Since the summer of 2002, a collaborative effort has raised awareness on campus about the academic career path. Several offices and individuals have joined forces to pull together an award winning series of seminars designed to illuminate the academic life to MIT's graduate student and post-doc communities. In addition to the Provost's Office, our collaborators are:

careers office

Graduate Student Council

MIT Postdoc Advisory Council

In Summer 2007, we offer the series again, with all new panelists.

View a pdf of the seminar poster by clicking on the title.

Seminar 1: Why Choose an Academic Career?		Wednesday, June 6th Room 10-250 4:00 to 5:15 PM
Seminar 2: Nuts & Bolts of the Academic Job Search		Wednesday, June 27th Room 10-250 4:00 to 5:15 PM
Seminar 3: How to Survive Your First Year as an Assistant Professor poster 1 | poster 2		Wednesday, July 18th Room 10-250 4:00 to 5:15 PM
Seminar 4: Navigating the Transition from Academia to Industry (and vice versa) Three Helpful Slides from 2005 Panelist Joe Schmitt		Wednesday, August 15th Room 10-250 4:00 to 5:15 PM

This panel series was recognized with an achievement award at the 17th Annual Conference of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, held in St. Louis, in November 2002.

For more information on the series, please contact staff members Hannah Bernstein (Careers Office) hannahb@mit.edu, John Nonnamaker (Careers Office) nonnama@mit.edu, or Marsha Orent (Provost's Office) marsh@mit.edu.