Finding joy through art and advocacy
Senior Tanner Bonner creates connections across MIT to give voice to first-generation and low-income students.
Fostering an enriching and compassionate research environment
Committed to Caring honoree Athulya Aravind helps her graduate students navigate research and academia.
Bridging the worlds of research and industry
PhD student Nidhi Juthani has built a deep foundation in science to inform a career in the private sector.
Tuning in to invisible waves on the JET tokamak
Research scientist Alex Tinguely oversees an antenna diagnostic used on the U.K.’s record-breaking fusion experiment.
Mentorship and medicine
MIT senior Daniel Zhang aims to provide hope for young patients and support to young students.
Designing the built environment through a service lens
Senior Carene Umubyeyi seeks to advance sustainable structural design in her home country of Rwanda and beyond.
Mapping the depths of plasma physics
In his new lab, where he will study how plasma behaves in the universe, assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Jack Hare draws inspiration from spelunking.
Richard Binzel: Eyes on the skies and a passion for planetary science
Over more than three decades at MIT, Binzel developed key insights into the solar system and played a role in multiple NASA missions.
On a mission to alleviate chronic pain
Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions of people.
Nurturing human communities and natural ecosystems
Senior Heidi Li strives to help local communities understand how they can influence policymaking to achieve a more sustainable future.
Adopting a holistic approach to problem-solving in business
A business-to-business marketing expert, Sharmila Chatterjee trains MIT's next generation of business leaders to break down silos.
3 Questions: Kuheli Dutt reflects on diversity in science
Assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the MIT School of Science answers three questions about the work ahead.
From modeling quantum devices to political systems
Senior Sihao Huang uses his background in physics and complex systems to inform his interdisciplinary approach to political science.
An explorer in the sprawling universe of possible chemical combinations
Heather Kulik embraces computer models as “the only way to make a dent” in the vast number of potential materials that could solve important problems.
Fast-tracking the search for energy-efficient materials
Doctoral candidate Nina Andrejević combines spectroscopy and machine learning techniques to identify novel and valuable properties in matter.