Five from MIT win 2016 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Awards fund graduate studies for immigrants and children of immigrants.
Good medicine
Varesh Prasad, an MIT graduate student in health sciences and technology, is creating a multidisciplinary future in health care.
MIT community galvanizes support for earthquake relief efforts
Community members are working on fundraising efforts in the wake of recent quakes in Ecuador and Japan.
Finding inspiration for architecture and urban planning in Latin America and Spain
Site visits by grad students in the School of Architecture and Planning sharpen proposals in art, architecture, and urbanism studios.
Together in Service Day strengthens MIT-Cambridge ties
Day included volunteer events, civic-engagement hackathon, and launch of community initiatives.
Combining curiosity with a desire to help
Senior Juan Jaramillo harnesses his natural curiosity to help others, while never forgetting his roots.
Sports Shorts for April 19, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Softball stays hot, moves win streak to 19; Women’s Lacrosse goes undefeated on the week.
U.S. Department of Energy leaders highlight clean energy research, career opportunities
Sustainable transportation, grid modernization, building efficiency among topics at MIT Energy Initiative event with Department of Energy's David Danielson.
An ace on the court and in the lab
EECS senior Ava Soleimany talks about leadership, her research in synthetic biology, and her tenure as captain of the women’s tennis team.
Book celebrates MIT urban planning projects that solve real-world problems
"Planning Practice" documents a decade of workshops and studios in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
Sports Shorts for April 11, 2016: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics
Softball extends win streak to 13; Stolzenberg breaks assists record for Men’s Lacrosse.
Experiencing underwater worlds, virtually
"Amphibian" SCUBA simulator advances the field of virtual reality while exploring the relationship between diving and disability.
New study shows rich, poor have huge mortality gap in U.S.
In unprecedented detail, lifespan gap shown to be large and growing rapidly.
Examining accountability through the lens of local politics
PhD student Justin de Benedictis-Kessner helps explain political behavior at the federal level.
Ideas in orbit
From MIT to the moon, and on campus, senior Raichelle Aniceto builds new connections.