Meet Our 2024 Davis Projects for Peace Fellow!
MIT junior Victory Yinka-Banjo is the PKG Center’s 2024 Davis Projects for Peace Fellow! Victory is partnering with NaijaCoder Inc. and the University of Lagos’s Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory (AIRLAB) to support youth, promote sustainable development, and foster lasting peace in Nigeria. Victory’s project aims to provide quality computer science education to undeserved high […]
Old Ironsides Battalion Spring Update
As students settle back in to the routine this spring, several Battalion events have been keeping them busy! Among the many highlights of the past few weeks was the Notre Dame Leadership Weekend, held in Indiana the second weekend of February. Three midshipmen and our Marine Officer Instructor, Captain Brendan Connors, represented the Old Ironsides […]
OVC Staff Council Is Off and Running!
The inaugural OVC Staff Council is excited to hit the ground running. The Staff Council was an idea that came from the OVC headquarters team to help promote cross-office collaboration and create a strong sense of community within the division. This council is made up of 13 staff members from a variety of offices within […]
Enhancing the Student Veteran Experience
Since August of 2023, Student Veteran Success (SVS) has been working with the PGA New England HOPE foundation to put together a free golf clinic for veterans and military members who are students at MIT. The first signature event will begin in May and will run over the course of six weeks where students will receive […]
In Praise of Exceptional Teaching: Two ESG Math Lecturers Retiring
Dr. Gabrielle Stoy and Dr. Jerry Orloff, the Experimental Study Group’s (ESG) long-time math lecturers, will retire at the end of this year. Over their two decades at ESG, Gabrielle and Jerry have taught and advised hundreds of ESG first-year students and mentored many undergraduate teaching assistants (TAs), shaping the first-year experience. They have advanced […]
Flipping Failure Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education
TLL’s Flipping Failure Initiative Featured in the CHE! Beckie Supiano highlights Flipping Failure in the March 21 edition of her weekly Teaching newsletter from the Chronicle of Higher Education. In it, she quotes Ruthann Thomas, TLL Associate Director for Teaching and Learning: “Last year, we made a short video of past Flipping Failure participants discussing the impact and benefits of the workshop series to codify and […]
New OVC Employees Nov. 1, 2023 – Feb. 1, 2024
Congratulations and welcome to our the new employees that have recently joined OVC!
Introducing the Faculty Job Search Guide
CAPD has created an invaluable resource for PhDs and postdocs to help them prepare for their job search. These examples and how-to guides will with help students navigate the process of creating all the documents they might need to take their next steps into industry or academe.
Momentum Program Partners with Blue Origin
Momentum is a 6-unit interdisciplinary design course offered by the Office of Minority Education (OME) during MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP). The course is open to all first and second year MIT undergraduates and intends to prepare students for careers in science and engineering.
Get Involved With CPW!
Campus Preview Weekend is back! From April 11–14, 2024 we will be welcoming the admitted class of 2028 in person. We invite the community to participate by hosting an event, volunteering to help, or if you’re an undergraduate student, signing up to host an admitted student.