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MIT’s solar car team wins American Solar Challenge for the second year in a row
The team credits strategy and team building for keeping the lead in a tight race.
Welcome to MIT from Team Chancellor
On behalf of the entire Chancellor’s Office, welcome to MIT! We work together to provide all graduate students with meaningful student life and learning experiences.
Emma Gibson: Optimizing health care logistics in Africa
The PhD student seeks to improve patient care by helping facilities use their limited resources more effectively.
Community abounds as Sidney-Pacific Residence Hall celebrates 20 years
The largest graduate residence on MIT’s campus builds communities with its “helper culture.”
Fabric + form = a mask that uniquely fits your face
Department of Architecture doctoral candidate Lavender Tessmer has advanced the process to produce textiles that can be individually customized.
MIT welcomes eight MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2022-23
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty.
Five with MIT ties win 2022 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
Award provides five years of funding and access to a community of innovative scholars and leaders in science and technology.
OFY Launches Orientation Leader Instagram Takeovers
Our Orientation Leader staff has made a schedule of when our OLs can go on the OFY Instagram page (@mitfirstyear), take students through a week in their lives, share their…
Ancient African smelting technique sparks anew at MIT
Building and working a clay-and-grass furnace, teachers and students learn more than how to turn ore into metal.
Welcoming a New Cohort of Associate Advisors
The Office of the First Year (OFY) welcomed 150 associate advisors to their first orientation on June 12.