MIT Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) can help you explore new and exciting careers, refine your goals and objectives, work through difficult questions, and articulate your most valuable skills. Your master’s program will go by fast, so take advantage CAPD programming and learn how to productively engage in career planning, grow your own powerful networks, and communicate effectively with employers who need you on their teams.
With the advent of DNA sequencing and other techniques, computational biologist Bonnie Berger is using computer science and mathematics to tease insights from a deluge of biological information. The theme of her work, she …
By Libby Doucet
Libby DoucetAssistant Director, Career Advising and Training
DoingWell empowers students to prioritize their wellbeing. Prioritizing your wellbeing is a journey that looks different for everyone and what works for you one day might need to change another day. What’s most important is that it’s what YOU need. …
By Amanda Cornwall
Amanda CornwallGraduate Student Professional Development
Poster presentations at scientific conferences can provide early-career researchers with valuable opportunities to practice their communication skills, receive feedback on their research, and expand their network.
Science Careers asked researchers in a range of disciplines and career …
By Simona Rosu
Simona RosuSenior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
By Alvin Powell, The Harvard Gazette; Published June 22, 2022
A half century after its enactment, Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination against women in education, has touched many corners of campus, forcing shifts in intercollegiate sports, hiring, …
By Simona Rosu
Simona RosuSenior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development