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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
Through coursework, intercollegiate collaboration, and a site visit, MIT students fuse engineering and anthropology to propose innovative energy solutions.
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
Students learn about the complexity behind simple, everyday movement before experimenting with mechanical models.
Increase to Visiting Student Fee Effective Sept. 1, 2023
Effective September 1, 2023, the visiting student fee will increase to $625 (4.2% higher than the current fee),
Thoughts on Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions
A message to the community from MIT President Sally Kornbluth about the upcoming US Supreme Court is rulings in two cases testing the legality of race-conscious admissions in higher education.
First MIT Latinx graduation celebration held
One hundred forty graduate and undergraduate students receive red stoles.
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.
MIT and the GSU Negotiations to Resume This Summer
MIT and the GSU will resume negotiations this summer following the recent GSU-run vote on whether to accept MIT’s proposal for a contract.
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.