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Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.

Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2023-25

Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2023-25

The honor recognizes professors for their outstanding mentorship of graduate students.

Researching extreme environments

Researching extreme environments

PhD candidate Emma Bullock studies the local and global impacts of changing mineral levels in Arctic groundwater.

New major crosses disciplines to address climate change

New major crosses disciplines to address climate change

Combining engineering, earth system science, and the social sciences, Course 1-12 prepares students to develop climate solutions.

Advancing technology for aquaculture

Advancing technology for aquaculture

MIT Sea Grant students apply machine learning to support local aquaculture hatcheries.

Growing our donated organ supply

Growing our donated organ supply

Graduate student Hammaad Adam is working to increase the supply of organs available for transplants, saving lives and improving health equity.

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024

The Institute also ranks second in five subject areas.

Programming functional fabrics

Programming functional fabrics

PhD student Lavender Tessmer applies computation to create textiles that behave in novel ways.

Designing solutions to ensure equity in health care

Designing solutions to ensure equity in health care

MIT senior Daisy Wang interweaves biological engineering and women’s and gender studies as a way to address social problems.

Q&A: How refusal can be an act of design

Q&A: How refusal can be an act of design

Doctoral student and recent MAD Design Fellow Jonathan Zong SM ’20 discusses a proposed framework to map how individuals can say “no” to technology misuses.