Graduate, postdoctoral

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

Institute teams dominate Clean Energy PrizeInstitute ideas win $200K top prize and all five finalist prizes, with variety of energy solutions.

MIT team wins Berkeley-Stanford Green Entrepreneurship CompetitionTwo MIT Leaders for Global Operations students and their MIT colleagues take home prize after pitching U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

Finding her voiceMIT Sloan student looks to merge successful music career with new business skills

Meet the 2011 Kambourides FellowEECS graduate student Yi-Chieh Wu has been awarded the Kambourides Fellowship in Computational Engineering

Out of thick airMIT graduate student is working to make water available for the world’s poor by refining the tools and techniques of fog harvesting.

Asia Finance Trek a successMaster of Finance student works with an MBA and the CDO on three-city trek.

2011 NSE Doctoral Research Expo

Planting the SEIDSloan Entrepreneurs for International Development help Assured Labor grow.

Engineering, management programs excel in graduate rankingsMIT leads the way in several disciplines in U.S. News and World Report's annual list

Oscillating gels could find many usesMIT researchers analyze behavior of materials that change by themselves; could lead to practical applications.

Student inventor Alice Chen receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize$30,000 prizes awarded to inventive students nationwide; four leading universities celebrate 2011 winners

A look back at Old Ashdown in all its (quirky) gloryBefore it was Maseeh Hall, and before it was W1, this historic building was home to generations of graduate students.

CEHS poster session highlights graduate, postdoctoral workMore than 60 posters featured at annual Center for Environmental Health Sciences event.

IAP active bystander workshop taping: a huge successSloan fellows and MBAs work together to develop videos to train future student leaders.

MISTI sends more than 50 students abroad over IAPTake on real-world challenges in places such as Mexico, Germany and France

A decade of OCW benefits: Resources for real world solutionsMegan Brewster used OCW to design a small-scale plastics recycling program in Guatemala.

Team wins protein-folding prizeEarn $5,000 for top finish in the University Protein Folding Challenge

Two MIT teams design winning solutions for New OrleansDUSP and architecture graduate students claim top prizes in the Chase Community Development Competition.

MISTI 2.0 selects new granteesSeven student projects awarded funding.

When gender isn’t written all over one’s faceNeuroscientists find that the same face may look male or female, depending on where it appears in a person’s field of view.

MIT graduate students give backFood drive as part of the Sidney-Pacific House Cup nets nearly 1,500 pounds of donations for local food bank.