Agenda for the 2024 MIT Inclusive Pathways to the PhD Summit
Agenda details are subject to change.
July 30, 2024
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Welcome dinner and networking mixer
Location: Row 34 restaurant
Hosted by Denzil Streete, Senior Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Education
July 31, 2024
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast
Location: MIT Museum Sharp Room
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Welcome to MIT
Melissa Nobles, Chancellor
Karl Reid, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM: MIT campus and laboratory tours
Tours will depart from the MIT Museum Sharp Room
Led by Chad Galts, Communications Director, Institute Community and Equity Office
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM: Break
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Insights into the Admissions Process
Location: MIT Museum Sharp Room
Nandi Bynoe, Assistant Dean, School of Engineering & Schwarzman College of Computing
Monica Orta, Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity, Belonging and Student Support, School of Architecture & Planning
Noelle Wakefield, Assistant Dean, OGE
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Networking lunch
MIT faculty and administrative staff
1:00PM – 2:00 PM: Enhancing Research Opportunities
Location: MIT Museum, Sharp Room
Lloyd Munjanja, Senior Community Engagement Officer, Office of the Vice President for Research
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Navigating MIT, A Student Perspective
Location: MIT Museum, Sharp Room
MIT graduate students
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM: Break
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM: Fostering Reciprocal Relationships: A Dialogue with Minority-Serving Institutions
Location: MIT Museum Sharp Room
Moderated by John Wilson, Jr, Managing Director, Open Leadership Program in collaboration with MIT Media Lab
Summit participants
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Extended break
5:15 PM – 6:30 PM: Optional excursion
Boston Duck Tour
6:30 – 8 PM: Dinner
Location: Fuji at Kendall
August 1, 2024
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast
Location: Samberg Conference Center, 6th Floor
9:00 AM – 11:15 AM: MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) poster session
Location: Samberg Conference Center, 6th Floor
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: MSRP Closing Luncheon
Location: Samberg Conference Center, 7th Floor
