Celebrating National Student Parent Month (Week 3)
Happy National Student Parent Month! This month, the Office of Graduate Education is featuring one graduate student parent per week, highlighting their academic work and parenting journey at MIT. Please check back weekly for more student parent features! Elizabeth Doherty Family: Husband, Taylor, daughter Piper (2.5 years), and son Cameron (2 months) Degree program: Sloan […]
Protecting the rights of internet users, in Mexico and worldwide
After the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement, a single Tweet or Facebook post was able to mobilize thousands in a matter of hours. In 2012, protests came to the streets of Mexico as young people demonstrated against the results of the general election. A recent college graduate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, […]
Nuh Gedik
Gedik is the Donner Professor of Physics at MIT. His group investigates quantum materials by using advanced optical and electron-based spectroscopies. Gedik employs these techniques to study topological insulators, high temperature superconductors, and atomically layered materials. Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion Alongside his academic pursuits, Gedik is deeply committed to promoting diversity, equity, and […]
Mariya Grinberg
When Mariya Grinberg joined the MIT Security Studies Program as a faculty member in 2021, the department was in a state of flux. The pandemic was in full swing, several core faculty members were nearing retirement, and the program had welcomed the largest cohort of PhD students in its history. As Grinberg entered the community, […]
Merit and Impact: Writing a Compelling NSF GRFP Statements
Join MIT’s Writing and Communication Center for a workshop on how to write your personal and research statements for the NSF-GRFP application.
Celebrating student entrepreneurship at delta v’s 2024 Demo Day
With this year’s delta v Demo Day, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship proved two things: first, that students can make remarkable progress toward creating impactful new businesses over the course of a single summer; and second, that the Trust Center remains one of the best party-throwers on campus. The Sept. 6 event, which […]
MIT welcomes nine MLK Scholars for 2024-25
Every year since 1991, MIT has welcomed outstanding visiting scholars to campus through the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars Program. The Institute aspires to attract candidates who are, in King’s words, “trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom.” MLK Scholars enhance the intellectual and cultural life of the Institute through teaching […]
3 Questions: What does innovation look like in the field of substance use disorder?
In 2020, more than 278,000 people died from substance use disorder with over 91,000 of those from overdoses. Just three years later, deaths from overdoses alone rose by over 25,000. Despite its magnitude, the substance use disorder crisis still faces fundamental challenges: a prevailing societal stigma, lack of knowledge around its origin in the brain, and […]
Celebrating National Student Parent Month (Week 2)
Happy National Student Parent Month! This month, the Office of Graduate Education is featuring one graduate student parent per week, highlighting their academic work and parenting journey at MIT. Please check back weekly for more student parent features! Fabio Castro Family: Wife, Amanda, and 9-month-old daughter, Sofia Degree program: PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering […]
2024 NAAAHP: National Association of African American Honors Programs
The National Association of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP) began in May, 1990, when a group of Honors directors from approximately 20 Historically and Predominantly Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs and PBCUs) met at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss plans for a national organization of honors programs designed to address the specific needs […]
2024 MC-STEMP Graduating Engineering Minorities (GEM) GRADLab
Join the premiere organization supporting qualified students from underrepresented communities pursuing graduate degrees in applied science and engineering funded by leading corporations, government laboratories, top universities, and top research institutions. Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees (GRAD) Lab offers underrepresented students’ exposure to the benefits of research and technology careers in a highly interactive one-day event.
2024 Georgia Tech Virtual Graduate Showcase
The Showcase focuses on traditional academic graduate programs (master’s and doctorate) as well as deferred MBAs. Professional schools such as law, medical, etc. are not included. FREE for all prospective students anywhere in the world!
2024 Grace Hopper Celebration
Created in 1994 and inspired by the legacy of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, the AnitaB.org flagship event Grace Hopper Celebration brings the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.
MIT graduate programs empower the next generation of naval leaders
Designing a ship or submarine for the U.S. Navy requires an understanding of naval architecture, hydrodynamics, electrical and structural engineering, materials science, and more. That’s why the Navy works so closely with MIT, where some of the world’s foremost experts in each of those disciplines converge. The largest among the graduate-level naval programs at MIT […]
MIT students combat climate anxiety through extracurricular teams
Climate anxiety affects nearly half of young people aged 16-25. Students like second-year Rachel Mohammed find hope and inspiration through her involvement in innovative climate solutions, working alongside peers who share her determination. “I’ve met so many people at MIT who are dedicated to finding climate solutions in ways that I had never imagined, dreamed […]
Tools for making imagination blossom at MIT.nano
The MIT community and visitors have a new reason to drop by MIT.nano: six artworks by Brazilian artist and sculptor Denise Milan. Located in the open-air stairway connecting the first- and second-floor galleries within the nanoscience and engineering facility, the works center around the stone as a microcosm of nature. From Milan’s “Mist of the […]
UT Austin McNair Scholars Visit
The MIT Office of Graduate Education visits the McNair Scholars Program at UT Austin! This opportunity will provide prospective graduate students with an overview of the graduate programs and exciting summer research opportunities available at MIT.
