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Launchpad for health care entrepreneurs
MIT Sandbox inspires highly sought health care innovations with its new Independent Activities Period program.
Fostering research and mentorship in materials science
Online MICRO internship program brings remote opportunities to undergrads.
Cynthia Barnhart named MIT provost
Following seven years as chancellor, Barnhart will assume the Institute’s senior academic post.
New OVC Employees, November 2021-January 2022
Meet the latest OVC employees!
PKG Alumni: Where Are They Now?
In November 2021, the PKG Center invited three recent alumnae to share about their experiences participating in PKG programs, how these programs impacted them, and the influence these experiences had…
New First Year Hub Is A Success!
In addition to our robust fall programming, the Office of the First Year put on a weekly series of First Year Hub events.
News from the Paul Revere Battalion
The Paul Revere Battalion has been hard at work coming into the spring 2022 semester, as preparation for an exciting Unit Training Program is in full swing.
MIT’s Need Blind Admissions
January 15, 2022 You may have read about recent antitrust class action lawsuits against universities questioning their need-blind admissions practices. As is our practice for pending litigation, MIT will not…
Update on ESG Curriculum Pilot and TEJI Initiatives
In response to MIT’s “Common Ground” initiative ESG embarked on a three-year pilot to develop and teach MIT’s introductory computing classes.
OME Launches New Website
The Office of Minority Education is proud to announce that they launched a new and upgraded website on Thursday, January 13.