Graduate, postdoctoral

Jim Magarian is a third-year graduate student and an engineering leadership instructor with the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership (GEL) Program.

Veteran engineer studies career pathways of today’s graduates

After a mid-career jump to academia, PhD student Jim Magarian now analyzes engineering workforce issues.

October 1, 2017

When 215 architecture deans and chairs were asked by DesignIntelligence to name the graduate architecture programs that they most admired, MIT earned the No. 2 spot.

DesignIntelligence ranks MIT graduate architecture program among top in nation

MIT Architecture program rated highly for research and overall excellence based on surveys of practitioners.

September 29, 2017

“I like to say I build fancy thermometers. That’s my job,” says Alex Creely, a graduate student in nuclear science and engineering who works in the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT.

Alex Creely: Bridging the simulation vs. reality gap

Nuclear science and engineering graduate student receives Department of Energy Innovation Award for his work on plasma turbulence.

September 29, 2017

Former cross country/track and field standout Maryann Gong

Maryann Gong named 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree

Gong becomes third MIT student-athlete to be named to Top 30.

September 7, 2017

The MIT Summer Research Program strives to expose high-achieving sophomores, juniors, and seniors to the academic world, to improve the research environment by increasing the number of underrepresented minorities and underserved students in scientific research, and to encourage students to apply for a graduate program at MIT.

MIT Summer Research Programs nurture tomorrow's scientists

Participants take home a piece of MIT.

September 5, 2017

“The concept of my startup is, ‘Let’s use hacker tools to defeat hackers,’” PhD student Gregory Falco says. “If you don’t know how to break it, you don’t know how to fix it.”

Gregory Falco: Protecting urban infrastructure against cyberterrorism

PhD student works at the intersection of urban planning and computer science.

September 5, 2017

Graduate student Leigh Ann Kesler researches the effects of hot plasma on the interiors of fusion devices using a 2 megavolt electrostatic accelerator called DANTE in the Vault Laboratory for Nuclear Science at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

Measuring depths, scaling heights

When not climbing mountains, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Leigh Ann Kesler tracks erosion inside fusion reactor containment chambers.

August 31, 2017

PhD student Tsehai Grell believes the variety of MIT students’ experiences and perspectives is one of the Institute’s greatest qualities. “When you don’t have diversity of thought and experiences, you are missing out on a number of problems and potential solutions, especially in the research lab,” she says.

Expanding the pipeline to graduate school

Outside of the chemistry lab, PhD candidate Tsehai Grell works to make MIT more inclusive for grad students.

August 22, 2017

2017 Gilliam Fellowship awardee Lindsey Backman

Lindsey Backman awarded Gilliam Fellowship

Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellows are chosen for their potential to be leaders in their scientific fields and for their commitment to diversity.

August 18, 2017