Introducing Graduation Planning and Support

A new platform that combines integrated degree management and comprehensive student advising and engagement features is being rolled out this summer and fall for for both undergraduate and graduate students. 

OGE Launches GradThriving Birthday Program

This past year, the Office of Graduate Education’s GradThriving unit introduced a birthday program designed to strengthen connections with graduate students and demonstrate care on their special day. OGE automatically sends a personalized email to every current graduate student on their birthday featuring local Cambridge and Boston birthday freebies, along with an invitation to visit […]

CAPD Research Mentoring Certificate Program

The Research Mentoring Certificate (RMC) wrapped up its 6th season in June. This professional development certificate program, which runs twice per year and is led by Assistant Director of Graduate Student Professional Development Elsie Otero, provides an opportunity for PhDs and postdocs to build their mentoring skills and reflect on their mentoring practice. This season, […]

FLI Class of 2026 Senior Celebration

On Thursday, May 14, The First Generation and/or Low-Income (FLI) program held the Class of 2026 Senior Celebration at the Schwarzman College of Computing. Graduating FLI seniors celebrated the night with faculty and staff members who supported them throughout their journeys at MIT. Opening remarks were delivered by FLI Senior Assistant Dean Alex Hoyt. The […]

Reflections on Interphase

The Interphase EDGE program, currently in its 56th summer, aims to prepare incoming first-year students for the rigor of MIT by inviting them to campus over the summer, where they get to live in dorms, take physics, calculus, chemistry, and communications classes; and make friends. Sheikh Mahmud ‘26 began her time at MIT as an […]