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A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem
MIT students travel to the Amazon, working with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis.
Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe
U.S. Air Force engineer and PhD student Randall Pietersen is using AI and next-generation imaging technology to detect pavement damage and unexploded munitions.
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025
The Institute also ranks second in seven subject areas.
UROP Fund Established to Honor Paul Parravano
Sarah Gallop, the director of MIT’s Office of Government and Community Relations, announced recently that the Paul Parravano Memorial Fund will be used to support MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).…
A leg up for STEM majors
MIT undergraduates broaden their perspectives and prospects through political science.
Old Ironsides Update
As students settled back in to the routine this Spring, several Battalion events have been keeping them busy! February was ushered out with the MIT Joint Services Military Ball, held…
Designing better ways to deliver drugs
Graduate student and MathWorks fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.
CPW Marks 40th Year
Thank you to all those who helped make Campus Preview Weekend a success! This year, we welcomed 1,089 admitted students to campus between April 17-20, 2025. With 692 events held…
Developing materials for stellar performance in fusion power plants
Zoe Fisher, a doctoral student in NSE, is researching how defects can alter the fundamental properties of ceramics upon radiation.
UAC Spring Semester Update
UAC Workshop Series This spring, the Advising and Academic Achievement subunit launched a new Student Success Workshop Series, furthering the UAC’s mission to holistically support students. Open to all undergraduate…