CAPD will support you to find help in navigating careers and opportunities through January IAP career exploration events. These resources are designed to help you explore different paths, build confidence, and prepare for future opportunities.
Learn more and register for individual events via the Handshake links below. For the full list of CAPD events, visit the CAPD events calendar.
- Day-long, hands-on IAP workshop led by the MIT Senseable City Lab and University of Twente
- Explores humanitarian engineering, participatory design, and social justice in emergency scenarios
- Focuses on informal settlements in Rio de Janeiro and the impacts of climate change and urban overcrowding
- Part of the MISTI Global Seeds Fund initiative
- Interactive leadership workshop using the LEGO® Serious Play® method
- Reflect on your strengths as a leader and identify what support you need from others
- Hands-on, collaborative, and designed to be engaging and fun
- Open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni
- Talk by Dr. Larry Chao on how AI is reshaping innovation, careers, and the job market
- Covers industry trends, real-world data points, and lessons from startups and large enterprises
- Open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni
- Session will not be recorded
Note: this event was rescheduled from January 14 to January 23. This will explain the discrepancy between previous flyers and the actual event date.
- Panel discussion with Boston-area lawyers on legal careers for STEM majors
- Explores patent law, corporate law, regulatory policy, ethics, and civil rights
- Organized in collaboration with the Boston IP Law Association’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee
- Open to MIT undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and alumni
- Visit Symbotic’s Integrated Testing Center in Wilmington, MA (transportation provided)
- Facility tour, Q&A with engineers, and overview of internship and full-time roles
- Focus areas include robotics, AI/ML, computer vision, and supply chain automation
- Application required via Handshake by January 19; space is limited
- Explore careers in economic, energy, and environmental consulting
- Includes office tour, networking session, and overview of internship and full-time roles
- Ideal for students interested in economics, energy, finance, and public policy
- Space is limited; RSVP required on Handshake
