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Six MIT students selected as spring 2024 MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows

Six MIT students selected as spring 2024 MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows

The graduate students will aim to commercialize innovations in AI, machine learning, and data science.

MADMEC winner creates “temporary tattoos” for T-shirts

MADMEC winner creates “temporary tattoos” for T-shirts

Me-Shirts, winner of the annual MIT materials science competition, has developed a biodegradable material than can be easily added and removed from shirts.

3 Questions: What can graduate students expect from MIT’s newest grad housing option?

3 Questions: What can graduate students expect from MIT’s newest grad housing option?

David Friedrich, senior associate dean for housing and residential services, discusses the new Graduate Junction residence and the unique partnership with American Campus Communities.

DiOnetta Jones Crayton: Change-maker at MIT

DiOnetta Jones Crayton: Change-maker at MIT

For 14 years, Crayton has strengthened programs and created new ones that foster academic success, provide mentoring, prepare students for careers or graduate school, and build community.

Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 to deliver MIT’s 2024 Commencement address

Noubar Afeyan PhD ’87 to deliver MIT’s 2024 Commencement address

The inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist has co-founded and developed over 70 life-science and technology startups.

Unlocking history with geology and genetics

Unlocking history with geology and genetics

PhD student Fatima Husain investigates the co-evolution of life and Earth and works to communicate science to the public.

Generating the policy of tomorrow

Generating the policy of tomorrow

Hundreds of participants from around the world joined the sixth annual MIT Policy Hackathon to develop data-informed policy solutions to challenges in health, housing, and more.

Rowing in the right direction

Rowing in the right direction

Senior and MIT Crew member Tatum Wilhelm balances her chemical engineering and anthropology studies with early mornings on the Charles River.

Baran Mensah: Savoring college life in a new country

Baran Mensah: Savoring college life in a new country

From robotics to dance, the MIT senior has made it his mission to explore as many new experiences as possible at the Institute.

Reasoning and reliability in AI

Reasoning and reliability in AI

PhD students interning with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab look to improve natural language usage.