Preparing Leaders

“This is a generation that wants to make a difference. They don't feel defeated by the scale of a challenge. They're ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work solving the problems of our time, great and small. I think of them as ‘Generation Why Not?’.”

— Susan Hockfield
May 19, 2011
From among many entries — including essays on Iranian hip-hop, immigration in Switzerland, and the experiences of Mexican-Americans — MIT senior Muriel L. Rambeloarison recently won the inaugural...
May 19, 2011
From among many entries — including essays on Iranian hip-hop, immigration in Switzerland, and the experiences of Mexican-Americans — MIT senior Muriel L. Rambeloarison recently won the inaugural...
May 03, 2011
A team of MIT students took home the grand prize at the 2011 Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech (BSC) Launchpad, a prestigious green entrepreneurship competition.

The PolyChroma team includes...
May 03, 2011
A team of MIT students took home the grand prize at the 2011 Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech (BSC) Launchpad, a prestigious green entrepreneurship competition.

The PolyChroma team includes...
May 03, 2011
A team of MIT students took home the grand prize at the 2011 Berkeley-Stanford Cleantech (BSC) Launchpad, a prestigious green entrepreneurship competition.

The PolyChroma team includes...
April 19, 2011
Virtually all engineers want to make a positive impact on society. Technical knowledge is necessary for achieving this goal, but not sufficient, especially in a field such as nuclear engineering,...
April 19, 2011
Virtually all engineers want to make a positive impact on society. Technical knowledge is necessary for achieving this goal, but not sufficient, especially in a field such as nuclear engineering,...
April 19, 2011
Virtually all engineers want to make a positive impact on society. Technical knowledge is necessary for achieving this goal, but not sufficient, especially in a field such as nuclear engineering,...
March 07, 2011
U.S. Army Major Joshua Eaton is driven — both as a student and as a soldier — by the philosophy that "good leaders must also know how to follow."

When Eaton and his team managed logistical...
March 07, 2011
U.S. Army Major Joshua Eaton is driven — both as a student and as a soldier — by the philosophy that "good leaders must also know how to follow."

When Eaton and his team managed logistical...
March 07, 2011
U.S. Army Major Joshua Eaton is driven — both as a student and as a soldier — by the philosophy that "good leaders must also know how to follow."

When Eaton and his team managed logistical...
February 14, 2011
The General Motors Company needs an abrupt cultural shift to correct decades of reactive leadership, the company’s chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said at the MIT Sloan School of Management on Thursday...
February 14, 2011
The General Motors Company needs an abrupt cultural shift to correct decades of reactive leadership, the company’s chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said at the MIT Sloan School of Management on Thursday...
February 14, 2011
The General Motors Company needs an abrupt cultural shift to correct decades of reactive leadership, the company’s chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said at the MIT Sloan School of Management on Thursday...
February 10, 2011
For 22 years, hundreds of Leaders for Global Operations program students benefited from the leadership seminar and personal lessons imparted by Don Davis, who was the founding leadership lecturer for...
February 10, 2011
For 22 years, hundreds of Leaders for Global Operations program students benefited from the leadership seminar and personal lessons imparted by Don Davis, who was the founding leadership lecturer for...
February 10, 2011
For 22 years, hundreds of Leaders for Global Operations program students benefited from the leadership seminar and personal lessons imparted by Don Davis, who was the founding leadership lecturer for...
January 31, 2011
During "Project Engineering" (ESD.052) — a three-day immersion in the skills necessary to deliver products on time, on budget and to specifications — 22 Gordon Engineering Leaders (GELs) learned how...
January 31, 2011
During "Project Engineering" (ESD.052) — a three-day immersion in the skills necessary to deliver products on time, on budget and to specifications — 22 Gordon Engineering Leaders (GELs) learned how...
January 31, 2011
During "Project Engineering" (ESD.052) — a three-day immersion in the skills necessary to deliver products on time, on budget and to specifications — 22 Gordon Engineering Leaders (GELs) learned how...
January 06, 2011
Overseeing the operation of a nuclear reactor is complex and challenging. Overseeing the operation of 17 nuclear reactors is even more complex and challenging — but it's business as usual for Susan...
January 06, 2011
Overseeing the operation of a nuclear reactor is complex and challenging. Overseeing the operation of 17 nuclear reactors is even more complex and challenging — but it's business as usual for Susan...
January 06, 2011
Overseeing the operation of a nuclear reactor is complex and challenging. Overseeing the operation of 17 nuclear reactors is even more complex and challenging — but it's business as usual for Susan...
November 08, 2010
Before coming to MIT as freshmen, students have already had considerable experience as student leaders, with a majority (85 percent) reporting that they served as leaders of clubs and organizations,...
November 08, 2010
Before coming to MIT as freshmen, students have already had considerable experience as student leaders, with a majority (85 percent) reporting that they served as leaders of clubs and organizations,...

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