MIT SEED Academy Seeking Instructors for Fall 2021

The MIT Saturday Engineering and Enrichment (SEED) Academy Program is currently seeking passionate undergraduates, graduate students, and STEM professionals committed to empowering middle and high school students with the skills and confidence to become future scientists and engineers!

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By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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One mentor isn’t enough. Here’s how I built a network of mentors

By Erika Moore

“Unfortunately, I don’t have the bandwidth for a mentorship relationship right now.” “I’m not sure I can help.” “Why are we meeting again?” Those are just a few of the responses I’ve received in my quest to …

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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Lessons From the Aerospace Life: Networking is Important, Too

By Jordan Cox | Air & Space Magazine

The job: Lara works in the Boeing Research and Technology (BR&T) structures department at the company’s St. Louis facility, where he investigates materials and composites for building lighter and stronger aircraft. Lara has …

By Alexis Boyer
Alexis Boyer Alexis Boyer Assistant Director, Graduate Student Career Services
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Making self-driving cars safer through keener robot perception

By Hannah Meiseles | MIT News Office

PhD student Heng Yang is developing algorithms to help driverless vehicles quickly and accurately assess their surroundings.

Aviation became a reality in the early 20th century, but it took 20 years before the proper …

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Green Gigs: How to Launch a Stellar Sustainability Career

By Emily Chan

As a corporate sustainability consultant at GreenOrder, the most common question I received was, “What type of graduate degree do I need to be a competitive candidate in this field?”

The first thing I’d say? “Slow down.” …

By Libby Doucet
Libby Doucet Assistant Director, Career Advising and Training
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Tech as Art: Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium

This report is the result of a two-year research initiative exploring the multifaceted creative practices of artists who engage with digital technologies. The research examines the creative infrastructure supporting tech-focused artistic practices and provides insight into the existing challenges and opportunities faced …

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How Technology is Changing the Art World

Art history shows that artists have always sought new art forms and unconventional mediums to express their artistic principles. Various avant-garde movements that started mushrooming in the early20th century fundamentally challenged the traditional perception of art. Artists emerging from these …

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How Covid-19 changed MIT’s global hackathon program and others for the better, forever

Postdoc Freddy Nguyen, former co-director of the MIT Hacking Medicine hackathon, discusses how transitioning to virtual programming during the Covid-19 pandemic shed light on how to improve hackathons going forward.

Read the full article on Forbes written by Michelle Greenwald

By Francis Borrego
Francis Borrego Associate Director, Employer Relations 
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Profile of MIT’s Class of 2025

Some facts and figures about the 1,184 members of the Class of 2025. See also Admissions statistics.

Gender
Male
50%
Female
47%
Another gender identity
2%
Citizenship & self-reported ethnicity*
U.S. citizens & permanent residents
Number of U.S. states represented: …

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The laws of physics and the physics of law

Obiageli Nwodoh ’21 repurposed her STEM skills to pave a pre-law path at MIT and pursue social justice.

Read the full article on MIT News.

By MIT News
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