How MIT’s online resources provide a “highly motivating, even transformative experience”
Charalampos Sampalis explores all that MIT Open Learning has to offer while growing his career in Athens, Greece.
Students learn theater design through the power of play
MIT Theater faculty invite students to draw upon their personal experiences to create evocative set, sound, and lighting designs.
Designing better delivery for medical therapies
MD/PhD student Sayo Eweje seeks to develop new technologies for delivering RNA and protein therapies directly to the body’s cells.
Making a measurable economic impact
Saeed Miganeh’s work at MIT is helping him answer important questions about designing effective programs for poverty mitigation and economic growth in African countries.
President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028
“Empathy and respect are central values here,” Kornbluth tells MIT’s newest students and their families at the President’s Convocation.
3 Questions: From the bench to the battlefield
Rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards and Aneal Krishnan ’02 discuss a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
Q&A: Undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling
Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill provides an update on MIT’s newest incoming class.
Creating connection with science communication
Sophie Hartley wants to help people learn about the importance of natural resources and land management through science writing.
When the lights turned on in the universe
By studying ancient, supermassive black holes called quasars, Dominika Ďurovčíková is illuminating an early moment when galaxies could first be observed.
Lincoln Laboratory and National Strategic Research Institute launch student research program to tackle biothreats to national security
MIT students who participated in the pilot program developed tools to rapidly screen for novel biosynthetic capabilities.
Building bidirectional bridges
MIT’s Office of Graduate Education hosts Summit on Creating Inclusive Pathways to the PhD
The art of the enzyme
Bioengineer and artist David Kastner seeks to unlock the secrets of catalysis and improve science communication through eye-catching visuals.
Empowering the next generation of scientists in Africa
The Future African Scientist organization was sparked by a connection between two students from different walks of life during an MIT program in South Africa.
The study and practice of being human
Professor Joshua Bennett’s scholarship, poetry, and teaching help students address core questions about values and meaning in life.