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Q&A: Three Tata Fellows on the program’s impact on themselves and the world

Q&A: Three Tata Fellows on the program’s impact on themselves and the world

MIT graduate students in technology and policy aim to make an impact in resource-constrained communities through energy research and real-world application.

Dyanna Jaye: Bringing the urgency of organizing to climate policy

Dyanna Jaye: Bringing the urgency of organizing to climate policy

The master’s student and co-founder of the Sunrise Movement works toward embedding climate into every level of government.

How the body’s cells work together in response to infection

How the body’s cells work together in response to infection

PhD student Constantine Tzouanas investigates how interactions between individual cells help determine whether pathogens will defeat their hosts — or vice versa.

Summer research offers a springboard to advanced studies

Summer research offers a springboard to advanced studies

Three graduate students forged a path to the same Picower Institute lab through participating in the MIT Summer Research Program in Biology and Neuroscience.

MIT Code for Good Club works with local nonprofits

MIT Code for Good Club works with local nonprofits

Each semester, students help Boston-area organizations with technical needs — pro bono.

A welcome new pipeline for students invested in clean energy

A welcome new pipeline for students invested in clean energy

Fusion Undergraduate Scholars (FUSars) program offers students in-depth research opportunities in fusion science and energy.

A cool path to disease deceleration

A cool path to disease deceleration

MIT PhD student Kathrin Kajderowicz is studying how hibernation-like states could pave the way for new hypothermic therapies.

Changing attitudes about jobs and gender in India

Changing attitudes about jobs and gender in India

PhD candidate Lisa Ho ’17 studies barriers that limit women’s participation in the labor force.

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design

Less expensive than refrigerated cold rooms, this cooling chamber offers accessible cold storage for smallholder farmers.

Support outside the comfort zone

Support outside the comfort zone

MIT Professor Ben Schneider honored as Committed to Caring for acting as a “bedrock of compassion.”