Lighting up biology’s basement lab
Senior Technical Instructor Vanessa Cheung ’02 brings the energy, experience, and excitement needed to educate students in the biology teaching lab.
Always looking to home
Mingmar Sherpa, a researcher in the Martin Lab in the Department of Biology, has remained connected to his home in Nepal at every step of his career.
At the Venice Biennale, design through flexible thinking
The renowned architecture exhibition, curated this year by MIT’s Carlo Ratti, puts an emphasis on adaptive intelligence.
“Biomedical Lab in a Box” empowers engineers in low- and middle-income countries
Through workshops based on an MIT class, students in Kenya and Uganda gained hands-on experience engineering medical hardware.
Julie Lucas to step down as MIT’s vice president for resource development
Lucas has led MIT’s fundraising since 2014, including the record-setting MIT Campaign for a Better World.
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.
Shaping future generations of STEM professionals through mentorship
Two MIT staff members were recently recognized with U.S. presidential awards for STEM mentoring, underscoring their invaluable service to the Institute community and to future scholars.
Remembering Juanita Battle: “Everything about her was just happy”
MIT Health mourns the loss of the student health plan research and resolution specialist.
MIT welcomes 2025 Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellow Jess Speedie
The fellowship supports research contributing to the field of planetary science and astronomy.
For this computer scientist, MIT Open Learning was the start of a life-changing journey
Ana Trišović, who studies the democratization of AI, reflects on a career path that she began as a student downloading free MIT resources in Serbia.
MIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes six current affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni for their efforts to advance science and related fields.
Scene at MIT: Artfinity brings artistic celebration to campus
Events connected the MIT community through exhibitions, performances, interactive installations, and more.
At the core of problem-solving
Stuart Levine ’97, director of MIT’s BioMicro Center, keeps departmental researchers at the forefront of systems biology.
3 Questions: Visualizing research in the age of AI
Felice Frankel discusses the implications of generative AI when communicating science visually.
Letterlocking: A new look at a centuries-old practice
A first history of the document security technology, co-authored by MIT Libraries’ Jana Dambrogio, provides new tools for interdisciplinary research.