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“My parents loved the idea of me being a doctor, and then when I decided on nuclear engineering, they wanted me to look into medical physics,” says Caroline Colbert, a senior in nuclear science and engineering.

Caroline Colbert: Paving a path to medicine

Nuclear science and engineering senior Caroline Colbert has found herself on an unexpected career path in the medical field.

December 12, 2016

“I see starting a company not only as an option, but the option,” says graduate student Keertan Kini. “It’s a way to make sustainable change in the world.”

Helping policy and technology work together

Engineering grad student Keertan Kini is working to strengthen the intersection of policy and technology.

December 12, 2016

Solidified cross-sections from aluminum ingots were made using a conventional method (top) and a new jet metal process developed by MIT researchers. “The introduction of the jet induced a completely different recirculation of the grains, and therefore you get different microstructure all along the section,” says MIT Assistant Professor Antoine Allanore.

Agitating the aluminum pot

MIT researchers demonstrate that strong churning during hot liquid state can produce stronger, more uniformly structured large aluminum casts.

December 7, 2016

MIT senior Rasheed Auguste’s parents emigrated from Haiti to Boston as teenagers and completed master’s degrees in the U.S. “When I was born, the standard was, ‘we have master’s degrees; a PhD is the next step for this next generation.’ That was always the bar,” says Auguste. “It just so happens I got lucky. I actually do want this PhD that was prescribed from birth.”

Nuclear engineering student advocates for change on campus and Capitol Hill

Senior Rasheed Auguste is fueled by passions for science, policy, and creating a more inclusive MIT.

December 7, 2016

Clockwise from top left: Alix de Monts ’14, senior Anita Liu, senior Melody Liu, and senior Lisa Ho have been selected as Schwarzman Scholars.

Four MIT students named 2017 Schwarzman Scholars

Alix de Monts, Lisa Ho, Anita Liu, and Melody Liu will study for one year at Tsinghua University in China.

December 2, 2016

Architect's rendering of the Wiesner Student Art Gallery renovation

Wiesner Gallery relaunched

Inaugural exhibition in the newly renovated space features work from 20 MIT Arts Scholars.

November 30, 2016

MIT senior Brian Wanek wears a racing helmet inside a prototype of what will be the driver’s seat in the 2017 MIT Formula SAE car as sophomore Wasay Anwer measures the frame.

Harder, better, faster, stronger

The MIT Formula SAE team takes a great leap forward to build their 2017 race car.

November 29, 2016

Professor Hung Cheng pledges $1 million for a new MIT scholarship

Inspired by writing his novel, "Nanjing Never Cries," Cheng hopes scholarship helps MIT students work toward a better world.

November 29, 2016

Clockwise from top left: Kevin Zhou; Matthew Cavuto; Zach Hulcher; and Daniel Zuo

Four MIT students named 2017 Marshall Scholars

Matthew Cavuto, Zachary Hulcher, Kevin Zhou, and Daniel Zuo will pursue two years of study in the U.K.

November 28, 2016

On Nov. 17, the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, led by Fred Harris, delivered Mark Harvey’s composition “No Walls,” an anthem to inclusiveness inspired by Duke Ellington’s credo of living and making music “beyond category.”

“Uniting through Voice and Song” event celebrates values that connect the MIT community

November 22, 2016

“I’m working on bigger questions not only from a scientific perspective, but also from a societal perspective,” says Brian Henderson, Stanton Fellow in Nuclear Science and Security.

Brian Henderson: Experimenting with physics and policy

Nuclear Science and Engineering Stanton Fellow Brian Henderson brings his physics experience to bear on nuclear weapons disarmament policies.

November 21, 2016

Lauren Uhr: a brain researcher motivated by personal experience

MIT senior studies cognitive science and medicine from the vantage point of a person with dyslexia.

November 21, 2016

PhD candidate Emily Tow (left) and postdoc David Warsinger co-led a study proposing new designs for reverse osmosis desalination that significantly exceed the energy efficiency of state-of-the-art techniques. An experimental prototype is behind them.

Batch desalination configuration bests standard reverse osmosis approach

Researchers develop a new way to create more clean water with less energy, thanks to clever timing.

November 18, 2016

Materials scientist Jeffrey Grossman lectures to a full house of first-year students in his popular version of a core course, 3.091 (Introduction to Solid State Chemistry). Earlier this year, he was honored with a MacVicar Award for exceptional undergraduate teaching.

Solid-state learning

First-year students get a spirited introduction to materials science and chemistry from Professor Jeffrey Grossman.

November 18, 2016

Rothschild’s great-grandfather, David (standing, third from left), is pictured here before the war with his siblings and father Joseph. During the Holocaust, David was imprisoned at Buchenwald, and several siblings were killed or imprisoned, including Joseph, who was murdered at Auschwitz.

The courage to dissent

For graduate student Amanda Rothschild, political science meets personal history in her studies of how the United States responds to genocide.

November 17, 2016

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