MIT offers assistance to City of Cambridge during Covid-19 crisis
The Institute is supporting Cambridge’s nonprofits, small businesses, and residents.
3 Questions: When the student becomes the teacher
Grad student Brandon Leshchinskiy created EarthDNA Ambassadors, an outreach program “for the Earth, for future generations.”
Jill Bassett appointed director of the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center
She will leverage decades of expertise in community engagement for government, policy, health, higher ed, and human services organizations.
Lincoln Laboratory staff use race cars as a vehicle to teach coding
Laboratory staff teamed up with the Timothy Smith Network to offer a four-week coding course for middle school students.
High school students receive 2019 MIT AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships for work with elders
Local youth recognized for fostering unity across generations.
Humanizing speech in the deaf-blind community
Sophomore Noopur Ranganathan's work empowers those with visual and auditory impairments to take communication into their own hands.
Advocating for federal research funding on Capitol Hill
Students and postdocs from MIT's Science Policy Initiative meet with lawmakers on science-engineering-technology Congressional Visit Days 2019.
Yazmin Guzman named 2019 Gates Cambridge Scholar
DUSP student will pursue an advanced degree in educational policy at Cambridge University.
The gift of light, through science and service
Professor Pawan Sinha addresses a humanitarian need — treatable blindness — and advances our understanding of visual development in the brain.
PKG Summer Series: Documenting, preserving, and sharing Boston’s LGBTQ history
Through the PKG Summer Series, students follow the trail of the first-ever Boston Pride parade and view archives of early LGBTQ activism in Boston.
At 99, Lew Aronin ’40 volunteers for MIT AgeLab
Physics alumnus who saw the Hindenburg fly over campus now collaborates with researchers to explore the impacts of longevity.
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Jasmin Joseph: “I love the idea of making an impact on global health”
MIT senior and varsity softball co-captain brings positivity and determination to life-saving biology research.
This is what a scientist looks like
Researchers celebrate women in environmental sciences and engineering at the MIT Museum’s Girls Day.
Incorporating humanity into a systems mindset
Grad student and Air National Guard officer Elizabeth Bieler combines systems design and management studies with engineering and volunteer projects.
Food Insecurity Solutions Working Group releases findings, recommendations
Community members assessed the problem and generated ideas for addressing student hunger.