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“There’s no greater feeling than when you’re with all your classmates and they’re having a great time,” says MIT’s senior class president.

When Covid-19 forced Edgerton Center student teams off campus, the engineers found their problem-solving skills put to the test. For more information on the Edgerton Center, visit https://edgerton.mit.edu/about.

Students from across the nation collaborate online during a four-week, hands-on STEM experience for rising high school seniors.

The aim of the Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship administered by MIT's Office for Graduate Education (OGE) is therefore to reward academic achievement across multiple disciplines and to honor students who possess exceptional character strengths. These students harbor outstanding potential to make a positive impact on humanity.

National Science Foundation awards proposal for space weather modeling. Assistant Professor Richard Linares leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers to develop software that can effectively address our ability to forecast space weather.

Professor Mark Drela spoke to Aerospace Testing International about the ongoing Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel construction project.


Professor Emerita Sheila Widnall picked as one of ten women to represent the Women of the Century from Massachusetts.

Graduate student Reed Kopp and his advisor, AeroAstro professor Brian Wardle (necstlab), work with MIT's Quest for Intelligence to provide AI tools that accelerate research.

Professor Seager discusses her memoir, The Smallest Lights in the Universe.

On the ground, windy conditions strengthen these electrical flashes, but new experiments tell a different story for flying objects.