A Look Back on National Student Parent Month 2026
In September, the Office of Graduate Education celebrated National Student by highlighting four graduate students who are balancing their studies while raising children.
MIT student teams win top honors in NASA competition
Three MIT teams took five top awards in the 2026 NASA RASC-AL Competition for designing critical elements for the moon base and future missions to Mars.
Care in the midst of pressure
Anantha P. Chandrakasan is “Committed to Caring” for redefining mentorship through presence and perspective.
Past participants are now the leaders of MIT’s dynaMIT Club
How the program's biggest fans came full circle and took the helm.
Characterizing Earth’s damping mechanisms
Fourth-year PhD candidate Perrin Davidson studies the carbon cycle to understand how the planet responds to global disturbances.
“We can’t ship goods without functioning ports”
PhD student Chelsea Mitchell studies the economic forces that shape shipping ports and their ability to support global supply chains.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27
Ranking at the top for the 15th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
Introducing the new Concourse Faculty Director
Lily L. Tsai from the Department of Political Science will be the next Concourse faculty director. She will begin her role on August 1.
New GUE Employees, July 1 – September 30, 2026
Congratulations and welcome to the new staff who have recently joined GUE!