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Graduate student Leigh Ann Kesler researches the effects of hot plasma on the interiors of fusion devices using a 2 megavolt electrostatic accelerator called DANTE in the Vault Laboratory for Nuclear Science at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

Measuring depths, scaling heights

When not climbing mountains, nuclear science and engineering PhD candidate Leigh Ann Kesler tracks erosion inside fusion reactor containment chambers.

August 31, 2017

The Tech announced Walker Memorial’s opening in 1917.

Celebrating Walker Memorial’s 100th year

Designed as MIT’s first student center, the campus landmark initially housed World War I military personnel.

August 29, 2017

The annual water war, an official part of Residential Exploration (REX), began at MIT in the early 2000s.

Water war: East campus versus west

Representing their dorms on campus, students rush to Killian Court to lob water balloons at their friends in an annual MIT tradition.

August 24, 2017

MIT engineering graduate student Vazrik Chiloyan (center) is an instructor for the MIT Shotokan Karate Club.

Featured video: Karate is for everyone

Shotokan karate provides MIT community members with a unique artistic outlet.

August 9, 2017

Division of Student Life introduces statement on diversity and inclusion

Statement is intended to inform and guide staff on issues related to diversity and inclusion.

August 1, 2017

Maryann Gong '17 is the first Division III student-athlete to capture consecutive CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year honors.

Maryann Gong earns second-straight Division III Academic All-America of the Year Award

Computer science major is the first Division III student-athlete to earn the honor in back-to-back years and just the second overall in the NCAA.

July 24, 2017

Bettina Arkhurst, MIT senior and RAK Week founder

Spreading kindness far and wide

Senior Bettina Arkhurst, founder of Random Acts of Kindness Week, is making a better world at MIT.

July 19, 2017

Kirsten Boswell-Ford comes to MIT from Brown University, where she served as associate university chaplain to the Protestant community.

Reverend Kirstin Boswell-Ford to be newest chaplain

Boswell-Ford will be only the second chaplain to the Institute in MIT’s history, succeeding Robert Randolph.

July 5, 2017

The West Garage, located on Vassar Street across from the Steinbrenner Stadium, will close this fall and is scheduled for demolition to make way for a new undergraduate residence.

West Garage scheduled to close September 2017

Closing will make way for undergraduate residence; permit holders are being assigned to new parking areas on campus.

June 29, 2017

Rising junior Jessie Wang, the AR Coordinator for The Borderline Mural Project, paints a section of the wall.

Uncovering art under MIT

Collaborative student mural project beautifies Institute tunnels.

June 25, 2017

Bird's-eye view centers on MIT Building W31, where the new Office of Multicultural Programs and LBGT Services offices will be located.

Multicultural Programs, LBGT Services moving to new offices in W31

Programs supporting students will be closer to the center of campus.

June 6, 2017

MISTI participant Andrei Ivanov '16 is pictured with the city of Grenoble, France, in the background.

"Mens et manus" goes global

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives program will send students to six continents this summer.

May 17, 2017

Hacking discrimination

Student teams develop technology-based tools to address racism and bias.

May 16, 2017

“I realized that I didn’t come to MIT because it was the best engineering school, but because it was the best place to discover what I was truly passionate about,” MIT senior Raul Boquin says.

Raul Boquin: Working toward high-quality education for all

MIT senior envisions opportunities for “every person of the world who wants to learn something.”

May 16, 2017

Spring 2017 Innovation Fund winners gather at a training session organized by MindHandHeart.

MindHandHeart announces the newest round of Innovation Fund winners

Eleven projects have been selected to bring creative wellness and mental health programming to campus.

May 15, 2017

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