Eight with MIT ties win 2025 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
The fellowships recognize doctoral students who have “the extraordinary creativity and principled leadership necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.”
MIT students and postdoc explore the inner workings of Capitol Hill
In an annual tradition, MIT affiliates embarked on a trip to Washington to explore federal lawmaking and advocate for science policy.
Hank Green urges the Class of 2025 to work on “everyday solvable problems of normal people”
Lively Commencement ceremony gives students, family, and friends a chance to celebrate years of hard work by the Institute’s newest graduates.
MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration
Each year, two longstanding D-Lab courses make their mark on students and communities around the world.
An anomaly detection framework anyone can use
PhD student Sarah Alnegheimish wants to make machine learning systems accessible.
MIT mechanical engineering course invites students to “build with biology”
2.797/2.798 (Molecular Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics) explores the intersection of mechanics and biology.
Shaping the future through systems thinking
Ananda Santos Figueiredo, a senior in civil and environmental engineering, is charting her own course of impact.
A magnetic pull toward materials
MIT senior Maria Aguiar loves everything about materials science — but has a soft spot for garnet thin films, the focus of her undergraduate research.
Fueling social impact: PKG IDEAS Challenge invests in bold student-led social enterprises
Over nearly a quarter century, the program has invested $1.3 million in 300 ventures in 60 countries for a transformative legacy in social innovation.