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Persistence, teamwork, and some healthy competition

Persistence, teamwork, and some healthy competition

Senior Veronica Calzadilla Sosa has taken the long route toward her MIT degree and found a supportive community along the way.

For students with their sights set on space medicine, a new community takes flight

For students with their sights set on space medicine, a new community takes flight

MIT’s Doctors Without Gravity club connects health and space science enthusiasts.

Making room to explore

Making room to explore

Professor Fan Wang is recognized as “Committed to Caring” for creating a supportive environment for ambitious research and student well-being.

MIT student team CERBERUZ wins NASA LunaRecycle Centennial Challenge, turning lunar trash into tools

MIT student team CERBERUZ wins NASA LunaRecycle Centennial Challenge, turning lunar trash into tools

The team took first prize in both the Prototype and Digital Twin tracks for its lunar waste recycling system.

Beaver Works Summer Institute: A leader in transformational STEM education

Beaver Works Summer Institute: A leader in transformational STEM education

Jointly run by Lincoln Laboratory and the School of Engineering, the program has guided thousands of high school students to technical paths over the past 10 years.

Suzy Nelson transformed student life at MIT

Suzy Nelson transformed student life at MIT

Over the last decade, the vice chancellor has refocused the Institute’s approach to student life to center on student well-being.

MIT student leaders: Q&A with Association of Student Activities president Hana Sousa

MIT student leaders: Q&A with Association of Student Activities president Hana Sousa

The senior in chemical engineering volunteers with the ASA as a way to advocate for students and to strengthen bridges between MIT and its student clubs and groups.

MIT Farm is growing

MIT Farm is growing

Co-founders Aleks Banaś and Zachary Rapaport see architecture and farming as deeply complementary disciplines. Their nascent club is having a sizeable impact at the Institute.

Supporting systems of success

Supporting systems of success

In the MIT class 6.C31 (Hack Yourself) students apply computer science strategies to personal growth goals.

Discovering the value of humanistic inquiry

Discovering the value of humanistic inquiry

Students in MIT’s Concourse program delve deeply into the human condition, debate challenging questions, and learn to develop judgment about issues that can’t be quantified.