Teamwork in motion
Friendly competition and a love of spreadsheets helped get Aero and Astro running teams over the finish line at Ragnar Reach the Beach.
Signposts on the way to new territory
Professors Zachary Hartwig and Wanda Orlikowski are honored as “Committed to Caring.”
Improving the workplace of the future
Economics doctoral student Whitney Zhang investigates how technologies and organizational decisions shape labor markets.
A new community for computational science and engineering
The stand-alone PhD program is building connections and preparing students to make a difference.
Demo Day features hormone-tracking sensors, desalination systems, and other innovations
MIT student teams celebrate business milestones at the capstone event for the 2025 delta v summer accelerator.
AI and machine learning for engineering design
Popular mechanical engineering course applies machine learning and AI theory to real-world engineering design.
Understanding shocks to welfare systems
Angie Jo’s doctoral studies find that when a collective crisis strikes, nations with shallow social safety nets, like the US, respond with massive spending.
Engineering fantasy into reality
PhD student Erik Ballesteros is building “Doc Ock” arms for future astronauts.
At convocation, President Kornbluth greets the Class of 2029
“We believe in all of you,” MIT’s president said at the welcoming ceremony for new undergraduates.
Transforming boating, with solar power
Solar electric vehicle pioneer James Worden ’89 brought his prototype solar electric boat to MIT to talk shop with students and share his vision for solar-powered boats.
Graduate work with an impact — in big cities and on campus
PhD student Nick Allen has helped mainstream new tax-reform concepts for policymakers, while working to enhance MIT grad-school life.
The art and science of being an MIT teaching assistant
Training an ever-growing percentage of MIT’s students, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science relies heavily on dedicated and passionate TAs.
Better public service with data
MIT master’s student and Brazilian diplomat Davi Augusto Oliveira Pinto wants to help policymakers make informed choices to improve people’s lives.
Helping cities evolve
Economics graduate student Vincent Rollet studies how housing, regulation, and politics interact to shape the future of cities.
MIT’s Mason Estrada to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers
The star pitcher has been studying aerospace engineering at MIT. Now his pitches, and career, will take flight in professional baseball.