Welcome to Office of the Chancellor
Featured Content
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Spreading Kindness for Four Years and Counting
Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week began four years ago as a MindHandHeart Innovation Fund project. It’s inspiring to see how RAK Week has grown and engaged academic departments, labs, research centers, residences, support offices, student organizations, and individual community members. For RAK Week 2019, Chancellor Barnhart and Vice Chancellor Waitz hosted a study break with the Undergraduate Assocation. Read more about RAK Week 2019 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
The MIT community recently came together to celebrate our 2019 Change-Makers at an awards ceremony honoring individuals, DLCs, and student groups for their work to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct. Learn more about this year's Change-Makers here.
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Residential Campus 2030
Learn more about the Burton Conner residence hall renewal project here.
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Innovation in Education & Student Learning
Class of 2023 students will be able to take part in Phase Two of the education experiment to investigate ways to promote greater exploration in the first-year undergraduate experience. This experiment builds on Phase One, which allowed the Class of 2022 to take three science core GIRs P/NR after the first semester.
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MIT class of 2019 witnesses $500 million climate pledge
Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address.
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At doctoral ceremony, a strong call to provide opportunity for all
Biochemist Squire Booker PhD ’94 says MIT’s new doctoral graduates will “grow as future leaders” by giving back.
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3Q: Ian Waitz on progress in enhancing the undergraduate and graduate student experience
Informed by data and community input, Waitz is making inroads into issues like financial insecurity among graduate students and undergraduate major exploration.
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MIT students organize FAIL! ― an initiative to destigmatize failure and build resilience
FAIL! brings together prominent scholars to share the challenges and missteps that led them to where they are today.
