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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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Learning to become a medical interpreter

You’re in the hospital with a serious condition. The doctor is asking you questions. The nurse is explaining your discharge instructions. The problem? You don’t understand or speak English. Or at least not well enough to grasp the complex information …

By Julia Mongo
Julia Mongo Staff Writer and Advisor
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International Women’s Day: MIT Healthcare Innovation and Gender Equity 

International Women’s Day: MIT Healthcare Innovation and Gender Equity 

Date: Wednesday, March 8 from 6-8PM 

Location: E38 iHQ 795 | 7th Floor – Hacker Reactor

Join us for an inspiring and empowering evening as we celebrate International Women’s Day and recognize …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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Should you use ChatGPT for your career?

By: Erik Pavesic and Kendel Jester

Many of us in Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) have had an opportunity to play around with the latest disruptive technology: ChatGPT from OpenAI. ChatGPT, a chatbot prototype launched in November 2022, has …

By Erik Pavesic
Erik Pavesic Assistant Director, Career Advising & Training
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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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How to prevent ChatGPT from destroying creative jobs

As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology advances, so do the capabilities of automation for what we consider creative work. Introduced in November 2022, ChatGPT is all the buzz in the AI/ML space and beyond because it is designed …

By External Source
External Source
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Top 10 jobs for Computer Science majors

From the newest phone apps to the next hottest tablet or phone, there’s no avoiding the buzz that surrounds tech culture. As future-forward as they sound, these advancements come directly from real people who are creating revolutionary, diverse systems. 

If …

By Ariel Ackermann
Ariel Ackermann
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6 tips for making a career change, from someone who has done it

Updated December 21, 2022

By Sylvie Douglis and Keisha “TK” Dutes

Most people spend a third of their lives — or 90,000 hours — at work.

When all those hours include stress due to wage gaps, societal pressures, commuting (or endless Zoom …

By Ariel Ackermann
Ariel Ackermann
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NIIMBL eXperience

Join us for the 2023 NIIMBL eXperience

The NIIMBL eXperience is an exclusive in-person, all expenses paid immersion program that offers you real-world insight into biopharmaceutical industry careers through hands-on activities and direct interactions with industry professionals. The program targets …

By Erica Long
Erica Long Prehealth & Career Advisor
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A day in the life of a scientific journal editor

BY ELISABETH PAIN | Science

Katrien Janin always enjoyed doing hands-on research. “Put me in a basement of the museum and with loads and loads of boxes of remains or fossils and I am extremely happy,” says Janin, who completed her …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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