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Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall.

A launchpad for entrepreneurship in aerospace

A launchpad for entrepreneurship in aerospace

The Certificate in Aerospace Innovation gives students the tools and confidence to be aerospace entrepreneurs during an inflection point in the industry.

Stopping the bomb

Stopping the bomb

Political science PhD student Kunal Singh identifies a suite of strategies states use to prevent other nations from developing nuclear weapons.

Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang wins 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition

Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang wins 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition

MIT graduate student earns top honors in Graduate and People’s Choice categories for her work on nutrient-stabilizing materials.

Bridging military service and engineering

Bridging military service and engineering

Two MIT graduate students share similar journeys from West Point to MIT.

Connecting the US Coast Guard to MIT Sloan

Connecting the US Coast Guard to MIT Sloan

For the past 50 years, the Coast Guard has nominated a senior officer to apply to the MIT Sloan Fellows MBA program. “When you leave MIT Sloan, you want to change the world,” says one alumnus.

How examining conflict can be “intellectually serious” and “incredibly fun”

How examining conflict can be “intellectually serious” and “incredibly fun”

Through the Civil Discourse Project at MIT, scholarly debate serves as a model for productive discussions among MIT Concourse students.

Rallying around graduate student parents

Rallying around graduate student parents

From helping new parents to coordinating play dates and sharing information, MIT students who are parents are there for one another.

Aspiring to sustainable development

Aspiring to sustainable development

In parallel, MIT and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala students seek to advance local innovation by and for Guatemalan communities.

Mixing joy and resolve, event celebrates women in science and addresses persistent inequalities

Mixing joy and resolve, event celebrates women in science and addresses persistent inequalities

The Kuggie Vallee Distinguished Lectures and Workshops presented inspiring examples of success, even as the event evoked frank discussions of the barriers that still hinder many women in science.

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