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Register to participate in Commencement 2025

Letters · As we prepare for Commencement 2025, we write to provide details on the festivities and to urge you to take part.

Register to participate in Commencement 2025

Letters · MIT Commencement is a time for everyone at the Institute to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our graduating students.

Update to international travel guidance

Letters · I encourage you to review the guidance and share it with members of your department, lab, or center at MIT, noting that it is of relevance to both visa holders and U.S. permanent residents.

Graduate Research Assistant Tuition Subsidy

Letters · Following engagement with faculty and the deans of our schools and college, we will soon change the way that we fund research assistant (RA) tuition from the central budget.

Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI

Letters · We write today to announce the launch of a working group that will advise the Institute on best practices for community members and units using scholarly content to train generative AI (GenAI) models.

Vice Provost Philip Khoury to step down

Letters · I write today to announce that Philip Khoury will step down as vice provost for the arts effective August 31.

Launch of Search Advisory Committee for Dean of Engineering

Letters · I write to update you on the search for the next dean of the School of Engineering.

Major tax impact on MIT and its mission

Letters · An update on recently enacted tax and spending bill.

Sharing final career advancement report recommendations

Letters · I write to share the final report of the Task Force 2021 Refinement and Implementation Committee on Career Support for Lecturers and Technical Instructors (RIC 7).

Update on Paula Hammond’s new role

Letters · I write to provide you with details on Executive Vice Provost Paula Hammond’s expanded portfolio of responsibilities within the Provost’s Office.

New policy on employee conflict of commitment

Letters · The letter announces a new streamlined system, MyCOI-OPA+, for consolidated reporting of financial conflicts of interest and outside professional activities, as well as a Conflict of Commitment policy that applies to all Institute employees.

Launch of search for next vice provost for the arts

Letters · The vice provost for the arts is charged with advancing the arts as a central pillar of MIT’s mission, providing vision, strategy, and advocacy for the arts at the Institute.

MITHIC funding opportunities

Letters · Applications can now be submitted for the second round of funding for the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC).

Call for nominations: MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program

Letters · Faculty colleagues are invited to recognize the exceptional teachers among their peers.

UROP mixer: Mentor sign up

Letters · This dynamic, expo-style event is all about creating meaningful connections between undergraduate students and UROP mentors.

Faculty resource for graduate student support

Letters · The GradSupport team in the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) provides direct support to grad students, as well as expert advice to faculty and staff.

Vice Provost Brent Ryan to step down

Letters · Brent Ryan will step down as vice provost for campus space management and planning effective December 31.