2025 Festival of Learning: Highlights

2025 Festival of Learning: Mens et Manus for the Future

What can we do at MIT to prepare our students to solve the challenges of their time? Every learner at MIT can impact the future of humankind and the planet—calling on us to embrace new approaches to an MIT education. In this video, panelists share their perspectives on deeply engaging students and the future of teaching and learning at MIT. Opening Remarks by Daniel E. Hastings, Interim Vice Chancellor, and the Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Chris Capozzola, Elting E. Morison Professor of History & Senior Associate Dean for Open Learning Adam Martin, Professor of Biology & Co-Chair of the Task Force on the Undergraduate Academic Program Amitava ‘Babi’ Mitra, Founding Executive Director, New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET), School of Engineering Susan Silbey, Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of Humanities, Sociology and Anthropology; & Professor of Behavioral and Policy Sciences at Sloan School of Management Moderator: Janet Rankin, Director of MIT Teaching + Learning Lab

2025 Festival of Learning: Moving Forward Together

What can we do at MIT to prepare our students to solve the challenges of their time? Every learner at MIT can impact the future of humankind and the planet—calling on us to embrace new approaches to an MIT education. In this video, panelists—faculty, instructors, and, importantly, recent students—will discuss examples of their collaboration with others to transform their MIT subjects. Sean Robinson, Lecturer in Physics & Associate Director of the Helena Foundation Junior Laboratory Cory Romanov, MIT graduate ‘24, & Technical Instructor for Physics Department Paola Rebusco, Senior Lecturer in Physics & Experimental Study Group Maria Khotimsky, Senior Lecturer in Russian McKenzie Dinesen, Senior Undergraduate in Aerospace Engineering and Russian and Eurasian Studies Moderator: Aaron Kessler, Associate Director of Learning Sciences and Teaching