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Graduate Student Professional Development

Discover resources, connect with mentors, dive deeper into MIT’s 7 professional development competencies, and find out about upcoming events and opportunities.

Graduate professional development is skills-based training complementary to your academic coursework that will augment any career path you decide to follow, within and beyond academe.

MIT provides professional development resources to help you deepen your skills and knowledge in seven areas: career advancement, communication, interpersonal skills, leadership and mentoring, personal development, social responsibility, and teaching. Honing these competencies will give you the confidence to thrive and contribute as a researcher, educator, industry leader, and citizen.

 

Lindsey Backman: Biochemist, mentor, and advocate

Hannah Meiseles | MIT News Office

Publication Date: September 28, 2021

The PhD candidate studies the human microbiome and its proteins, while also championing the Latinx community on MIT’s campus. Raised in Tampa, Florida, Lindsey Backman takes pride in her family’s …

By MIT News
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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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Working Against Racism Within Career Advising and Employer Recruitment

Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD) has a responsibility to acknowledge and recognize the systematic processes that disadvantage our Black and African American students in the MIT student recruiting process.  #ShutDownAcademia on June 10th was the perfect time to say …

By Lydia Huth
Lydia Huth Communication and Program Manager
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Featured Profiles

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Meet Breanna
Meet Journee
Meet Hannah
  • Associate Director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT
Meet Ashley
  • Senior Advisor for Communications , MIT Office of the Vice Chancellor
Meet Michael Patrick
  • Director of the Writing and Communication Center (WCC)
Meet Elena

Lily Liu

Graduate Student
  • PhD Student, gwaMIT Co-Chair
Meet Lily
  • Senior Lecturer, Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program
Meet David

Diana Chien

Alumni, Partner
  • Program Director, School of Engineering Communication Lab
Meet Diana

Sean Clarke

Alumni, Partner
  • Communication Instructor + Biotech Liaison
Meet Sean