Sep 11 (W)  |  2:00 – 3:00 pm  |  6-104 (The Chipman Room) Dr. Cissy Ballen (Auburn University) will address how certain features ofthe introductory science classroom create barriers for historically underserved students. This explanation for observed performance disparities, the “course deficitmodel”, considers the negative impact of environmental conditions on student learning and participation. Dr. Ballen will demonstrate how […]

Ritu Raman, a postdoctoral fellow at the Koch Institute, is working on an initiative to promote women in STEM, The Women in STEM Database at MIT (WiSDM) is an initiative designed to promote the visibility of women in our academic community. The goal of WiSDM is to provide a curated searchable online database of MIT women, making it easier to […]

Prof. Nike Sun “described progress toward a solution in a theoretical geometric problem in classic probability called the Ising perceptron” at the third annual MIT Statistics and Data Science Center conference, which gathered a growing interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners. Read more at MIT News.

STUDENT TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE General admission tickets are sold out for MIT alumna Gioia De Cari’s April 16 “Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze.” However, STEM-based graduate students who identify as female are encouraged to apply for a special, FREEtwo-part “Truth Values” event. If accepted, these students will get preferred seating for the play, at Little Kresge Theater on […]