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Increase to Visiting Student Fee Effective Sept. 1, 2023
Effective September 1, 2023, the visiting student fee will increase to $625 (4.2% higher than the current fee),
First MIT Latinx graduation celebration held
One hundred forty graduate and undergraduate students receive red stoles.
Thoughts on Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions
A message to the community from MIT President Sally Kornbluth about the upcoming US Supreme Court is rulings in two cases testing the legality of race-conscious admissions in higher education.
MIT and the GSU Negotiations to Resume This Summer
MIT and the GSU will resume negotiations this summer following the recent GSU-run vote on whether to accept MIT’s proposal for a contract.
Evolution through example and action
Forty-one women were selected as 2023 MIT Graduate Women of Excellence, organized by the MIT Office of Graduate Education.
New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments
A new cross-institute initiative between MIT Governance Lab, MISTI, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center to support graduate student work in public sector innovation.
Driven to driverless
Cindy Alejandra Heredia’s journey from Laredo, Texas, took her to leading the MIT autonomous vehicle team and to an MBA from MIT Sloan.
Fueled by problem-solving
Undergraduate research helped feed physics and EECS major Thomas Bergamaschi’s post-MIT interest in tackling challenges.
CoCo: A real-time co-creative learning platform for young people
Media Lab PhD students Manuj Dhariwal and Shruti Dhariwal introduce a new paradigm of creative collaboration in digital learning environments.
MIT students Rupert Li and Audrey Xie named 2023-24 Goldwater Scholars
Undergraduates whose research areas explore discrete math and neural networks honored for their academic achievements.