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PhD & Postdoc Career Night draws over 200 participants

On March 16, Career Advising and Professional Development hosted our first PhD & Postdoc Career Night. Our planning team conceptualized this event consisting of four PhD/postdoc alumni panels in the afternoon alongside an evening networking session featuring employers from a …

By Alexis Boyer
Alexis Boyer Alexis Boyer Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Services
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1,806 attend 2nd annual institute-wide Career Exploration Series

For the second year, CAPD coordinated an institute-wide Career Exploration Series during the fall and IAP. The series is a collaboration between DLCs, employers, and alumni to help all students learn about different career and graduate/professional school options available to …

By Tianna Ransom
Tianna Ransom Assistant Director, Career Exploration
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Faculty Job Search Series & more graduate careers and professional development updates

CAPD’s team devoted to graduate student career and professional development has been busy this semester. 

About the Faculty Job Search Series

Our Faculty Job Search Series, a year-long suite of programs designed to support graduate students and postdocs with their …

By Amanda Cornwall
Amanda Cornwall Graduate Student Professional Development
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CPW 2023

Welcome to the prospective class of 2027! CAPD is taking part in Campus Preview Weekend (CPW) and the associated events to help you learn more about the ways we can support your professional growth and development during your time at …

By Ariel Ackermann
Ariel Ackermann Assistant Director, Early Career Engagement
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MIT is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. students for the fourth consecutive year

On February 10, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs named MIT a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the fourth consecutive year. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received …

By Lydia Huth
Lydia Huth Communications Specialist
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First-year students discover medical careers in Prehealth Advising-led SP.252

”I’m not sure what I want to do, but I know I want a career where I can directly improve people’s health.“

These sentiments are what Prehealth Advising’s first-year discovery subject Careers in Medicine (CiS) SP.252 helps students explore and, …

By Akunna Rosser
Akunna Rosser Senior Assistant Director, Prehealth Advising
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Prehealth Advising runs its seventh Discover Prehealth FPOP

MIT is well-known for developing the talents of future engineers and scientists, but people often haven’t heard of its success developing our future physicians.

And in late August, MIT Prehealth Advising ran its 7th Discover Prehealth FPOP for 25 incoming …

By Akunna Rosser
Akunna Rosser Senior Assistant Director, Prehealth Advising
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Exploring careers? Start with the Career Exploration Series!

CAPD is coordinating the second annual, institute-wide Career Exploration Series that begins on September 12th and runs through IAP! This series is a collaboration between MIT departments, programs, employers, and alumni to help all students learn about the different career and graduate/professional school options available to you.   

Visit the events page …

By Tianna Ransom
Tianna Ransom Assistant Director, Career Exploration
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New Faculty Job Search Series receives 800+ registrations to date (and there’s still time to register!)

Graduate students and postdocs are encouraged to participate in as many programs as they would like, and the response has been overwhelming. We’ve received over 800 registrations so far from graduate students, postdocs, and alumni, and we have had more than 350 participants to date!

By Alexis Boyer
Alexis Boyer Alexis Boyer Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Services
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Medical Ethics and your Med/Health Professions School Application

When applying to health professions school, your ability to wrestle with complex ethical situations is an important predictor of how well you’ll be able to handle such situations as a practitioner.

Medical schools and other health professions schools assess this …

By Ariel Ackermann
Ariel Ackermann Assistant Director, Early Career Engagement
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