After two years online, Campus Preview Weekend returned to campus this April. With support from the community, admitted students immersed themselves in our culture and got a taste of what life at MIT is all about. The community hosted over 720 events during the 3.14 days of programming for the 978 adMITs who attended. In…
On April 14, Ian Waitz hosted a reception to celebrate the two most recent cohorts of Committed to Caring faculty, who were selected for the positive impact they have made in the lives of graduate students. Provost Cindy Barnhart was pleased to attend and speak to the importance of quality advising. Paula do Vale Pereira,…
After 2021’s largely virtual offerings, the 8th annual Graduate & Professional Students Appreciation Week provided a primarily in-person roster of events and giveaways from April 11-17, 2022. Spearheaded by the Office of Graduate Education (OGE), the weeklong celebration is an opportunity to thank graduate and professional students for their incredible contributions to MIT. The week…
April 4–5 will be the dates for an NLRB-run election to decide whether some MIT graduate students will form a union affiliated with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). The proposed union now includes about 3,750 of MIT’s 7,000 graduate students: The UE has decided to exclude the rest, including all…
MIT has declined a request to recognize a graduate student union without an election: “All eligible students should have the chance to choose for themselves.” Institute senior leaders do not believe a graduate student union will produce better, or quicker, outcomes for students: “Promises about what collective bargaining can deliver have been overstated.” At MIT,…
Dear OVC Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Trimble as Senior Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Chief of Staff for the OVC, starting on March 14. Kate will continue her oversight of the Office of Experiential Learning (OEL) and build upon the excellent work of her predecessor, Mary Markel Murphy,…
In collaboration with industry representatives, Momentum students tackle wildfire suppression and search-and-rescue missions while building soft skills.
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