As of 2017, women make up 46% of undergraduates, 34% of graduate students, and 22% of faculty. Historical data for these and other categories trace the increase of women at MIT from 1901 to 2017. Source: Institutional Research
Infinite Mile Program Employee recognition is an important component of growing a culture of development in OVC. Our Infinite Mile Award Program is an opportunity to recognize individual employees and teams that have shown excellence; to foster an environment of commitment to shared success; and to showcase employee achievement. Every OVC employee has an opportunity to…
Admissions DJ Rock Admissions Counselor AeroSpace Studies Emma Strickland Administrative Assistant II D-Lab Jerome Arul Instructor Amanda Epting Manager, Practical Impact Alliance Sorin Gramma Instructor Jerome Arul Instructor Edgerton Center Michael Allen Instructor Experimental Study Group Carole Cafferty Program Administrator Global Education and Career Development Tavi Sookhoo Career Development Counselor Bryan Zaramba Employer Relations Coordinator…
IAP is one of our favorite times of year at D-Lab because we are able to send so many students abroad. This year, 41 students traveled to 10 different countries to work with collaborators from many areas of D-Lab’s global network. They mostly lived in the communities where they were working, often living with host…
Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of student volunteers during Cardiac Health and Stroke Awareness Month, more members of our campus community are now trained in life-saving skills and are prepared to intervene in a cardiac emergency. During the 2016-2017 academic year, four undergraduate students and members of MIT Emergency Medical Services (EMS)…
The International Students Office (ISO) collaborated with multiple cultural student groups to bring the MIT community a new IAP event on January 30: Table Etiquette Around the World. MIT Video Productions also filmed this event, where visitors were invited to pick up a “passport” and “travel” to each country (table) to learn about the proper etiquette for…
Editor’s Note: Biology PhD student Sarah Bricault wrote the following account the 2018 Momentum competition, the culmination of an interdisciplinary design class offered during IAP. This year, through a special partnership with Microsoft, 35 undergraduate Momentum students experimented with mixed reality to improve, enhance, and discover novel ways to deliver educational content. Marc Graham PhD…
During IAP, the MIT Army ROTC program contributed to the campus community by doing what we know best: leadership development. In late January, MIT Army ROTC faculty teamed up with MIT Sloan Business School’s Veteran Association to facilitate the Leadership Reaction Course (LRC), which is the culminating exercise for a three-day course called Leadership Lessons…
Careers are ill-defined, “wicked” problems*. To help students and postdocs navigate career paths, an MIT collaboration is contributing an innovative approach. Designing Your Life (DYL) is a career exploration methodology pioneered by Stanford design faculty, recently publicized in the best-selling book by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans. In June, an interdisciplinary team from MIT collaborated with 14 other institutions…
The Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC) and Accessibility/Usability Team held two events over IAP for the MIT community. On January 24, we presented a talk titled “Web Accessibility: Encouraging Digital Diversity.” Katherine Wahl and Kathy Cahill spoke about the importance of making websites as accessible as possible to users with disabilities, and how to accomplish…
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