Making preventive medicine more accessible
MIT senior Anjali Misra is drawn to health care problems that don’t have easy answers.
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Changing lives with heart, humor, and engineering
MIT senior and Marshall Scholar Nick Schwartz wants to solve the energy problem — and make people smile along the way.
Tackling student food insecurity with SwipeShare
Partnership between the Division of Student Life, undergrads, and grad students that enables guest swipe donations draws 673 donated meals in its first week.
MyGoodness: Making charitable giving more effective
Online game uses hypothetical choices and real cash prizes to educate people on how to make their most of their generosity.
Seeking the stories behind the data
MIT Senior Olivia Zhao will study economics as a Marshall Scholar.
Featured video: Learning lessons from teaching others
Computer science major Melanie Chen serves as teaching assistant, curriculum developer, and mentor to high school students in a unique MIT program.
Three MIT seniors awarded 2018 Marshall Scholarships
Nick Schwartz, Olivia Zhao, and Liang Zhou will pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom.
Making others’ voices heard through education and journalism
Senior Drew Bent hopes to level the educational playing field of the future.
Anjali Misra awarded Mitchell Scholarship
MIT senior is headed to Ireland to pursue graduate studies in public health.
Bridging the divide with technology
Three from the Plasma Science and Fusion Center spend time with the Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow.
MIT unites for Puerto Rico hurricane relief
Student-organized donation drive receives overwhelming support from the Institute community during its three-day fundraiser.
Raul Boquin: Working toward high-quality education for all
MIT senior envisions opportunities for “every person of the world who wants to learn something.”
Coming together for a day of service and activism
Local volunteer projects and an extensive civic-engagement program draw more than 1,100 MIT community members.
Amos Winter wins the Harold E. Edgerton Award
Global leader in mechanical engineering named the recipient of MIT’s esteemed junior faculty award.
Greg Walton: An inspirational story of success
Beloved IT service provider and consumer support engineer transformed a tough start into an award-winning career with MIT Information Systems and Technology.