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
December 10, 2019

The road to commencement is a long one, especially for graduate students whose degree programs may take upwards of six years. There are many moments when focus may be lost and excitement may...

December 10, 2019

The road to commencement is a long one, especially for graduate students whose degree programs may take upwards of six years. There are many moments when focus may be lost and excitement may...

November 26, 2019

The director of global programs at MIT...

November 26, 2019

The director of global programs at MIT...

November 22, 2019

Battling climate change and adapting communities to be ready for its effects on the world. Ensuring food and water security for an exploding population. Navigating ever-more congested urban...

November 22, 2019

Battling climate change and adapting communities to be ready for its effects on the world. Ensuring food and water security for an exploding population. Navigating ever-more congested urban...

October 31, 2019

Nigeria may not be known as a global hub for innovation, but officials there hope someday it will be. And they’ve recruited...

October 31, 2019

Nigeria may not be known as a global hub for innovation, but officials there hope someday it will be. And they’ve recruited...

October 29, 2019

If you want to make the long voyage to Mars, you first have to train and rehearse, and MIT alumnus Barret Schlegelmilch SM ’18, MBA ’18 is doing just that. He recently commanded a 45-day practice...

October 29, 2019

If you want to make the long voyage to Mars, you first have to train and rehearse, and MIT alumnus Barret Schlegelmilch SM ’18, MBA ’18 is doing just that. He recently commanded a 45-day practice...

September 27, 2019

MIT’s Division of Student Life (DSL) held their first Student Organization Leadership Summit, where more than 300 representatives from student clubs and activities gathered in the La Sala de...

September 27, 2019

MIT’s Division of Student Life (DSL) held their first Student Organization Leadership Summit, where more than 300 representatives from student clubs and activities gathered in the La Sala de...

September 04, 2019

What do graduate students in engineering want?

This was the question before a new advisory group launched by the MIT School of Engineering in late 2017 — the school’s first comprised...

September 04, 2019

What do graduate students in engineering want?

This was the question before a new advisory group launched by the MIT School of Engineering in late 2017 — the school’s first comprised...

August 18, 2019

If you’ve ever looked out the window of an airplane, you might have seen beautiful meandering and braided river systems cutting their way through the Earth. Fly over that same area again a few...

August 18, 2019

If you’ve ever looked out the window of an airplane, you might have seen beautiful meandering and braided river systems cutting their way through the Earth. Fly over that same area again a few...

July 22, 2019

Olivier de Weck, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems at MIT, has been named the new faculty co-director of the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program...

July 22, 2019

Olivier de Weck, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and of engineering systems at MIT, has been named the new faculty co-director of the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program...

July 18, 2019

What makes a great faculty mentor? Appreciative graduate students from across the Institute have thoughts — lots of them.

In letters of nomination to the Committed to Caring (C2C) program...

July 18, 2019

What makes a great faculty mentor? Appreciative graduate students from across the Institute have thoughts — lots of them.

In letters of nomination to the Committed to Caring (C2C) program...

May 31, 2019

MIT announced today that it has created a new associate provost position, to be filled by Timothy Jamison, the Robert R. Taylor Professor of Chemistry and head of the Department of Chemistry. The...

May 31, 2019

MIT announced today that it has created a new associate provost position, to be filled by Timothy Jamison, the Robert R. Taylor Professor of Chemistry and head of the Department of Chemistry. The...

May 22, 2019

On May 13, over 300 members of the MIT community gathered in the Samberg Center (E52) to celebrate outstanding achievements by students, student groups, faculty, and community members at the...

May 22, 2019

On May 13, over 300 members of the MIT community gathered in the Samberg Center (E52) to celebrate outstanding achievements by students, student groups, faculty, and community members at the...

May 17, 2019

Do you have challenges in your professional or personal life to which you seemingly have no answers? Most of us do. Hal...

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