Reorienting graduate student orientation
Graduate Student Council Orientation Committee has been adapting grad orientation to an online format to welcome, inform, and connect new students.
Blueprint for fall 2020 at MIT
Town Hall for undergraduate students and families outlines plans for the academic year — and the rationale behind key decisions.
MindHandHeart announces a record 24 Community Innovation Fund projects
Fund has launched a special summer round to spearhead projects addressing mental health, well-being, and racial justice at MIT.
Building a more sustainable MIT — from home
MIT’s Office of Sustainability puts lessons of resiliency into practice.
Effort launches to “explore how MIT might invent a thriving new future”
Task Force 2021 and Beyond aims to map a stronger Institute for the post-Covid world.
2020 Awards Convocation recognizes and honors MIT community members
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are recognized for their outstanding contributions to MIT.
Team 2020 charts a course for MIT
Report outlines the thinking behind five proposed options for the 2020-2021 academic year.
MIT Logarhythms host a virtual concert and release a sneak peek of their new EP
Student singers offer a night of good music and high-energy performances online.
MIT a cappella group sings through quarantine together
Syncopasian, MIT's premier East Asian a cappella group, produced a Zoom-themed video to keep music alive during quarantine.
Art connects a community in quarantine
Tunnel66 reimagines The Borderline Mural Project, providing a virtual space where students can create art together, even while physically apart.
In light of the pandemic, a virtual Campus Preview Weekend
With just weeks to change course, the MIT community came together to create a virtual version of MIT’s iconic weekend for admitted students.
Weekly calls keep students connected to the Institute during a pandemic
Through the MIT Student Success Coaching program, volunteer faculty and staff check in with students to assist with whatever “bubbles up.”
During the Covid-19 crisis, student EMTs keep the campus ambulance service running
“We volunteered because we thought it would be a great opportunity to give back to the MIT community in a time of necessity,” says Nathan Han.
Engineering student Steven Truong draws upon MIT experiences to navigate Covid-19
MIT senior helps his immigrant family address medical matters while balancing his school work.
Building and reconnecting MIT in Minecraft
Despite being far from campus because of the pandemic, some students are engineering a creative way to stay connected.