Remarks by President-Elect Sally Kornbluth to the MIT community
The following remarks were given by President-Elect Sally Kornbluth to a gathering of community members in room 10-250 on Thursday, Oct. 20. Thank you, Madam Chair, for the warm introduction. And thank you also for the careful and thorough way that you led the search process, and for the outstanding questions you and your colleagues posed. […]
Do it now. Seek help now.
Mental illness is not unfamiliar to many MIT graduate students. People as smart as typical MIT students, when placed under that much pressure, are bound to have it. Look beyond three feet in front of you, and you’ll find evidence of it: that friend you haven’t seen in two weeks, long lines at MIT Mental […]
Ad hoc committee releases report on remote teaching best practices for on-campus education
The Ad Hoc Committee on Leveraging Best Practices from Remote Teaching for On-Campus Education has released a report that captures how instructors are weaving lessons learned from remote teaching into in-person classes. Despite the challenges imposed by teaching and learning remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic, the report says, “there were seeds planted then that, we […]
Five with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2022
On October 17, the National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 100 new members to join their esteemed ranks. MIT faculty members Laura L. Kiessling ’83 and Mark Bear were among the new members, along with MIT alumni Krishna Shenoy SM ’92, PhD ’95 and David Tuveson ’87. Martin Burke, a former student in […]
Unlocking the mysteries of how neurons learn
When he matriculated in 2019 as a graduate student, Raúl Mojica Soto-Albors was no stranger to MIT. He’d spent time here on multiple occasions as an undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, including eight months in 2018 as a displaced student after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Those experiences — including participating in […]
Developing community around design
When the creation of the MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) — a major interdisciplinary center housed in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) — was announced last spring, it promised to build on the Institute’s legendary leadership in design-focused education and provide a hub for cross-disciplinary design work across MIT. The 14 […]
Bringing it all back home
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf PhD ’81 made a robust call for reviving American manufacturing while speaking at MIT on Thursday, contending that if U.S. states pursue broad, long-term measures to improve the business climate, quality of life, and social safety net, they will also spur more manufacturing investment. “It’s a challenge to reinvent ourselves as […]
NASPA panel on Supporting Pregnant & Parenting Graduate & Professional Students
Adj Marshall, the Graduate Families Administrator in the Office of Graduate Education, recently moderated and participated in a panel on Supporting Pregnant & Parenting Graduate Students organized by NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The October presentation and discussion covered contemporary dynamics and best practices for student services professionals supporting the success of graduate […]
Give me a break!
“Congratulations! We are pleased to offer you admission to the Graduate Program of the Department of Biology at MIT,” was probably one of the most awesome starts to an email ever. Yet I felt a tinge of sourness as I relished in the excitement of being accepted to MIT, given that it was April 2020 and […]
Professor Tom Eagar, renowned metallurgist and admired storyteller, dies at 72
Thomas W. Eagar, professor of materials engineering and engineering systems, post-tenure, in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) and an internationally recognized expert in welding, died Oct. 9 at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts. He was 72. An outspoken scholar and admired teacher, Eagar had a reputation for saying, as he put it, […]
Philanthropist provides $10 million gift to Graduate Engineering Leadership Program
Daniel J. Riccio, an advisory board member for the School of Engineering’s Undergraduate Engineering Leadership Program, has made a gift of $10 million to expand MIT’s Graduate Engineering Leadership Program, which will be renamed in recognition of the support. The gift will allow the program to grow and sustain its operations for years to come […]
Studying floods to better predict their dangers
“My job is basically flooding Cambridge,” says Katerina “Katya” Boukin, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering at MIT and the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub’s resident expert on flood simulations. You can often find her fine-tuning high-resolution flood risk models for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or talking about hurricanes with fellow researcher Ipek […]
Making quantum computers more accurate
In Building 13 on MIT’s campus, there sits a half-a-million-dollar piece of equipment that looks like a long stretched-out chandelier, with a series of gold discs connected by thin silver pipes. The equipment, known as a dilution refrigerator, is a key player in PhD student Alex Greene’s research, as it houses all their experiments. “My […]
MADMEC winner identifies sustainable greenhouse-cooling materials
The winners of this year’s MADMEC competition identified a class of materials that could offer a more efficient way to keep greenhouses cool. After Covid-19 put the materials science competition on pause for two years, on Tuesday SmartClime, a team made up of three MIT graduate students, took home the first place, $10,000 prize. The […]
Introduction to Investments Part 3
Emily Freund will return for Part 3 of this series to discuss choosing investment vehicles and offer tips for fund selection. This workshop will build on topics covered by Part 1 and 2. RSVP through this form.
