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Students
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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.
June 24, 2018 -
Networks in aerospace
Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.
June 22, 2018 -
Setting The Standard for excellence
A new program sponsored by the Office of Minority Education and supported by offices across campus is working to advance the success of men of color at MIT.
June 18, 2018 -
Teaching robots how to move objects
PhD candidate and Amazon Robotics Challenge winner Maria Bauza helps to improve how robots interact with the world.
June 12, 2018 -
Scene at MIT: PhD baby and her amazing mama
A new daughter helped Alejandra Falla PhD ’18 gain perspective on life — and her tiny MIT regalia stole the show at Commencement.
June 12, 2018 -
Reliable energy for all
Graduate student Prosper Nyovanie wants to power off-grid communities worldwide with scalable solar electric systems.
June 12, 2018 -
MIT takes a break with the Day of Play
Annual event allows the MIT community to come together and unwind, have fun, and celebrate the hard work of the previous months.
June 11, 2018 -
MIT hosts University of Puerto Rico students after Hurricane Maria
In the wake of the devastating 2017 hurricane, MIT hosted five Puerto Rican undergraduates to help them continue their path toward graduate school.
June 11, 2018 -
Sheryl Sandberg’s Commencement address
Facebook COO tells MIT grads: "It’s not enough to be technologists — we have to make sure that technology serves people."
June 8, 2018 -
President L. Rafael Reif's charge to the Class of 2018
Reif urges graduates to “find your calling. Solve the unsolvable. Invent the future. Take the high road.”
June 8, 2018 -
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg tells MIT grads “it’s about people”
Commencement speaker says the greatest opportunities are for humans, not technology.
June 8, 2018 -
The heart of the materials
From cobalt-free, high-entropy alloys to synthetic goose down, the Materials Project Laboratory offers students a chance to explore.
June 8, 2018 -
At doctoral hooding ceremony, a call to make the world “more just, more fair”
Candis Callison SM ’02, PhD ’10, professor and journalist, tells doctoral graduates they can “shift society” for the better.
June 7, 2018 -
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.
June 6, 2018 -
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.
June 5, 2018 -
MIT finishes second in 2018 Learfield Cup Final Standings
Engineers record highest finish in program history after record-setting 2017-18 athletics season.
June 5, 2018 -
Tackling the ultimate problem set: The first year at MIT
How would you change the first-year experience? Students have proposed inventive ways to improve the first year. And MIT is listening.
June 5, 2018 -
An academic journey through solidarity and separatism
Doctoral student Elissa Berwick listens closely to the calls for independence rising from regions around the world.
June 4, 2018 -
Three MIT graduate students awarded 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Invention
Award honors top collegiate inventors in the United States.
May 31, 2018 -
GAIN program to connect community college students to career opportunities
Jaramillo lab launches a summer program to broaden the horizons of local students interested in materials science and engineering.
May 31, 2018