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At MIT, taekwondo captures students’ minds, hands, and hearts

At MIT, taekwondo captures students’ minds, hands, and hearts

MIT Sport Taekwondo has become one of the most popular club sports at MIT because of its tight-knit team and ability to help students clear their heads.

MIT PKG IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge grants more than $60,000 to student-led teams to address pressing societal issues

MIT PKG IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge grants more than $60,000 to student-led teams to address pressing societal issues

Members of the IDEAS community connect during social impact focused programming at iHQ.

Powering the future in Mongolia

Powering the future in Mongolia

Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.

Studying phages far from home

Studying phages far from home

Biology graduate student Tong Zhang has spent the last two years learning the intricacies of how bacteria protect themselves.

Bioinspired robotics class offers intriguing surprises

Bioinspired robotics class offers intriguing surprises

Students learn about the complexity behind simple, everyday movement before experimenting with mechanical models.

First MIT Latinx graduation celebration held

First MIT Latinx graduation celebration held

One hundred forty graduate and undergraduate students receive red stoles.

Evolution through example and action

Evolution through example and action

Forty-one women were selected as 2023 MIT Graduate Women of Excellence, organized by the MIT Office of Graduate Education.

New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments

New MIT fellowship supports student research on governance innovation with Global South governments

A new cross-institute initiative between MIT Governance Lab, MISTI, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center to support graduate student work in public sector innovation.

Driven to driverless

Driven to driverless

Cindy Alejandra Heredia’s journey from Laredo, Texas, took her to leading the MIT autonomous vehicle team and to an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Fueled by problem-solving

Fueled by problem-solving

Undergraduate research helped feed physics and EECS major Thomas Bergamaschi’s post-MIT interest in tackling challenges.