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  • 7 Secrets To Build A Rockstar LinkedIn Profile & Network

    – By Irina Rasskazova – LinkedIn is a global professional social network that is mainly known for an opportunity to create an online version of your resumé and to search for jobs. However, we often have a little idea about how to build professional connections on LinkedIn more effectively and how to improve our chances…

  • The Most Meaningful Thing I Have Done for MIT

    – By Chen Shen – MIT Spouses and Partner Connect has been running the Career Connect workshop series twice a year for about 8 years already. We have regular speakers, and generally the program focuses on the top three elements, which include resume writing, interviewing, and networking. However, there was one issue that the program…

  • Inspirational women around the world

    – By Irina Rasskazova – On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8th we want to salute women from all over the world! This special date, that was officially recognized by United Nations in 1975, celebrates women’s achievements in social, economic, cultural, and political spheres. By acknowledging women’s role in the development of…

  • 5 coolest things a non-scientist can learn from IAP

    – By Irina Rasskazova – The first time I’ve heard about the Independence Activity Period* (or simply IAP) at MIT, I thought that there will be nothing for me. After all, it’s one of the best institutes for natural sciences – so what a person of a humanities bent like me can do there? Guess…

  • 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…