Engineers Triumph in Fall and Winter Sports
April 11, 2017
The 2016–17 fall and winter athletic seasons proved highly successful for the MIT Engineers as teams, coaches, and students alike earned numerous awards and honors.
Athletics, Varsity Athletics, Sports, DAPER

Tuesdays in the Chapel: A Good Time to Reflect
March 22, 2017
Every Tuesday morning a small group of MIT faculty, staff, and students shuffle through the MIT Chapel doors and mingle quietly until 8:30 a.m. arrives. The organ then starts playing that week’s musical selection, and everyone takes their seats.
Religious Life, Spiritual Support, Interfaith

Inaugural IAP Leadership Development Workshop a Success
March 22, 2017
For over four decades, the Independent Activities Period (IAP) has provided members of the MIT community with a unique opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities.
Student Activities, ROTC, Leadership

First Annual FSILG Retreat a Success
March 17, 2017
The Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILG) Office sponsored a retreat for new leaders at MIT’s Endicott House in Dedham, MA, on Saturday, February 4.
Student Groups, Leadership, FSILG

MIT Students Invited to Participate in 2017 Student Quality of Life Survey
March 01, 2017
Survey designed with input from students, faculty, and staff; gives enrolled students opportunity to express opinions about MIT experience.
Vice President and Dean for Student Life Suzy Nelson has invited all enrolled undergraduate and graduate students to share their thoughts on the MIT student experience by participating in the 2017 Student Quality of Life (SQL) survey.
Undergraduate, Dean for Student Life, Graduate

Eastgate, Warehouse graduate communities seek new heads of house
February 24, 2017
Faculty invited to learn more at informational reception on March 8
In 1933, Dr. Avery Allen Ashdown PhD ’24 was named the first housemaster in MIT’s residential system. He took up residence in a complex of buildings dubbed Graduate House (later renamed Senior House), and shaped the burgeoning community by identifying 46 graduate students to live in the dorm. So began the MIT tradition of faculty heads of house.
Housing, Graduate

Jiwon Park: Reaching out to the world
February 10, 2017
MIT senior leads diverse projects to help women and students in developing countries.
Kate Telma | MIT News correspondent
Public Service, PKG Center

Three Questions with Suzy Nelson
February 09, 2017
Suzy Nelson started as MIT’s vice president and dean for student life on July 1, 2016. She came to the Institute after a national search and brings broad experience from managing student affairs and residential life at Colgate University, Harvard University, and Cornell University to the role. During her first semester at the Institute, Nelson worked with students, faculty, and staff to invigorate the Division of Student Life’s mission and goals, and is leading major projects related to residence hall development and renovation, student support, and diversity and inclusion.
Wellness and Support, Student Groups, Student Governance, Housing, Dean for Student Life, Dining, FSILG

AXO and MIT’s Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Efforts
February 08, 2017
Violence Prevention and Response (VPR) is MIT’s primary on-campus resource for preventing and responding to interpersonal violence, including sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, stalking, and sexual harassment.
FSILG