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AY2024 Graduate Student Stipend Levels, Insurance Rates, & Additional Support Announced
Information on stipend levels, health insurance and housing rates, and additional support for graduate student fellows for academic year 2023-2024.
![Why Graduate Students Should Vote “Yes”](https://ovc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/news_nophoto16.jpg)
Why Graduate Students Should Vote “Yes”
Chancellor Nobles and Provost Barnhart wrote to urge students union members to vote yes in the GSU’s upcoming vote on MIT’s latest comprehensive proposal
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MIT urges the GSU to re-engage at the bargaining table
In a letter to the community, MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles and Provost Cynthia Barnhart reported that the April 28 negotiating session with the MIT Graduate Student Union (GSU) ended with the GSU stating that it would not move forward on any other items until MIT concedes on a union shop provision — which would require all bargaining unit members to join the union and pay dues or pay agency fees.
![OVC Newsletter: Spring 2023](https://ovc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/blanche6-Award-Conovcation-2010-scaled.jpg)
OVC Newsletter: Spring 2023
Blanche Staton: A Transformational Leader at MIT ~ OME Launches The CRWN ~ OVC 2023 Staff Diversity Report ~ 3Qs: Stuart Schmill on MIT Admissions’ Participation in the STARS College Network ~ OGE’s GradSupport Team Receives MIT Change-Makers Award ~ and more.
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Update on Grad Student Union Negotiations
Chancellor Melissa Nobles and Provost Cynthia Barnhart share the latest on graduate student union negotiations. To date, MIT and the GSU-UE have held 18 bargaining sessions.
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Resources for international visitors
Resources available to international visiting students and international scholars as they travel to join the MIT campus community.
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Blanche Staton to retire from OGE
After 25 years of service at MIT, Blanche Staton will step down from the helm of the Office of Graduate Education.
![Update on Grad Student Union Negotiations](https://ovc.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/news_mit2.jpg)
Update on Grad Student Union Negotiations
MIT Chancellor Melissa Nobles and Provost Cynthia Barnhart provide an update on progress in negotiations with MIT’s new graduate student union, the MIT GSU-UE.
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Grad Update: Winter 2023
Update on Grad Union Negotiations ~ Find a Listening Ear ~ Join the MIT Research Slam! ~ Winter Family Day ~ Reframing the First Generation Academic Experience ~ and more.
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OVC Newsletter: Winter 2023
MIT D-Lab Marks 20 Years ~ Patriots Recognize TEJI ~ Momentum Students Tackle Neptune’s Orbit ~ Celebrate Our Graduate Students! MIT Micro-internships Connect Alumni and Students