MIT pole vaulter goes ever higher
Senior Cimran Virdi is vaulting into the NCAA record books as an engineering major at MIT — a school with a history of success in track and field.
High school students find their MathROOTS at MIT
Program aims to inspire female and underrepresented minority students to pursue STEM fields.
Colombo to retire from post as MIT’s dean for student life
Departure caps a 40-year career at MIT, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins.
Graduate student Sami Khan receives Young Researcher Award
The PhD candidate was honored at the 2015 World Hydropower Congress in May.
CEE Cross-Disciplinary Seed Funds awarded
Two new research projects will allow everyone to breathe easier.
MIT-SUTD Summer Global Leadership Program makes a splash
Students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design will experience leadership training, engineering coursework, and outdoor adventure at MIT.
MITES: 40 years and over 2,200 students and counting
MIT’s flagship program for rising high school seniors welcomes its 2015 class to campus.
Tackling challenges at the intersection of engineering and sports
Sports companies connect with engineering students and faculty at the second annual STE@M Day.
Philosophy in an inclusive key
MIT graduate students organize summer institute to increase diversity in philosophy field.
Social enterprises empower communities
MIT students launch social enterprises that work with communities to foster financial and environmental sustainability.
Powering desalination with the sun
PhD student Natasha Wright makes water safe to drink for rural, off-grid Indian villages.
Bubbling with passion for environmental engineering
A witness to “a montage of environmental changes” in her native China, grad student Ruby Fu now studies the fate of methane bubbles in the ocean.
School of Engineering awards for 2015
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, and graduate, and undergraduate students.