2024 Cohort Sistas Graduate School Fair
Discover top-notch doctoral programs from esteemed institutions across the nation. Network with representatives who understand your unique journey and aspirations. Sharpen your application game with expert-led workshops on crafting stellar personal statements, securing funding, and acing interviews.
Nurturing success
The start and finish of a degree program are pivotal moments in the lives of MIT’s graduate students. In her first three years in MIT’s Department of Political Science, professor Mariya Grinberg’s mentorship has helped numerous students start their graduate journeys with confidence and direction. Nuh Gedik, who joined the Department of Physics in 2008, […]
MIT team wins grand prize at NASA’s First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition
The members of the MIT First Nations Launch team had never built a drone before when they faced the 2024 NASA First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition. This year’s challenge invited teams to design, build, and launch a high-power rocket carrying a scientific payload that deploys mid-air and safely returns to the ground, integrating Indigenous […]
Engineering proteins to treat cancer
Like many children of first-generation immigrants, Oscar Molina grew up feeling like he had two career choices: doctor or lawyer. He seemed destined for the former as he excelled in high school and planned to major in biochemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles, but as an undergraduate, he fell in love with […]
Sam Madden named faculty head of computer science in EECS
Sam Madden, the College of Computing Distinguished Professor of Computing at MIT, has been named the new faculty head of computer science in the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), effective Aug. 1. Madden succeeds Arvind, a longtime MIT professor and prolific computer scientist, who passed away in June. “Sam’s research leadership […]
Keeping the cosmos clean
Asked to describe his work for a lay audience, Allan Shtofenmakher responds with an unexpected question: “Have you ever seen the movie ‘Wall-E?’” Recalling that the 2008 Disney-Pixar movie’s view of Earth from space was “brown and dusty and just surrounded by tons and tons of space junk,” he cautions, “If we’re not good stewards […]
Steven Derocher
Monday: Remote Tuesday: 3-107Wednesday: RemoteThursday: 3-107Friday: Remote I oversee information systems, data reporting and analysis, and helping everyone make better data informed decisions. A fun fact about me: I love to sail, and I’m a born tinkerer and maker, it’s probably why I enjoy being at MIT!
Anything but not everything
Infinite Corridor, finite student To walk down the Infinite Corridor at MIT is to be inundated with posters for student organizations and events. In December, flyers advertising IAP activities on just one of the bulletin boards included invitations to “learn Quechua in three weeks,” “study in Japan with MISTI,” and “weld your own bike!” I […]
Celebrating National Student Parent Month
Happy National Student Parent Month! This month, the Office of Graduate Education is featuring one graduate student parent per week, highlighting their academic work and parenting journey at MIT. Please check back weekly for more student parent features! Diana Grass Family: Husband and two children Degree program: PhD in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics in […]
Touch grass? More like touch clay.
First discovered as an undergraduate student The first time I heard about the MIT Arts Studio was when I was an undergraduate student at MIT and saw an email sent out by a recent alumna to her former dorm Next House (which is right next to Tang): “Hey guys, sign ups for the fall classes […]
General Fellowships Overview Webinar 1
Why are fellowships great? What is the application process? What are the types of resources available? Highlight: Hertz, NDSEG, JaneStreet, and GEM.
Designing better delivery for medical therapies
Early in his undergraduate studies in bioengineering, Sayo Eweje was thinking of a career in medicine. He was inspired by the idea of harnessing medical knowledge to improve patients’ lives, having grown up seeing his father do so as a gastroenterologist. However, his research experiences in college made him appreciate how scientific advancement can lead […]
Making a measurable economic impact
How do you measure the value of an economic policy? Of an aid organization’s programming? For Saeed Miganeh, who completed an MITx MicroMasters in Data, Economics, and Development Policy and is now enrolled in MIT’s master’s program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP), these are key questions he is determined to answer. “Enrolling at MIT fed […]
Money matters: Part 2
If you’ve read part one of this blog post, you know how to use a budget to help manage your money. What can we do with what we save, and how can we make what we spend really count? Beyond budgeting, there are some more advanced moves that we can make with our money, even […]
Duane Boning named vice provost for international activities
Duane Boning ’84, SM ’86, PhD ’91 has been named the next MIT vice provost for international activities (VPIA), effective Sept. 1. Boning, the Clarence J. LeBel Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, succeeds Japan Steel Industry Professor Richard Lester, who has served as VPIA since 2015. The VPIA provides intellectual […]
Creating connection with science communication
Before completing her undergraduate studies, Sophie Hartley, a student in MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing, had an epiphany that was years in the making. “The classes I took in my last undergraduate semester changed my career goals, but it started with my grandfather,” she says when asked about what led her to science writing. She’d […]
