MIT L.E.A.D. - The Benefits of Diversity

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:07:10 GMT

Embracing diversity is an important quality as a leader. Leaders gain understanding, perspective, and generate opportunities for themselves and others.

This workshop discusses and demonstrates the benefits of diversity and its importance within a student organization. The focus is on providing students with opportunities that allow them to develop their leadership skills and knowledge that can in turn be put into practice with their student organizations, living groups, labs, team, fraternities and sororities and much more.

Organized by the MIT Student Activities Office/Student Leadership and Engagement; filmed by the Office of the Dean for Graduate Education.

Aminata Kane MBA '13

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:05:46 GMT

Aminata Kane, co-president of the Africa Business Club, talks about the positive environment of entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan.

Conversation with the President: Strengthening MIT's Global Impact

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:06:51 GMT

President Reif discussed how MIT is realizing its potential as a university with global impact by fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, collaboration and diversity.

MIT Sloan Experts | Diversity in the Workplace

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:31:20 GMT

MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Evan Apfelbaum discusses the business case for diversity in the workplace.

Lourdes Aleman's Personal Story

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:31:29 GMT

Lourdes Aleman, a Cuban-American, shares her greatest source of inspiration throughout her journey to becoming a scientist, a story of her father's remarkable perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity.

Darcy Wanger's Personal Story

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:31:27 GMT

Darcy describes her realization that science is not something "done — in the past tense" by people long ago, but rather an exciting pursuit that requires social interactions to solve current real-world questions.

Harnessing Microbes for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:31:26 GMT

Hector Hernandez, assistant professor in chemical engineering, describes how Le Chatelier's principle and the effects of pressure on solubility relate to his research on harnessing microbes to remove carbon dioxide from the environment. Hector envisions that his research could someday be used to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

Hector Hernandez's Personal Story

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:31:26 GMT

Hector initially worked in construction, but at age 29, he realized he wanted to use his mind instead of his back in his career.

Samuel Thompson's Personal Story

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:31:24 GMT

Samuel Thompson brings a sense of play to his science research that he traces back to his love of the performing arts and his early exposure to science as a child.

2013 Institute Diversity Summit - Keynote Address: The Impostor Syndrome

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:07:40 GMT

MIT’s third annual Diversity Summit addressed the complexities of meritocracy on Jan. 30, 2013.

Panel Discussion: Disability as an Aspect of Diversity: Navigating Higher Education with a Disability

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:07:40 GMT

Panel Discussion: “Disability as an Aspect of Diversity: Navigating Higher Education with a Disability”

Moderator: Kathleen Monagle, Associate Dean, Disability Services; Prashanth Venkataram Course 8 Year 3; David Hayden Course 6 Graduate student; Ian Smith Course 6 BS '10; Joshua Frisch Course 18 Year 2; and Benjamin Jones Course 21L CMS Year 4.

Disability is a critical component within the dialogue of diversity and inclusion. Students with disabilities are entering higher education in increasing numbers, yet still remain an underrepresented group on college campuses. This panel features MIT students who will share their stories of navigating higher education with a disability, including insights into creating inclusive campus environments.

Recorded 1-30-13.

Panel Discussion: Meritocracy and Inclusion at MIT: Principles or Practices?

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:07:40 GMT

Panel Discussion: Meritocracy and Inclusion at MIT: Principles or Practices?

MIT President L. Rafael Reif

Prof. Emilio Castilla, Sloan School of Management

Denise Lewin Loyd, Sloan School Career Development Professor

Marianna Pierce, Director of Policy, Compliance, and Labor Relations

Stuart Schmill, Dean of Admissions

Prof. Emma Teng, History, Foreign Languages and Literatures (facilitator)

Recorded 1/30/2013

Student Film by the PEACE Programming Board

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:07:40 GMT

MIT’s third annual Diversity Summit addressed the complexities of meritocracy on Jan. 30, 2013.

MLK Jr. Breakfast 2013: Welcome

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:30:45 GMT