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Seeking pod leaders for the MIT Summer Research Program

Graduate Students: Looking for a rewarding opportunity to mentor summer interns and earn money? Serve as a Pod Leader for the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)! MSRP inspires and cultivates the next generation of talented undergraduate scholars to pursue graduate education & research career paths.

Learn more about the program and apply by Friday, February 14, 2025.

From the Blog

Why rockets won’t be named after women

A big headline in aerospace news right now is the first orbital launch of Blue Origin’s rocket ‘New Glenn’. And while I am extremely happy there is an up-in-coming competitor to Space X’s Falcon Heavy, every time I hear about New Glenn I get a bit twitchy, but let’s go back in time a bit. […]

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