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“I think the flexibility of having the opportunity to discover what you're interested in, to pursue these things, and to create a space for yourself where you can feel comfortable was what drove me to MIT,” Larissa Senatus says.

Larissa Senatus learns about the world by doing

Mechanical engineering major hopes to bring hands-on learning opportunities home to Haiti.

January 13, 2016

MIT releases institutional greenhouse gas inventory

Data set a baseline for campus climate action.

January 13, 2016

Sophomore Jessica Chen won four events Saturday to lead the Engineers to a 210-87 victory over the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Sports Shorts for Jan. 11, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

Women’s Basketball picks up two conference wins; Softball honored by NFCA for academic success.

January 11, 2016

Left to right: Annabeth Gellman, Alexander Springer, and Kelsey Jamieson.

Three from MIT named inaugural Schwarzman Scholars

New award pays for one-year master's at Tsinghua University in China.

January 11, 2016

MIT affiliates were well represented in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30, honoring young leaders.

25 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists in 2016

Students, researchers, and alumni honored in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists showcasing America’s most important young entrepreneurs, thinkers, and leaders.

January 7, 2016

MIT graduate students (l-r) Ritchie Chen, Kelsey Stoerzinger and Scott Grindy, won Silver Awards at the Materials Research Society 2015 Fall Meeting in Boston.

Grad students honored for their research at Materials Research Society meeting

Three MIT graduate students win Silver Awards for work on catalysts, hydrogels, and magnetic nanoparticles.

January 5, 2016

School of Science honors research staff with 2016 Infinite Kilometer Awards

January 4, 2016

Senior Sabrina Dramis led the MIT women's basketball team to a 66-52 victory over Drew University on Dec. 29, 2015, with 21 points.

Sports Shorts for Jan. 4, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

MIT fourth in Directory’s Cup fall standings; three women’s soccer players named All-New England.

January 4, 2016

Collective-LOK, a collaboration including MIT Professor William O’Brien Jr. and PhD candidate Michael Kubo, will transform New York City’s Times Square for Valentine’s Day, with a dynamic pavilion of mirrored hearts that will both enclose space and reflect scenes of romantic revelers.

Love for Times Square

MIT professor, PhD candidate design Valentine’s Day pavilion for New York City.

December 28, 2015

A DeLorean time machine appeared on campus for Back to the Future Day, a popular event on Twitter in 2015.

Top tweets of 2015

Best posts of the year on @MIT highlight our new humanoid robot, MIT women in engineering, an optics lesson for #TheDress, and more.

December 28, 2015

Turnout was strong for the MIT Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference on Nov. 20.

Pushing engineering boundaries to spur infrastructure innovation

MIT hosts Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference.

December 22, 2015

Chemical engineering makers: (left to right) Chung-Yueh Lin, Bradley Olsen, and Paige Omura

Molecule makers

A new course in the Department of Chemical Engineering gives freshmen hands-on experience.

December 22, 2015

Markus Buehler (left), the McAfee Professor of Engineering and head of the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Pedro Reis, the Gilbert W. Winslow Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

MIT’s Buehler and Reis elected to Society of Engineering Science Board of Directors

December 21, 2015

Preparing MIT students to lead teams and startup ventures

Two new MIT offerings aim to leverage students’ skills to become effective founders and leaders.

December 18, 2015

MIT senior Julia CrowleyFarrenga, who is studying aeronautics and astronautics, presents her research at the MIT School of Engineering's SuperUROP program.

Innovation on showcase

Undergrads present research at the SuperUROP Research Preview.