CAPD Info session at MIT’s CPW for Family & Supporters 2024

During Campus Preview Weekend 2024’s Parent Programming, members of the CAPD staff shared information with parents and supporters. View the recording and access the presentation here. See our FAQ section below for questions we have received from parents and supporters.

By Kendel Jester
Kendel Jester Assistant Director, Early Career Engagement
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EECS Career Inspiration Series: Rich Miner

Thursday, May 9, 2024

5:00PM – 6:00PM ET

Location: 45-230

Rich Miner is the co-founder of Android. After being acquired by Google, Miner led Android development and helped create GV, the company’s venture capital arm. He has also served as …

By Libby Doucet
Libby Doucet Assistant Director, Career Advising and Training
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Neurodivergent Recruitment Reception – RSVP today!

Join Lime Connect’s Neurodivergent Recruitment Reception, taking place virtually on May 16th. Registration closes on Sunday, May 5th.

By Kendel Jester
Kendel Jester Assistant Director, Early Career Engagement
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A successful inaugural year for CAPD Graduate Student Professional Development’s certificate programs

This spring, over 150 doctoral students and postdocs successfully completed CAPD’s new professional development certificate program. Two certificates—one in research mentoring and the other in grant writing—were launched last fall to help PhD students and postdocs advance their growth in …

By Julia Mongo
Julia Mongo Staff Writer and Advisor
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Join the MIT Climate & Sustainability Scholars Program

The priority deadline is May 1, 2024, with applications reviewed on a rolling basis thereafter (as space allows)

Open to rising juniors and seniors from all departments and all majors.

The MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium’s (MCSC) new Climate & …

By Libby Doucet
Libby Doucet Assistant Director, Career Advising and Training
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MIT Comm Lab Spotlight: Engineers, Express Yourselves

The MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab, which turned 10 in 2023, helps students translate their work for broader impact.

For a decade, the MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab, which originated in the Department of Biological Engineering and has …

By Tara Thakurta
Tara Thakurta Graduate Community Fellow
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Political science and physics major Leela Fredlund wants to ensure fairness and justice prevail in humanity’s leap into space.

“I realized that I could raise very interesting questions at the intersection of astronomy and political science,” says Fredlund. Through undergraduate projects at MIT and at institutions such as NASA, Fredlund has been focused on the ways governments are shaping …

By MIT News
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Paid Positions at the Office of Sustainability

The MIT Office of Sustainability is seeking applicants for a 10-week, student researcher summer cohort program.

We have 6 hourly paid positions for graduate and undergraduate students.

This is an opportunity to dive into hands-on projects aimed at advancing sustainability …

By Tara Thakurta
Tara Thakurta Graduate Community Fellow
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It’s Equal Pay Day. Women earn 84 cents for every dollar men make — or even less

HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED

by Andrea Hsu | NPR

Equal Pay Day has come around again, and it feels a little like Groundhog Day.

Despite the annual reminder about how far into the new year women have to work to …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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Propelling Pay Equity Forward: Strategies For a Fairer Future

by Mary Gatta and Deborah Liverman NACE Journal / Winter 2024

Mitigating Gender Pay Disparity

As fields that have a greater composition of men have higher rates of pay than predominately female fields, one possible way to close the pay gap …

By Deborah Liverman
Deborah Liverman Executive Director, Career Advising & Professional Development
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