A day in the life of MIT MBA student David Brown
The former US Army Helicopter pilot co-founded Helix Carbon to erase the carbon footprint of tough-to-decarbonize industries.
Using AI to explore the 3D structure of the genome
Two meters of DNA is crammed into the nucleus of every human cell. Bin Zhang wants to know how gene expression works in this minuscule space.
Studying work, life, and economics
Economics doctoral student Tishara Garg takes a novel approach to answering ambitious questions about big-push industrial policy and development.
Lighting up biology’s basement lab
Senior Technical Instructor Vanessa Cheung ’02 brings the energy, experience, and excitement needed to educate students in the biology teaching lab.
Exploring new frontiers in mineral extraction
Professor Thomas Peacock’s research aims to better understand the impact of deep-sea mining.
Always looking to home
Mingmar Sherpa, a researcher in the Martin Lab in the Department of Biology, has remained connected to his home in Nepal at every step of his career.
Merging design and computer science in creative ways
MAD Fellow Alexander Htet Kyaw connects humans, machines, and the physical world using AI and augmented reality.
The chemistry of creativity
Senior Madison Wang blends science, history, and art to probe how the world works and the tools we use to explore and understand it.
Martina Solano Soto wants to solve the mysteries of the universe, and MIT Open Learning is part of her plan
The 17-year-old student from Spain uses MIT resources to deepen her understanding of math and physics.
Student spotlight: YongYan (Crystal) Liang
The senior, majoring in electrical engineering and computer science, has participated in SuperUROP, NEET, MISTI GTL, and multiple labs focusing on biological EECS.
A chemist who tinkers with molecules’ structures
By changing how atoms in a molecule are arranged relative to each other, Associate Professor Alison Wendlandt aims to create compounds with new chemical properties.
Exploring the impacts of technology on everyday citizens
Associate Professor Dwai Banerjee examines topics ranging from cancer care to the history of computing.
Looking under the hood at the brain’s language system
Associate Professor Evelina Fedorenko is working to decipher the internal structure and functions of the brain’s language-processing machinery.
For this computer scientist, MIT Open Learning was the start of a life-changing journey
Ana Trišović, who studies the democratization of AI, reflects on a career path that she began as a student downloading free MIT resources in Serbia.
Credit where it’s due
MIT Sloan’s Christopher Palmer has produced new insights about household finance, thanks to razor-sharp empirical studies.