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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.

MIT Energy and Climate Club mobilizes future leaders to address global climate issues

MIT Energy and Climate Club mobilizes future leaders to address global climate issues

One of the largest MIT clubs sees itself as “the umbrella of all things related to energy and climate on campus.”

MIT launches new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program

MIT launches new Music Technology and Computation Graduate Program

The program will invite students to investigate new vistas at the intersection of music, computing, and technology.

MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2024-25

MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2024-25

Undergraduate engineering is No. 1; undergraduate business and computer science programs are No. 2.