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Ten with MIT connections win 2024 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

The fellowships provide five years of funding to doctoral students in applied science, engineering, and mathematics who have “the extraordinary creativity and principled leadership necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.”

June 3, 2024

MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, two life members

The term members will serve between one and five years on MIT’s board of trustees.

May 31, 2024

Diane Hoskins ’79: How going off-track can lead new SA+P graduates to become integrators of ideas

“Design is not a luxury,” the Gensler global co-chair told advanced degree recipients. “It’s for everyone, everywhere.”

May 31, 2024

Melissa Nobles stands at podium while speaking at MIT Commencement.

Chancellor Melissa Nobles’ address to MIT’s undergraduate Class of 2024

“You’ll continue to inspire and give to others that follow,” Nobles told this year’s graduating class.

May 31, 2024

Noubar Afeyan speaks at a podium with the MIT seal on the front. Faculty and administrators in academic regalia are seated next to him.

Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 gives new MIT graduates a special assignment

The inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist encourages the Class of 2024 to “accept impossible missions” and “lead with imagination” in uncertain times.

May 30, 2024

Commencement address by Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87

“Welcome long odds,” the biotechnology leader urged the Class of 2024. “Embrace uncertainty, and lead with imagination.”

May 30, 2024

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President Sally Kornbluth’s charge to the Class of 2024

“I have never seen a community quite like this one,” Kornbluth told graduates.

May 30, 2024

Ani Dasgupta gestures with his hands as he speaks while standing in front of chalkboard.

Getting to systemic sustainability

At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium, World Resource Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta says systemic changes in a handful of countries will be critical to meeting global emissions goals.

May 29, 2024

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New MIT-LUMA Lab created to address climate challenges in the Mediterranean region

Collaborative scholarship and research will draw on conservation, design, and technology.

May 29, 2024

Ten people clad in white protective clothing covering all but their eyes, which are behind safety glasses, pose as a group inside a nanotechnology cleanroom.

Using art and science to depict the MIT family from 1861 to the present

MIT.nano inscribes 340,000 names on a single silicon wafer in latest version of One.MIT.

May 28, 2024

Cindy Xie leans against a partition, and in the blurry background is a grid of posters.

Convening for cultural change

At MIT and internationally, senior Cindy Xie works to bring people together for the health of humanity and the planet.

May 28, 2024

Sarah Milholland stands in front of an MIT building on a sunny day spring day. Leaves on the trees behind her are just beginning to emerge.

Sarah Millholland receives 2024 Vera Rubin Early Career Award

American Astronomical Society’s Division on Dynamical Astronomy honors the assistant professor and MIT Kavli member for contributions to the dynamics of multi-planet extrasolar systems.

May 22, 2024

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MIT scholars will take commercial break with entrepreneurial scholarship

Propelled by MIT mentors and colleagues, two Kavanaugh Fellows will spend a year getting their innovative technologies ready for the market.

May 22, 2024

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2024 MAD Design Fellows announced

The 10 Design Fellows are MIT graduate students working at the intersection of design and multiple disciplines across the Institute.

May 21, 2024

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School of Engineering first quarter 2024 awards

Faculty and researchers across MIT’s School of Engineering receive many awards in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence.

May 21, 2024

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