MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 76 students from the Class of 2019
The new members of Xi of Massachusetts, the MIT chapter of PBK, combine the best of humanities, natural science, and social science scholarship.
A road paved with open learning
Through open education courses and programs, graduate student Samip Jain began learning with MIT long before he arrived on campus.
Materials Research Laboratory welcomes area teachers, community college students
Three teachers and five community college students will work in MIT faculty-led research groups this summer.
A scholar and teacher re-examines moments in the history of STEM
“I love teaching,” says PhD student Clare Kim. “It’s not that I’m just imparting knowledge, but I want [my students] to develop a critical way of thinking.”
Transmedia Storytelling Initiative launches with $1.1 million gift
Program creates a new hub for pedagogy and research in time-based media.
Untangling the social dynamics of water
J-WAFS Fellow and DUSP PhD student Andrea Beck examines the success factors behind water utility partnerships in Africa.
UPOP’s new career peer-mentoring program reaches for the STARS
Seniors take part in the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program student leader program, building community and bringing peer career advising to sophomores.
Solving equations to design safer ships
David Larson, a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering and an avid sailor, models ship-wave interactions to understand how ships behave in severe storms.
MIT class of 2019 witnesses $500 million climate pledge
Michael Bloomberg announces new Beyond Carbon initiative in his Commencement address.
Michael Bloomberg's Commencement address
Entrepreneur, philanthropist announces new climate initiative, says climate crisis "is unlike any other ever faced by humankind."
President L. Rafael Reif’s charge to the Class of 2019
“As you strive to hack the world, please try to heal the world, too,” Reif urges graduates.
At doctoral ceremony, a strong call to provide opportunity for all
Biochemist Squire Booker PhD ’94 says MIT’s new doctoral graduates will “grow as future leaders” by giving back.
Featured video: The MIT Brass Rat
A look at the unique process by which MIT's class ring is dreamed up, created, and distributed every year.
Communities in the cloud
PhD student Steven Gonzalez studies cloud computing with the eye of an anthropologist.
Celebrating the Class of 2019 and CEE community
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering honors students, postdocs, faculty, and staff at awards banquet; seniors present capstone projects.