Welcome to Office of the Chancellor
Featured Content
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Renovated New House Re-Opens to Residents
After a 14-month construction as well as a collaborative design process between students, architects, and staff from the Division of Student Life and Campus Construction, a renovated New House opened to 290 undergraduate residents before the start of the 2017-18 academic year. Learn more about the project, and check out photos of the residence hall, here.
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From the Chancellor
Welcome, MIT students! As Chancellor, I’m responsible for “all things students”–graduate and undergraduate education and student life, student services, and student support. It’s my job to partner with you to make sure you get the most out of your MIT experience.Use this site to learn about some of the initiatives I’m working on and how you can tell me your ideas, concerns, and vision for MIT education and student life. Engage with me here, set up a meeting, or join me at a campus event so that together we can strengthen student life and learning.
Sincerely,
Cynthia Barnhart
Initiatives
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Student Health & Well-Being
Read the latest MindHandHeart Beat newsletter here.
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Sexual Assault Education & Prevention
Chancellor Barnhart spoke to MIT News about the Institute's efforts to combat sexual assault and harassment. Read the interview here.
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Residential Campus 2030
Learn more about the MIT administration's plan to expand our graduate student housing stock by at least 950 beds here.
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Innovation in Education & Student Learning
This fall's incoming first-year students will have more flexibility to explore majors and minors early in their MIT experience. Learn more here.
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Students invade Killian Court for epic water war
Water war is an MIT tradition that pits residents from East Campus and West Campus against each other during Residential Exploration.
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Effort to support postsecondary education in prison will be housed at MIT
A multi-university consortium will look to transform the lives of incarcerated people through education.
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Students welcomed back to renovated New House as semester begins
Redesigned building connects living groups with improved accessibility.
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MindHandHeart plus art at Paint Nite
Social event gives graduate students an opportunity to paint, unwind, and mingle.
