MIT Sloan Alumni

MIT Sloan’s former dean, David Schmittlein, has passed away after an extended illness. Not only was he an incredible leader, but he was also a mentor, a teacher, and a friend who brought the school to new heights during his 17-year tenure. We will miss him very much.

MIT Sloan Alumni: We’re halfway through April, and it’s been exciting to see so many meaningful connections and opportunities unfold. Our team has been busy supporting employers across industries as they look to bring in top talent—and we’re here to help you do the same.   MIT Sloan students and alumni bring innovative thinking, analytical rigor, and a passion for impact. Whether you're hiring for internships, experienced roles, or senior leadership, we’d love to help you find the right fit.   Here’s how you can share your openings:   Post directly on Career Central: https://lnkd.in/dif3s2qg Email your job openings to me at stodd@mit.edu Message me here on LinkedIn  

🌟 Sloanies Helping Sloanies: In Action 🌟 A big shoutout to Ashley Ryder, MBA '21, and VamosVentures for hiring a Sloanie Summer Associate Intern! Ashley connected with a current student during the Writing the Code: Inclusive Innovations event in 2024, leading to an exciting opportunity. Thank you, Ashley for making a lasting impact on a Sloanie career and for being part of the supportive MIT Sloan career network! Are YOU a Sloanie Helping Sloanies? Let us know by filling out this form: https://lnkd.in/eeq7YfbA MIT Sloan Alumni #SloaniesHelpingSloanies #MITSloan #CareerDevelopment

The winner of the The MIT Press 2025 Alumni Book Award is "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World" (2023), by Michael D. Smith, PhD ’00, who earned his MIT Sloan School of Management doctorate in management science and is now the J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Marketing at Carnegie Mellon University. "The Abundant University" is a wake-up call for elite institutions and a visionary roadmap for the future of higher education. "It's an honor to receive this award. MIT's Sloan school is where I first studied how technology changes structure and competition in markets. I'm happy to be able to apply that learning to how technology can and should change the market for higher education," says Smith. MIT Provost Cynthia Barnhart, SM ’86, PhD ’88, will present the new Faculty and Alumni Book Awards at a campus celebration today. Read more here: https://bit.ly/42FDEud

The Chalk Radio podcast invites listeners behind the scenes of some of the most interesting courses at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now in its seventh season, Chalk Radio is bringing you closer to the action than ever before through video. Launched by MIT OpenCourseWare in 2020, Chalk Radio takes a deep dive into how MIT educators teach. Instructors share insights about their courses and how their learning journeys have shaped their research, teaching, and initiatives in their fields. “What’s remained consistent over the years is how much MIT instructors care about solving big problems in the world, how generous they are with their knowledge, and how much they believe in learners’ abilities both on campus and online to lend their own insights to solving these challenges, too," says Sarah Hansen, Chalk Radio’s host and the assistant director of open education innovation at OpenCourseWare. Watch the first episode of season 7: https://bit.ly/3GpMovJ #Teaching #Education #Learning #OnlineLearning #OnlineEducation #OpenEducation #HigherEducation #EducationNews #AcademicNews #EducationPodcast #TeachingPodcast #Podcasting

On this new episode of The New Colossus Project, Raafet Azzouz sits down with Daron Acemoglu - The Nobel Prize in Economics 2024 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor - whose work has revolutionized how we think about institutions, inequality, and the fate of nations. Together, they dive into: - Acemoglu’s personal journey from Turkey to global thought leader - The early experiences that shaped his groundbreaking research - The rise of AI: Will it create opportunity - or deepen inequality? - What governments must do to build inclusive economies? - The fragile equilibrium in liberal and emerging democracies - The influence of his Armenian and Turkish heritage Links for the full episode are in the comments. MIT Sloan School of Management #NewColossusProject #DaronAcemoglu #NobelLaureate #NobelPrize #AI #Economics #Democracy #Leadership #Nobel #Turkey #Armenia

I've been hinting at this for some time now, but it's time for the official announcement: My book (co-authored Don Kieffer) There's Got to Be A Better Way will be released this August! The product of over twenty years of research, teaching, and consulting, it offers proven, practical advice for organizing your work to cut through the noise and focus on what matters. If you have taken a course with me in the last fifteen, you've been part of the process of bringing these ideas to fruition. Many students from the MIT Executive MBA Program play starring roles, and the great work by our friends at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard figures prominently. The book is now available for pre-order at Amazon here: https://bit.ly/4jzMJKM Or, if you prefer other vendors, you can find several options here: https://bit.ly/3FpNPKk If you are interested in a bulk order, please reach out to me directly. ShiftGear Work Design, LLC. Mark Schwiebert, MIT Sloan Executive Education, MIT Executive MBA Program

Innovation is a process—and it should be repeatable. It's not something you do once or on occasion. Rather, it's something your organization and people should be prepared to engage in continuously. MIT Sloan School of Management senior lecturer Kate W. Isaacs, SM ’07, PhD ’13, and associate dean for innovation Fiona Murray discussed how to build this kind of innovation-ready organization in a recent webinar. The pair will teach in the new Innovation Executive Academy course from MIT Sloan Executive Education. Senior lecturer Dr.Phil Budden, who facilitated the discussion, is the course's executive director. Read more about what Isaacs and Murray recommended doing to set your organization up for innovation here: https://bit.ly/3YjlawT

Today we celebrate the graduation of my 100th doctoral student with some of my current and prior PhD students. If somebody told me that after 37 years as an MIT faculty I would have graduated 100 PhD students, I would have found it unbelievable!

“It’s like having five or 10 or 12 MIT undergraduates who instantaneously run out and do all the research you want based on the question you asked, and then they bring back the answer.” — Bill Aulet, Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, on using the MIT Entrepreneurship JetPack generative AI tool https://lnkd.in/eCb58-cn