Graduate, postdoctoral

Green-thumbed graduate students create skyline oasis at McCormickResidence hall rooftop transformed into garden, community space.

DOW-MIT Access Program shows reality and rewards of graduate schoolWeekend of activities introduces undergrads to opportunities in chemical engineering, chemistry and materials science.

DAPER to offer three new physical education classesQuarter two will feature broomball, rifle, boot camp for athletes

Student profile: Anthony VankySMArchS ’11, PhD candidate in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning studies networks in the urban environment.

Redefining how we teachMIT BLOSSOMS program shows students how math and science pertain to daily life

PhD candidate Greg Distelhorst explores accountability in China

World-class research … in the 10th gradeHigh school students spend a year investigating advanced research topics with MIT faculty.

Young scientists and babies: White House policy begins with alumna requestA new White House initiative to provide workplace flexibility to young scientists — starting with the National Science Foundation — has MIT fingerprints all over it.

MIT Engineering Systems Division celebrates its first 100 doctoral alumniFirst-ever ESD PhD Alumni Symposium provides a look at careers after an ESD PhD

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering collaborates in developing nuclear security curriculum for graduate educationDepartment of Energy names MIT as one of three universities awarded grants for the program.

Architecture and planning students sweep Schnitzer awardsTwo students of art, one of Architecture and one of media take top four prizes

Said and Done for September 2011The humanities, arts and social sciences monthly digest

Satellites in the developing worldAn MIT researcher looks at a growing trend in a number of developing countries: national satellite programs.

Aiello wins Schlumberger Foundation fellowship

Said and DoneHumanities, arts and social sciences digest for June 2011

Canadian graduate student creates graphene Bruins logoStudent salutes his new hometown team using atomistic simulation

ESD PhD candidate Jordan presents energy research at African Presidential Roundtable

President Hockfield's charge to the graduates'Our Great Dome travels with you, no matter where you stand on the face of the Earth.'

Ursula M. Burns's Commencement address'The world needs you as perhaps never before ... we need the spirit of exploration and the thirst for knowledge.'

‘Set your sights on changing the world’At MIT’s 145th Commencement, Xerox chair Ursula Burns urges graduates to live so that they leave behind more than they take away.

Slideshow: Doctoral hooding ceremonyNew PhD, ScD recipients honored at annual ceremony.

Long live the qubit!The power of quantum computers depends on keeping them in a fragile quantum-mechanical state — which researchers have found a new way to extend.

Researchers redefine the old ‘scratch test’The centuries-old test for strength actually determines fracture resistance of materials.

MIT women cyclists win hat trick of events at Collegiate Road NationalsCombined efforts by men and women net MIT third place overall win in Division II Omnium