Celebrating the people behind Kendall Square’s innovation ecosystem
While it’s easy to be amazed by the constant drumbeat of innovations coming from Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sometimes overlooked are the dedicated individuals working to make those scientific and technological breakthroughs a reality. Every day, people in the neighborhood tackle previously intractable problems and push the frontiers of their fields.This year’s Kendall Square […]
General Fellowships Overview Webinar 2
Why are fellowships great? What is the application process? What are the types of resources available? Highlight: DOE CSGF/SSGF, HHMI Gilliam, and Martin Family Fellows.
Celebrating National Student Parent Month (Week 4)
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. This is the last student parent feature of the month, but you can check out the previous weeks’ features. Matthew Webb Family: Wife, Rachel, and three […]
MIT launches new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program
A new, multidisciplinary MIT graduate program in music technology and computation will feature faculty, labs, and curricula from across the Institute. The program is a collaboration between the Music and Theater Arts Section in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS); Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) in the School of Engineering; […]
The mountains you didn’t know you needed
It was 10 pm on an inconsequential day in February when a friend texted me, “What if we went hiking tonight?” Deep in a notorious junior-year thermodynamics assignment, I picked up my phone to turn him down, as I had so many times before, with so many people. There was no question that I needed […]
MAS Virtual Open House
Hear more about the Media Arts and Sciences program from MAS staff, faculty, & current students. The event will give you some insight into what it is like to be an MAS student, how to prepare your application materials, hear directly from research groups, and ask any questions!
MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2024-25
MIT has placed second in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of the nation’s best colleges and universities, announced today. As in past years, MIT’s engineering program continues to lead the list of undergraduate engineering programs at a doctoral institution. The Institute also placed first in six out of nine engineering disciplines. U.S. News placed MIT […]
GradThriving
GradThriving is designed to foster the holistic well-being and academic success of MIT graduate students. Our mission is to create an environment where students not only survive, but thrive in their academic and personal lives. This new unit will bring together existing and expanding services: Straightforward access to what you needOne unit makes it simpler […]
VPF Fall Tax Workshop for Graduate Students
The VPF Tax team is holding a Tax Workshop for Graduate Students on Thursday, October 10, 2024 featuring presentations prepared by the VPF Tax and HR/Payroll teams. Open to all MIT graduate students, regardless of residency or citizenship status. No registration is required.
MIT course helps researchers crack secrets of ancient pottery
Jennifer Meanwell carefully placed a pottery sherd — or broken fragment of ceramic — under the circular, diamond-coated blade of a benchtop saw. “Cutting the sample is the first big step,” says Meanwell, a lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. She was leading a lab in making thin sections of […]
Improving biology education here, there, and everywhere
When she was a child, Mary Ellen Wiltrout PhD ’09 didn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a K-12 teacher. Growing up in southwestern Pennsylvania, Wiltrout was studious with an early interest in science — and ended up pursuing biology as a career. But following her doctorate at MIT, she pivoted toward education […]
Liftoff: The Climate Project at MIT takes flight
The leaders of The Climate Project at MIT met with community members at a campus forum on Monday, helping to kick off the Institute’s major new effort to accelerate and scale up climate change solutions. “The Climate Project is a whole-of-MIT mobilization,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said in her opening remarks. “It’s designed to focus […]
Bridging the heavens and Earth
When Jared Bryan talks about his seismology research, it’s with a natural finesse. He’s a fifth-year PhD student working with MIT Assistant Professor William Frank on seismology research, drawn in by the lab’s combination of GPS observations, satellites, and seismic station data to understand the underlying physics of earthquakes. He has no trouble talking about […]
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 […]
