Eleven from MIT awarded 2024 Fulbright fellowships

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships
Published by MIT News on May 20, 2024

Eleven MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have won Fulbright grants to embark on projects overseas in the 2024-25 grant cycle. Two other students were offered awards but …

By Julia Mongo
Julia Mongo Staff Writer and Advisor
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Four from MIT named 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships
Published by MIT News on May 13, 2024

MIT senior Owen Dugan, graduate student Vittorio Colicci ’22, predoctoral research fellow Carine You ’22, and recent alumna Carina Letong Hong ’22 are recipients of this year’s Knight-Hennessy …

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Connect with McKinsey- Apply by June 1

The Connect with McKinsey program is designed to help students across North America in undergraduate and non-MBA master’s programs create early connections with our colleagues and learn more about our recruiting process for full-time and internship roles starting in 2025. …

By Francis Borrego
Francis Borrego Associate Director, Employer Relations 
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Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships | MIT Career Advising and Professional Development
Published by MIT News on April 25, 2024

MIT graduate student Riyam Al Msari and alumna Francisca Vasconcelos ’20 are among the 30 recipients of this year’s Paul and Daisy Soros …

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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 …

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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 …

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It’s Equal Pay Day. Women earn 84 cents for every dollar men make — or even less

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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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Gosha Geogdzhayev and Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholars

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships
Published by MIT News on February 27, 2024

This article was updated on April 23 to reflect the promotion of Gosha Geogdzhayev from alternate to winner of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

MIT seniors Gosha Geogdzhayev and …

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Julia Mongo Staff Writer and Advisor
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