Updates

AY2022 Graduate Student Stipend Letter

AY2022 Graduate Student Stipend Letter

November 15, 2021

Thank you for your perseverance during this challenging time and for helping to keep our community safe, and most important, thriving. All of you, whether on campus or away, have helped the Institute meet its teaching and research missions with excellence and creativity.

AY2021 Graduate Student Stipend Levels, Health Insurance Rates, and Additional Support

AY2021 Graduate Student Stipend Levels, Health Insurance Rates, and Additional Support

May 4, 2020

In discussion with the Provost, Chancellor, and School Deans, we have established the new ranges for the monthly stipends of full-time research and teaching assistants for the 2020-21 academic year (AY2021).

Advancing our support for graduate students

Advancing our support for graduate students

February 7, 2020

TL; DR: Making progress on advancing support for students in acute financial distress and helping those with children; Graduate Families Support Working Group report released with key commitments: dedicated staff person for graduate students with children, portable grants, intentional data collection.

Advancing Our Support for Graduate Students

Advancing Our Support for Graduate Students

February 6, 2020

Making progress on advancing support for students in acute financial distress and helping those with children; Graduate Families Support Working Group report released with key commitments: dedicated staff person for graduate students with children, portable grants, intentional data collection.

Update: MIT Admissions Process

Update: MIT Admissions Process

March 31, 2019

On March 12th, 2019, federal prosecutors announced indictments against more than 50 people allegedly involved in a fraudulent scheme to gain admission to a number of universities. While MIT has not been implicated, we know the notice of this indictment has raised concerns about college admissions at institutions across the country at precisely the time […]

Welcoming My New Chief of Staff Jill Bassett

Welcoming My New Chief of Staff Jill Bassett

September 12, 2023

Dear colleagues, I am thrilled to announce that I have appointed Jill Bassett as chief of staff in the Office of the Chancellor. Jill’s first day will be October 2. Jill stepped into the role of Associate Dean & Director of the Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Center in September 2019. In that time, she has […]