Undergraduate

After suffering a concussion during her sophomore year, senior Emiko Pope, a mechanical engineering major and midfielder on the MIT women's soccer team, was inspired to study the effectiveness of concussion headbands, reports Cathy Cecere for Mechanical Engineering Magazine. “After collecting data simulating concussions and testing multiple concussion headbands, my data revealed that certain concussion headbands can reduce the force of direct impact by up to 80 percent,” says Pope.

Prof. Jeffrey Grossman speaks with NBC Boston’s Carla Rojo about his new class, “Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup,” which explores the science behind the perfect cup of joe. The course combines chemistry and coffee science to provide students “a hands-on experience to fuel their curiosity.” 

Boston Globe reporter Adelaide Parker spotlights “Coffee Matters: Using the Breakerspace to Make the Perfect Cup,” a new course Prof. Jeffrey Grossman brewed up to provide students a hands-on experience with materials science in action. “The role of understanding materials … is broader than just our department,” explains Grossman. “You need physics and biology and chemistry to understand materials and how to make them, and then all these other engineering disciplines to do the engineering.” He envisions the Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s new Breakerspace lab as somewhere students from all majors can “get excited about understanding materials.”

In an effort to increase the accessibility of higher education, MIT will provide free tuition for students from families earning up to $200,000 a year, reports Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Susan Svrluga for The Washington Post. “Many families look at the sticker price and they think, ‘Wow, I can’t afford that.’ And they don’t realize the amount of financial aid that they can get awarded,” says Stu Schmill, dean of admissions and student financial services. “Policies like what we’ve enacted can help communicate affordability.”

In an effort to make higher education more accessible, MIT has announced that undergraduate students with families earning less than $200,000 per year will receive free tuition beginning fall 2025, reports Alexandra Petri for The New York Times. “We believe MIT should be the pre-eminent destination for the most talented students in the country interested in an education centered on science and technology,” explains Stu Schmill, dean of admissions and student financial services, “and accessible to the best students regardless of their financial circumstances.” 

Undergraduate students with a family income of less than $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting fall 2025, reports Maria Papadopoulos for Boston 25. “MIT is one of only nine colleges in the US that does not consider applicants’ ability to pay as part of its admissions process and that meets the full demonstrated financial need for all undergraduates,” Papadopoulos reports. “Graduates benefit from the lifelong value of an MIT degree, with an average starting salary of $126,438 for graduates entering industry.”

Undergraduate students at MIT with families earning less than $200,000 can expect to attend MIT with free tuition beginning fall 2025, reports Travis Anderson for The Boston Globe. “The $200,000 threshold for free tuition was raised from the current level of $140,000, while the $100,000 threshold is an increase from this year’s ceiling of $75,000,” Anderson writes. “MIT said it has earmarked $167.3 million for need-based financial aid this year to undergraduates, up roughly 70 percent from a decade ago.”

Undergraduate students with a family income of less than $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free beginning fall 2025, reports Leah Sarnoff for ABC News. “Additionally, students whose family income is below $100,000 will see their entire MIT experience paid for, including tuition, housing, dining, fees and an allowance for books and personal expenses,” writes Sarnoff. 

As part of an effort to increase affordability for students and families, MIT undergraduate students with a family income below $200,000 a year can expect to attend MIT tuition-free, starting in fall 2025, reports Emily Piper-Vallillo for WBUR. “Many families are concerned about the cost of college,” says Stu Schmill, dean of admissions and student financial services. “We really want to send a message that coming to school at MIT is affordable and that cost should not stand in the way of a student applying.” 

MIT has been named the number 2 university in the nation on U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of the country’s top universities and colleges, reports Ross Cristantiello for Boston.com 

MIT has been named to the second spot in U.S News & World Report’s “Best National University Rankings,” reports Frank O’Laughlin for Boston 25 News.

MIT was named the number 2 university in the nation in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best colleges and universities in the country, reports Travis Andersen for The Boston Globe.

WBUR’s Maddie Browning spotlights the MIT Student Lending Art Program, which allows undergraduate and graduate students to bring home original works of art from the List Visual Arts Center for the academic year. “I really felt like every student had a deeper relationship with the work after having lived with it for a period of time,” says Gwyneth Jackman, marketing coordinator for the List. “I think that they really care for these pieces. And I think that they know how wonderful of an experience and opportunity this is.”

The Logarhythms, a student a capella group at MIT, have debuted “Log Log Land,” a movie that takes a musical journey through the experiences of students grappling with their interest in pursuing the arts, reports Emily Wyrwa for The Boston Globe. Undergraduate student Reuben Fuchs - who wrote, directed and edited the film - hopes “Log Log Land” serves as "a reminder to people that putting time toward their passions is always important, regardless of their careers,” writes Wyrwa. “I hope people see bits of themselves in the movie,” explains Fuchs.
 

A news team from The Tech sat down with Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 to “discuss his background, philanthropic work, and journey to his current position at the intersection of basic research and venture capital.” Afeyan, who will address the graduating students at this year’s OneMIT Commencement Ceremony, said anybody who comes to the Institute departs with both the “burden and opportunity” to tackle challenging problems.