Student spotlight: YongYan (Crystal) Liang
The senior, majoring in electrical engineering and computer science, has participated in SuperUROP, NEET, MISTI GTL, and multiple labs focusing on biological EECS.
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Enhancing the future of teaching and learning at MIT
The MIT Festival of Learning sparked discussions on better integrating a sense of purpose and social responsibility into hands-on education.
Building for Ukraine: A hackathon with a mission
No venture capital, no competition — just real-world problems in urgent need of solutions.
A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem
MIT students travel to the Amazon, working with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis.
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.
Five years, five triumphs in Putnam Math Competition
Undergrads sweep Putnam Fellows for fifth year in a row and continue Elizabeth Lowell Putnam winning streak.
Four from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars
Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli, Christina Kim ’24, Abigail Schipper ’24, and Rachel Zhang ’21 will pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University in the U.K.
Aligning AI with human values
“We need to both ensure humans reap AI’s benefits and that we don’t lose control of the technology,” says senior Audrey Lorvo.
Making classical music and math more accessible
In math and in music, senior Holden Mui values interesting ideas, solving problems creatively, and finding meaning in their structures.
TBIRD technology could help image black holes’ photon rings
The Lincoln Laboratory-developed laser communications payload operates at the data rates required to image these never-before-seen thin halos of light.
Across the pond to scale new heights
Through MISTI’s Imperial College London Exchange, students experience AeroAstro, MIT, and the beauty of New England.
Eleven from MIT awarded 2024 Fulbright fellowships
The Fulbright US Student Program funds research, study, and teaching opportunities abroad.
MITdesignX and MISTI in Dubai
The Institute’s “mind and hand” ethos has found a home in the United Arab Emirates.
“No one can work in civil engineering alone”
For senior Mikayla Britsch, civil and environmental engineering is a vocation that requires both technical and people skills.
The many-body dynamics of cold atoms and cross-country running
Senior Olivia Rosenstein balances cross-country competitions with research in quantum gasses and early-universe radio wave signals.