Introduction to Investments Part 2
Part 2 of this series will be slightly more advanced and will build on the knowledge offered in Part 1. Emily Freund will discuss asset allocation, asset location, and understanding the market and economic business cycle. A Zoom link will be sent to all those that RSVP before the event, as well as the recording […]
Introduction to Investing Part 1
with Emily Freund, Fidelity Investments Part 1 will discuss getting your finances to the point where you can begin thinking about investing as a vehicle for your money. Topics covered will include taking on debt vs. savings, the basics of asset classes (i.e., stocks, bonds, real estate, cash, digital assets, etc.), financial independence, and different types […]
Ben Bernanke PhD ’79 awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences
Ben S. Bernanke PhD ’79, an economist who applied his scholarly experience to his work as chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve during the economic and financial-sector crisis of 2008-2009, has been awarded a share of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences […]
Childbirth and Parental Accommodation
MIT graduate students* have access (according to eligibility) to childbirth accommodation and/or parental accommodation (CA/PA) when they give birth or receive a child into their home. Students begin the process by submitting an Application for Accommodation to the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) 3-4 months before the child is expected to arrive. The student then […]
Color my life with the chaos of trouble
Cracking open the trailer door and peeking out, I checked to see if the storm had subsided. Who knew it could rain so much in the desert? Water had begun overflowing the tanks and spilling onto the testing pad. Impatiently, I yelled to the other engineers, “I’m going to try and disconnect the hoses!” With […]
Simulating neutron behavior in nuclear reactors
Amelia Trainer applied to MIT because she lost a bet. As part of what the fourth-year nuclear science and engineering (NSE) doctoral student labels her “teenage rebellious phase,” Trainer was quite convinced she would just be wasting the application fee were she to submit an application. She wasn’t even “super sure” she wanted to go […]
A factory for FrEDs at MIT
MIT is famous as a factory of ideas. You could also call MIT a factory for learning. But for one group of students over the past year MIT has been, in fact, a factory. The team of graduate students designed and built — entirely within an MIT lab — an assembly factory for a low-cost, […]
Documentary featuring Professor Sara Seager wins Emmy Award
A number of MIT affiliates featured prominently at the 43rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards presented by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — including the winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary. “The Hunt for Planet B” — which focuses, in part, on Sara Seager, MIT’s Class of […]
A diploma, a discovery, and an historic legacy
History and the future joined forces on Friday at a campus event honoring Robert Robinson Taylor, MIT’s first Black graduate and the first accredited Black architect in the United States. The gathering also highlighted new collaborations between MIT and Tuskegee University. The event featured remarks from former White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, who is Taylor’s […]
Graduate Program in Science Writing Admissions Information Session
Learn about the MIT Program in Science Writing. Registration is required.
Technology and Policy Program Informational Webinar
Learn about the MIT Technology and Policy Program (TPP). Registration is required.
System Design & Management Virtual Information Session
We’ll answer all your questions about System Design and Management. Program staff, including SDM Executive Director Joan Rubin, will explain the application process and go over the curriculum that offers opportunities to study with respected faculty in MIT’s School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management. We’ll also discuss our unique integrated core class and highlight the career opportunities that open up […]
Leader for Global Operation Virtual Coffee Chat
Join LGO for a casual virtual coffee chat to learn more about our dual-degree MS/MBA program. Ask questions, or simply listen to the conversation with an admissions representative and other prospective students to find out more about the LGO community. Coffee is optional but encouraged! Registration is required.
Leader for Global Operation Application Tips Online Q&A
Join LGO for a casual virtual coffee chat to learn more about our dual-degree MS/MBA program. Ask questions, or simply listen to the conversation with an admissions representative and other prospective students to find out more about the LGO community. Coffee is optional but encouraged! Registration is required.
History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) Prospective Student Visit Day
HASTS offers this day so that prospective students can get a better understanding of what the program offers in terms of research and resources, and to help them decide if the program may be a good fit for them. Prospective students do not have to attend the visit day in order to apply to the […]
Health Science and Technology PhD Admissions Info Session
Learn about the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology (HST) and Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) PhD Program. Registration is required.
Technology and Policy Program Informational Webinar
Learn about the MIT Technology and Policy Program (TPP). Registration is required.
ERN: Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM
Meet MIT Representatives from the Office of Graduate Education.
ABRCMS: Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Meet MIT Representatives from Biology, Computational and Systems Biology (CSB), Health Sciences and Technology (HST), and Microbiology.
NAAAHP: National Association of African American Honors Programs
Meet MIT Representatives from the Office of Graduate Education and the Sloan School of Management.
California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education
Meet MIT Representatives from the Office of Graduate Education.
