Updates

OVC Newsletter: Spring 2025

OVC Newsletter: Spring 2025

May 15, 2025

Paul Parravano Fund to Benefit UROP ~ CPW Marks 40th Year ~ Celebrating Our Graduate Students ~ Sharing Best Practices for Student Veteran Support ~ Meet Your OVC Colleagues ~ and more.

OVC Newsletter: Winter 2025

OVC Newsletter: Winter 2025

February 15, 2025

Welcoming a New Vice Chancellor ~ Tracking MIT Graduates’ Career Trajectories~ Making an Invisible Identity Visible ~ Career Exploration Fellowship Offsets Cost of Underpaid Internships ~ Meet Your OVC Colleagues ~ and more.

New vice chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education

New vice chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education

February 3, 2025

Chancellor Melissa Nobles announced that David L. Darmofal SM ’91, PhD ’93, Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has accepted our offer to serve as the next vice chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education.

Congrats to Kim Benard!

Congrats to Kim Benard!

January 23, 2025

Kim Benard, Associate Dean and Director of Distinguished Fellowship and Academic Excellence in CAPD, has been selected for a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

OVC Newsletter: Fall 2024

OVC Newsletter: Fall 2024

October 15, 2024

Introducing GradCentral and Grad Thriving ~ Celebrating National Transfer Student Week ~ Old Ironsides Battalion Update ~ MIT Hosts Inaugural STARS Remote Fly-in Program ~ Meet Your OVC Colleagues ~ and more.

OGE Announces Administrative Tool and Reorganization

OGE Announces Administrative Tool and Reorganization

September 24, 2024

Associate Dean and Director of the OGE shares two exciting updates on how the office will serve our graduate student body, administrators, and faculty.

Welcoming OGE’s New Director of Grad Systems & Data Strategy

Welcoming OGE’s New Director of Grad Systems & Data Strategy

August 22, 2024

Steven Derocher has joined the Office of Graduate Education to oversee data strategy, manage union-related and other data analytics, and support the rollout of student information systems.

Welcoming a New Academic Year

Welcoming a New Academic Year

August 15, 2024

Dan Hastings, the interim vice chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education, offers a preview of OVC’s priorities for the new academic year.

OVC Newsletter: Summer 2024

OVC Newsletter: Summer 2024

August 15, 2024

OVC Infinite Mile Awards ~ Empowering Future Innovators through a Social Impact Lens ~ “Story Wall” Takes Shape in the MIT Welcome Center ~ Building Innovative Collaborations in Puerto Rico and Navajo Nation ~ Meet Your OVC Colleagues ~ and more.

Search for the next Vice Chancellor

Search for the next Vice Chancellor

June 11, 2024

Chancellor Melissa Nobles has launched a search for a new Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education. Professors Laurie Boyer and Will Tisdale have agreed to co-chair a search advisory committee for this important role.