{"id":2066,"date":"2018-04-10T19:38:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T23:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2018-04-10T19:38:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T23:38:42","slug":"mit-media-lab-tour-417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=2066","title":{"rendered":"MIT Media Lab Tour &#8211; 4\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>NEASIST is offering an exclusive tour of the MIT Media Lab!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When:\u00a0<span class=\"m_-5997539199799059737gmail-aBn\"><span class=\"m_-5997539199799059737gmail-aQJ\"><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday, April 17 at 3:30pm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 The tour should be about an hour.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Where: MIT Media Lab.\u00a0 (<a title=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/rjyauzyCnSA2\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/rjyauzyCnSA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Map<\/a>).\u00a0 Meet us at the entrance at the corner of Amherst and Ames streets.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Audience:\u00a0 Registered ASIST members (<a title=\"https:\/\/www.asist.org\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asist.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check your membership here<\/a>) and Simmons students<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Description:\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u>The\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.media.mit.edu\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.media.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIT Media Lab<\/a>\u00a0is an interdisciplinary research lab that encourages the unconventional mixing and matching of seemingly disparate research areas with a common theme of looking at who people and society experience and interact with technology.\u00a0\u00a0<b>They actually don&#8217;t offer tours of the research areas to the general public, so we encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0William Powers, a research scientist at MIT Media Lab&#8217;s Laboratory for Social Machines, will be leading the tour.\u00a0 \u00a0After the tour, join us for the post-event coffee and pastries at\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/iSnCerJTrDr\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/iSnCerJTrDr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Area Four<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=500+Technology+Square&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">500 Technology Square<\/a>\u00a0to chat and network.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0b101e\">If you&#8217;re interested in attending,<\/span>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #0b101e\">please<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0b101e\">RSVP<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0b101e\">by\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Wednesday, April 11<\/span><\/span><\/span><sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0b101e\">\u00a0with your name and affiliation to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lchoy@wheelock.edu\">lchoy@wheelock.edu<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0b101e\">Otherwise, you cannot be admitted into the lab.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0b101e\">If you have any questions, please contact Saffana Anwar (saffana.anwar@simmons.edu).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEASIST is offering an exclusive tour of the MIT Media Lab! 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