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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Is Data Scientist Still the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century? 

Ten years ago we published the article “Data Scientist: Sexiest Job of the 21st Century.” Most casual readers probably remember only the “sexiest” modifier — a comment on their demand in the marketplace. The role was relatively new at the time, but …

By Mitchell Moise
Mitchell Moise Employer Relations Coordinator
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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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Income Tax Info for MIT International Students & Postdocs

MIT’s Office of the Vice President for Finance provides online and in-person resources for foreign national students and postdocs at MIT for tax withholding, determination of tax treaty eligibility, and tax filing software. International students and postdocs may access:

Sprintax

By Amanda Cornwall
Amanda Cornwall Graduate Student Professional Development
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Einblick Analytics: The Hard Parts of Data Science Made Easy

Emanuel Zgraggen is Co-Founder and CEO of Einblick Analytics, the MIT spinoff making data science more accessible, allowing anyone, regardless of domain specialty, to optimize their jobs with state-of-the-art machine learning and data science methods.

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By Mitchell Moise
Mitchell Moise Employer Relations Coordinator
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