Town halls let students “Solve for Fall”
Student representatives, heads of house, and other MIT leaders came together to answer students’ questions and discuss a safe, gradual return to campus life.
Assistant Professor Amah Edoh receives Baker Award for undergraduate teaching
Anthropologist honored by MIT students as "a mentor, a role model, and someone who is truly making a difference."
Meet the MIT bilinguals: Dual materials science and music major Talia Khan
Fulbright Fellowship recipient encourages more musicologists and scientists to do interdisciplinary work with one another.
Undergraduates develop next-generation intelligence tools
UROP students explore applications in robotics, health care, language understanding, and nuclear engineering.
Eleven from MIT awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowships
Graduating seniors and recent alumni will spend upcoming year abroad on Fulbright grants.
MIT a cappella group sings through quarantine together
Syncopasian, MIT's premier East Asian a cappella group, produced a Zoom-themed video to keep music alive during quarantine.
Art connects a community in quarantine
Tunnel66 reimagines The Borderline Mural Project, providing a virtual space where students can create art together, even while physically apart.
Probing reality through physics, philosophy, and writing
Senior Michelle Xu’s varied interests all involve a desire to understand the universe. “I was just never particularly picky about which way to figure it out,” she says.
In light of the pandemic, a virtual Campus Preview Weekend
With just weeks to change course, the MIT community came together to create a virtual version of MIT’s iconic weekend for admitted students.
Infusing ethics into experiential learning
In a new undergraduate course, students explore the ethical dimensions of their experiences.
Design that makes a difference
Fusing art, science, and product design, senior Jierui Fang has followed — and sometimes created — her own path at MIT.
Siranush Babakhanova and Michal Gala named 2020 Knight-Hennessy Scholars
Seniors will receive full funding for graduate studies at Stanford University.
Weekly calls keep students connected to the Institute during a pandemic
Through the MIT Student Success Coaching program, volunteer faculty and staff check in with students to assist with whatever “bubbles up.”
During the Covid-19 crisis, student EMTs keep the campus ambulance service running
“We volunteered because we thought it would be a great opportunity to give back to the MIT community in a time of necessity,” says Nathan Han.
Top collegiate inventors awarded 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
Students around the country recognized for innovative solutions to better single-use plastic, spacecraft and aircraft fuel gauges, surgery techniques, and more.