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We, the Graduate Students of MIT, welcome you to our Blog. This is where we tell our stories. We pledge to be unadulterated and unabashed in this pursuit.
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Rucha talked to CAPD when she was a senior at MIT studying Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9). She grew up in Ames, a university town in Iowa, and considered that to be the only place she called home. …
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Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships
Published by MIT News on April 15, 2022
MIT students Bhav Jain and Liberty Ladd have been selected as 2022 Truman Scholars. Truman Scholars demonstrate outstanding leadership potential, a commitment to a career in government or …
Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships
Published by MIT News on April 14, 2022
MIT graduate student Fernanda De La Torre, alumna Trang Luu ’18, SM ’20, and senior Syamantak Payra are recipients of the 2022 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for …
CAPD is happy to report that the hybrid in-real-life/virtual Master’s, PhD, and Postdoc Career Fair on 3/31 and 4/1 was a smashing success! CAPD’s first in-person career fair in two and a half years had 204 candidates in the Johnson …
Alumna, Margaret ‘Mo’ Okobi ’16, prepares for a career combining medicine and public health research to improve mental health care services in vulnerable communities. Read the full story by Leah Campbell for the School of Science.
Sandi Miller | Department of Mathematics | March 30, 2022
Millions have fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and for those who are staying, schools are closed. While refugee-supporting programs focus on immediate needs, the Department of Mathematics’ MIT PRIMES program plans to …
Master’s students, PhD students, and postdocs: Whatever career stage you’re in, come learn about job/internship opportunities, explore careers in your field, and network with potential employers. This fair represents a unique chance to connect with and learn about employers who are actively recruiting advanced degree candidates and postdocs from MIT.
by Holly Corbett | Forbes
This Equal Pay Day, the data shows the wage gap closed by 1 cent. On the surface, this looks like progress. Yet these numbers are not telling the whole story.
Equal Pay Day falls on March …
Explore statistics related to the wage gap from the US Census Bureau.
The 2022 Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, March 15. According to the National Committee on Pay Equity, “This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work …
