News & Advice

Graduate Education Now Has Its Own Caucus in the House of Representatives

Adapted from Kelley Karnes, Council on Graduate School (original article here)

The Graduate Research and Development (GRAD) Caucus launched in July. This new bipartisan caucus in the House of Representatives was formed to address the needs and issues of graduate …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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Taking the guesswork out of dental care with Artificial Intelligence

MIT alumni-founded Overjet analyzes and annotates dental X-rays to help dentists offer more comprehensive care.

By Zach Winn | June 24, 2022

Wardah Inam SM ’13, PhD ’16 is the co-founder of Overjet, a company using artificial intelligence to analyze and …

By MIT News
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Netflix Emerging Talent Programs

Netflix provides information on their New Grad and Internship Programs. Learn about when and how to apply, how to prepare, and how to succeed during the interview process.

Teams include: Product, Content, Corporate Functions, Marketing & Publicity, and Games. Summer …

By Erik Pavesic
Erik Pavesic Assistant Director, Career Advising & Training
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How to Hold a Better Class Discussion

By  Jay Howard

Learn how to structure your course and particular class sessions in ways that will get students actively participating — and will enhance their learning:

Why Discussion Matters
7 Strategies to Change the Norms of Class Discussions
How to Keep …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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2022 Women in STEM Virtual Career Fair

On August 24th, Firsthand will be hosting its second annual Women in STEM Virtual Career Fair. Women who are studying science, technology, engineering, or math or who are already in STEM roles are encouraged to attend. The fair will allow …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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5 Illegal Interview Questions and How to Dodge Them

by Angela Smith, MBA

You’re sitting in the interview for your dream job, and it’s going great. You’ve knocked the hard questions out of the park, and you and the interviewer are really hitting it off. Then, out of the blue, she …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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Video Resource: Intro and Overview of the UK Academic Sector

by the University of Cambridge Careers Services

The purpose of these series of videos are to introduce you to the academic sector and how it works in the UK giving you an overview of it as a labour market for …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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“Data, data, data”

By Lydia Krasilnikova ’14, MEng ’16

With the advent of DNA sequencing and other techniques, computational biologist Bonnie Berger is using computer science and mathematics to tease insights from a deluge of biological information. The theme of her work, she …

By Libby Doucet
Libby Doucet Assistant Director, Career Advising and Training
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U.S. Foreign Service Internship Program

“Experience” Hands-On Diplomacy as a U.S. Foreign Service Intern.

Spend two summers in an experiential-learning program designed to expose undergraduate students to U.S. diplomacy and the work of the Department of State. Established in 2014, this merit and needs-based opportunity is available to …

By External Source
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Daunting but doable: faculty job searching after a postdoc

Written by: Kendall Powell | Science Careers | Published on: Oct 25, 2021

The journal Science has interviewed postdocs who’ve recently succeeded with their job search. In addition, two recent studies collected data to characterize what makes a successful candidate and what criteria search …

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