conversation on Israel and Palestine, applied to these historical developments.

Register Here

Boston Bruins vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Monday, November 17th
7pm-10pm
TD Garden 
Cheer on the Boston Bruins with your fellow Sloanies! Tickets go on sale Thursday, October 30th and 12:00PM! Tickets: $40 each, max two tickets per student. 

Get Tickets Here

The Snow Ball 
Saturday, December 6th
10pm-2am
Royale Night Club
Get ready to celebrate the end of the fall semester in style at the most anticipated event of the season – the Snow Ball! Join us at the Royale nightclub in Boston for an unforgettable night of music, dancing, and fun, Sloanie style.

SAVE THE DATE!
Community Events

Resource Fair: Community
Thursday, October 30th
11:30am-1pm
Sloan Cafe
Student Life and campus resource offices will be tabling in the Sloan Café—stop by to connect with: ISO, MITAC, OACES, and MIT Police.

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Stitch and Screen: Pride and Prejudice Craft Night
Thursday, October 23rd
6pm-8pm
MIT Welcome Center
Join MIT Open Space Programming for a cozy screening of Pride & Prejudice (PG) presented in collaboration with the PKG Public Service Center and the MIT Women’s League. Bring your craft projects along and feel free to sew or stitch while you watch; we’ll keep the lights up! Please note that seating is available on a first come, first served basis, regardless of registration.

Launch of the Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work
Monday, November 3rd
1pm-5:45pm
Virtual or Boston Cambridge Marriott
Come celebrate the launch of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work, led by Nobel laureates Simon Johnson (MIT Sloan) and Daron Acemoglu (MIT Economics), and David Autor (MIT Economics). The event will feature a series of discussions at the intersection of technology, the future of work, and inequality.

See the agenda here

Hello Sloanies!
Thursday, October 30th 
12pm-1pm
Student Life Office, E52-113
Join us for “Hello Sloanies," where you meet other Sloanies, network, and make connections while playing games during your lunch hour.

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Free Museum of Science Family Day
Saturday, November 8th
Museum of Science 
MITAC and the Museum of Science would like to welcome you, your colleagues, and your families to a special day at the Museum on Nov 8! Enjoy free Exhibit Halls admission (regularly $33) and free validated parking (first-come, first-served in the Museum Garage). Space is limited. 

Reserve Tickets Here

Lights Out!
Saturday, November 1st
8pm-11pm
Lobdell Hall (W20-208), Stratton Student Center
Join the MIT International Students Association for an evening of music, mystery, and mischief! The event will feature live music performances, dancing, Halloween treats, fortune readings, and a costume contest with prizes.

BULLETIN BOARD

MIT Sloan Student Organizations' Acknowledgement of
MIT Anti-Hazing and Nondiscrimination Policies

As annually required, all MIT Sloan Student Organizations have certified to the Institute that they are compliant with Massachusetts law and MIT policy about hazing for the 2025-2026 year. This is a good opportunity for us also to remind you of MIT’s policies on discrimination and harassment, as well as overall student conduct expectations as laid out in the MIT Mind and Hand Book.


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