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MIT welcomes eight MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2022-23

MIT welcomes eight MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2022-23

Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty.

Five with MIT ties win 2022 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

Five with MIT ties win 2022 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

Award provides five years of funding and access to a community of innovative scholars and leaders in science and technology.

Ancient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT

Ancient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT

Building and working a clay-and-grass furnace, teachers and students learn more than how to turn ore into metal.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program

If you are a Federal Direct Loan borrower and are employed full time at MIT, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program.

Mining social media data for social good

Mining social media data for social good

Erin Walk, a PhD student in social and engineering systems, studies the impact of social media on the Syrian conflict.

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2022-23

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2022-23

Earning the top spot for the 11th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.

Students imagine better products, services, and infrastructure for an aging society

Students imagine better products, services, and infrastructure for an aging society

Projects from a new MIT urban studies and planning course speak to the impact of increased longevity on systems and markets.

The physics of gut and brain health

The physics of gut and brain health

Chih-Wei Joshua Liu ’22 is an aspiring physician-physicist working to unlock the secrets of thermodynamics in biology and medicine.

MIT PRIMES = A Plus for Youth

MIT PRIMES = A Plus for Youth

Math program mentoring helps high schoolers advance in research