Discovering hidden stories in the Flint water crisis
Graduate student Elena Sobrino looks beyond the headlines to study interactions between the city’s people and institutions.
Networks in aerospace
Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.
Method man
Alberto Abadie refines the tools of economics — and gets some interesting results along the way.
Broadening the range of material rewards
Headed by Carl Thompson, the newly formed Materials Research Laboratory opens up opportunities for industrial partnerships.
In profile: Jamshied Sharifi ’83, Tony Award winner
Composer, musician, and former MIT visiting artist received a 2018 Tony Award for best orchestrations on “The Band's Visit.”
Teaching robots how to move objects
PhD candidate and Amazon Robotics Challenge winner Maria Bauza helps to improve how robots interact with the world.
The quantum choreographer
Using diamond dust and laser light to control atomic spin, Ashok Ajoy PhD ’16 pursues alternatives to costly conventional imaging technologies.
An unexpected ambition borne from MIT experience
Annamarie Bair, a premed student turned computer science major, is drawn to the promise of artificial intelligence and health care.
Quantum physics student leaving MIT on a high note
Math and physics major Shaun Datta wraps up four years of pushing himself beyond his comfort zone by singing a cappella with the MIT Logarhythms.
An academic journey through solidarity and separatism
Doctoral student Elissa Berwick listens closely to the calls for independence rising from regions around the world.
How many people can China feed?
Graduate student Tiziana Smith studies links between water availability and crop yields in the world’s most populous country.
Work of the future and the future of work for women in political science
Ford Professor Kathleen Thelen addresses challenges of the “gig economy” and gender equity issues in her field.
Removing health care barriers and boundaries
Through transformative use of telemedicine, researcher and instructor Amar Gupta hopes to achieve better, quicker, and less expensive health care for all.
A passion for service
Tchelet Segev, a senior in civil and environmental engineering, is making a better world at MIT and beyond through leadership and service.
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William Rodríguez: Helping others broaden their horizons
MIT senior and Model UN leader William Rodríguez works to encourage the global exchange of ideas.