Undergraduate

Sara Hauptman stands in the control room of MIT's Nuclear Reactor Lab.

Sara Hauptman: Learning to operate a nuclear reactor

MIT student is part of an elite crew of licensed nuclear reactor operators.

March 31, 2017

MIT seniors Victoria Gregory and Gabe Alba intend to bring their product, the Coffee Cookie, to market before graduation. “We like the idea of seeing if we can pull it off,” says Gregory.

With Coffee Cookie, MIT duo takes product from idea to launch

“We really want to make something fun and get it to people fast," says senior Gabe Alba.

March 30, 2017

“In the future I want to be an innovator of the visual arts, with respect to technology. To become a technical artist, if you will,” senior Evan Denmark says. While interning at Pixar Animation Studios last summer, Denmark built tools for modeling artists to use to when creating animations.

Exploring the world and filming the unfamiliar

Senior Evan Denmark explores new cultures through travel and documentary making.

March 28, 2017

Senior Lorraine Wong is the 2017 recipient of the MIT Collier Medal.

Lorraine Wong awarded 2017 MIT Collier Medal

MIT senior in brain and cognitive sciences and women's and gender studies honored for community work supporting mental health and women in STEM.

March 21, 2017

Students attended "Quiet Power: Learning to Lead as an Introvert," held as part of Life Skills Week at MIT.

Learning life skills

An MIT event series dedicated to the things everyone should know, but were never taught in school.

March 20, 2017

MIT senior Daniel Zuo fell in love with algorithms his first year at MIT. “It was exactly what I was looking for,” he says with a smile. “I took every algorithms course there was on offer.”

Daniel Zuo: Creative approaches to connectivity

MIT senior and Marshall Scholar will pursue research on algorithms to improve computer networks.

March 16, 2017

OpenMind::OpenArt artists, makers, and volunteers pose at the gallery opening.

The OpenMind::OpenArt Project

An MIT art studio and public gallery is raising awareness about mental health and wellness.

March 15, 2017

As per tradition, MIT admitted its Class of 2021 on Pi Day, March 14, at "Tau Time," 6:28 p.m.

MIT offers admissions decisions to the Class of 2021

MIT admits 1,438 students from 50 states and 62 countries; admissions video carries on four-year tradition.

March 15, 2017

MIT professors Maria Yang (left), Caspar Hare (center), and Scott Hughes have been named 2017 MacVicar Fellows.

Three professors named 2017 MacVicar Fellows

Hare, Hughes, and Yang receive the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching award.

March 13, 2017

Kyocera Professor of Materials Science and Engineering ‪Yet-Ming Chiang (left), is working with MIT senior Harry Thaman (center) and postdoc Linsen Li to study a new kind of electrolyte for “self-healing” lithium battery cells, which will be formed by adding a halide element such as iodine.

Iodine may protect batteries

MIT, Carnegie Mellon researchers explore “self-healing” batteries with new metal-halide solid electrolyte material.

March 8, 2017

New research shows that electrons passing through a narrow constriction in a piece of metal can move much faster than expected, and that they move faster if there are more of them — a seemingly paradoxical result. In this illustration, the orange surface represents the potential energy needed to get an electron moving, and the “valley” at center represents the constricted portion.

Electrons go superballistic

Newly discovered phenomenon accelerates electrons as they enter a viscous state.

March 6, 2017

The Eastgate and Warehouse graduate communities.

Eastgate, Warehouse graduate communities seek new heads of house

Faculty are invited to learn more at an informational reception on March 8.

February 28, 2017

“I fell in love with physics,” says senior Zachary Hulcher. “I appreciate light bouncing off a mirror, and smoke billowing up, and light going through it in a different way. … The small things I took for granted when I didn’t understand them, I appreciate now. Everything is just a little prettier.”

From football to physics

Zachary Hulcher, Marshall Scholar and offensive lineman, will study high-energy physics in the U.K.

February 27, 2017

“The best part of being on the show has definitely been the great outpouring of support the MIT community has given me,” says senior Lilly Chin, the newly crowned “Jeopardy!” College Champion.

MIT senior Lilly Chin wins “Jeopardy!” College Championship

Chin takes the $100,000 grand prize, surpassing 14 on-air contestants and thousands of applicants from colleges around the U.S.

February 24, 2017

Eight student teams pitched novel inventions at last night’s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize pitch competition. Rendever earned the $25,000 grand prize for creating a virtual-reality platform that gives the elderly the chance to explore the world virtually. The platform also provides cognitive therapy and tracks movement data to aid in early diagnosis of dementia.

Virtual-reality system for the elderly wins health care prize

Eight student teams pitched novel inventions at MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition.