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Year: 2016

  • Coming soon to an airport near you…

    Introducing the MIT Spouses & Partners Connect luggage tag! My greatest hope is that the things you learn at MIT will support and carry you through the next steps of your journey, wherever they may take you. Your connection to MS&PC doesn’t end when your spouse or partner leaves MIT or you move away from…

  • Welcome to MIT! Orientation 2016 with MS&PC

    –By Marinagrazia Bisogno– A new academic year has begun and this time MS&PC has once again been doing his best to greet and welcome newcomers and offer them the support to deal with their new experience at MIT!We have participated in the Orientation 2016 with a double date, two events organized by our staff together…

  • Adios Maria! From Spain to Cambridge passing by MS&PC

    -By Marinagrazia Bisogno– If I think about two adjectives to describe Maria Linares Carsi, they would be sunny and happy, when you meet her you can feel that she carries the warmth of her native land, Spain. I have known her since I joined S&P, she has been part of our volunteer team for three…

  • When dreams come true – meet Nicolas Chignardet and Origamo

    -by Benjamin Okun- Nicolas Chignardet is among the few (but proud) male members of MIT S&PC, who live in Cambridge with significant others working on everything from astrophysics to management consulting. Originally from France, Nicolas lived for several years in Switzerland before moving to the U.S. with his wife Melina, a computer graphics scientist.  Although…

  • Winter is Coming…

    What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?John Steinbeck Winter is coming and I know that some of you are just dreading it. It’s your first winter in Boston, and you’ve heard all of the horror stories, especially of the 2014-2015 record setting snowfall. You’re scared of…

  • MIT Moving Day Parade with S&P: “We crossed the world to cross this bridge”!

    -By Marinagrazia Bisogno- On the 7th of May MIT celebrated the 100th anniversary of its move from Boston to Cambridge with a day of events and a parade; all the MIT community was invited to cross the Charles river to recall that moment. Spouses & Partners members joined other MIT groups and associations to march…

  • So what do you do?

    “In a world that values the primacy of work,  the most common question that we ask and get asked is“What do you do?”Brene Brown “The Gifts of Imperfection” Recently I had the delightful experience of having a postdoc introduce himself to me as the spouse of an MIT spouse. I love how they turned the…

  • “Yes We Cake!” -The First Dessert Contest by S&P and PDA

    -By Marinagrazia Bisogno- A good way to end a day of study and work is definitely indulging in a little sweetness, and the 1st edition of the Dessert competition organized by MIT Spouses & Partners Connect and MIT Postdoctoral Association has definitely been this way! A triumph of sweetness that saw 17 competitors including students, post…

  • Bringing Sexy Back

    -By Talia Ambar- Eat, poop, repeat. If you have a baby, you know the drill. Hardly any time for your morning coffee. Hardly any energy to brush your teeth in the evening. Definitely neither time nor energy for sex. This is where Divya Kumar comes in. Divya is many things: postpartum support professional, postpartum doula, lactation…

  • The Job Search: Tips and Tricks from Career Connect Speaker Bori Stoyanova

    –By Marinagrazia Bisogno- After the success of last year’s fall session, the Career Connect organized by MIT Spouses & Partners Connect will come back this spring with a series of workshops focused on job searching strategies. These workshops are open to spouses and partners who are looking for a job during their time at MIT,…