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Undergraduate Thesis + Capstone Presentations 2026

Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026 Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm Location: 54-911 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA

Categories: Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate Community Gatherings Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology Geophysics Planetary Science Thesis Defenses

Please join us! In preparation for commencement, our bachelor’s degree candidates will each present the results of their senior year research projects. …

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POSTPONED — [ESS] Pascal Audet (U Ottawa)

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Time: 10:00 - 11:00am Location: 55-110 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA Attend Virtually

Categories: Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology Geophysics Research Lectures

This event has been postponed until the fall. “Deep Roots of a Mountain Belt: Lithospheric Structure and Mantle Dynamics Beneath the Canadian Cord…

[PLS] Emmy Hughes (CU Boulder)

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm Location: 54-517 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA, 02139 Attend Virtually

Categories: Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology Planetary Science Research Lectures

Since its arrival at Gale crater in 2012, the Curiosity rover has climbed hundreds of meters of stratigraphy representing the diverse environments of an…

Admin Staff Research Lunch & Learn with William Frank

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 Time: 1:00 - 2:00pm Location: 54-209 M. Nafi Toksöz Seminar Room | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA

Categories: Community Gatherings

This monthly series forges deeper connections between EAPS administrative staff and the science we’re all working to support. On select Tuesdays d…

Community Coffee Break

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Time: 9:45 - 10:15am Location: Building 55 Atrium | Tina and Hamid Moghadam Building | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA

Categories: Community Gatherings

Grab a cup of coffee or tea and a donut and chat with your fellow EAPS colleagues in the atrium of Building 55! Community Coffee is held every Wednesday…

[DLS] Laurie Barge (NASA)

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Location: 55-110 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA

Categories: Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology Geophysics Planetary Science Research Lectures

“Searching for Signs of Life and its Origin on Other Planets” Is there life elsewhere in the solar system, and if so, how can we find it? Al…

Master’s Thesis Defense — Maurielle Noto (EAPS)

Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Time: 1:00 - 3:00pm Location: 4-270 | MIT Campus, Cambridge Attend Virtually

Categories: Planetary Science Thesis Defenses

“Mars Global Valley Widths” A public presentation of the thesis will be given by the candidate. DATE: May 6th, 2026 TIME: 1:00 PM ET PLACE: Room 4-270, …

[ESAC Seminar] Shaalin Sehra

Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026 Time: 12:00 - 1:00pm Location: 54-911 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA Attend Virtually

Categories: Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate Geology, Geochemistry, and Geobiology Geophysics Planetary Science Student + Postdoc Groups

TBA ESAC Early-Career Seminar Series — A forum for students and postdocs to share recent research, hone presentation skills, and build community among p…

EAPS Writing Retreat

Date: Monday, May 11, 2026 Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm Location: RSVP for location details, Cambridge

Categories: Workshops

Feeling stuck on your paper or thesis? Or maybe you just can’t seem to find the time (or motivation) to sit down and write? Join us for a full day […]

[PAOCQ] Kaighin McColl (Harvard)

Date: Monday, May 11, 2026 Time: 12:00 - 1:30pm Location: 55-110 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA Attend Virtually

Categories: Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate Research Lectures

“Relative humidity, hydrological sensitivity and the aridity paradox” There is no simple explanation for the spatial structure of near-surfa…

[PLS] Mauricio Haag (MIT)

Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm Location: 54-517 | MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA, 02139 Attend Virtually

Categories: Planetary Science Research Lectures

Planetary Lunch Seminar — Colloquia topics span the range of research interests of the department’s planetary sciences research program, and the t…

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