MIT Bridge Project Spans Disciplines for Better Cancer Diagnostics
Researchers meld their expertise in engineering, immunology, and polymer chemistry to tackle ovarian cancer
Spring 2022
“The Campaign for a Better World spotlighted the bold, pioneering spirit of our community. Overcoming obstacles and seizing opportunities, we have continued to take on new problems and seek fresh solutions to the world’s greatest challenges,” says L. Rafael Reif, MIT’s president. Together, our alumni and friends brought to life an array of ideas, innovations, and transformations and fueled MIT’s core strength—its people.
Startup Grows from Sandbox
MIT seed fund helps Ivu Biologics improve agriculture
In the Pioneering MIT Department of Economics, Researchers Turn a Scientific Lens to Policy
Economists offer insights and interventions for health care, education, and work
MIT PRIMES = A Plus for Youth
Math program mentoring helps high schoolers advance in research
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In Support of MIT’s Campus
MIT donors contribute to creation of new Welcome Center and Earth and Environment Building plus renovation of beloved Kresge Auditorium
A Reinvention of MIT’s Campus
Spaces for learning, living, discovering, and making were created and renewed during the MIT Campaign for a Better World.
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Dina Katabi Works to Bring Personalized Medicine Home
The inaugural Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor develops touchless sensors for remote health monitoring
MIT’s Leventhal Center Explores How Communities Can Weather Relocation
Researchers address issues of the 150 million people worldwide who will be forced to uproot due to climate change in the next 30 years
Discovery Science
Foundations Provide Crucial Support for Novel Ideas
Funding helps researchers follow a hunch or a passion
Yami Acevedo Sánchez’s ‘go for it’ attitude leads to MIT
Grad student studies bacteria, works to make science more inclusive
In Support of Discovery Science
MIT donors help advance organic chemistry, brain injury research, and physics graduate students
Two Views into Particle Research
Chemist, materials scientist share insights relevant to manufacturing
Health of the Planet
At MIT, Lessons from Space for Handling Waste
With support from J-WAFS, AeroAstro team applies systems thinking and analysis to vital recycling issue
Tata Center: 10 Years of Sustained Impact
MIT faculty and students target innovations for the developing world
In Support of the Health of the Planet
MIT donors bolster Climate Grand Challenges, MITEI, and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
TPP Initiative Links Research, Policy
Broad-based goal is informed decision making
Human Health
In Support of Human Health
MIT donors set their sights on lyme disease research, student mental health, and data-driven postdocs
MIT Sloan Health Systems Initiative Applies Analytics to the Opioid Crisis
Research reflects focus on innovating and implementing systemic health care solutions
Stem Cell Research Zeroes in on Cancer
Collaborators investigate colon health with novel tools
Better Conforming Medical Devices
Canan Dagdeviren works to adapt technology to the human body
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
In Support of Innovation at MIT
MIT donors help accelerate design entrepreneurship and advance innovation in Hong Kong
Passport for MIT Makerspaces Helps Community Put Creativity into Practice
Mobius web app adds “credentialing” capability
Hot Market
Climate- and sustainability-focused companies with MIT connections have their sights set on global impact
A Passion for Positive Change
Brittny Chong seeks social action through immersive technologies and data analytics
Teaching Learning and Living
In Support of Teaching, Learning, and Living
MIT donors help advance pK–12 learning, student wellness, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center
Wildly Popular UROP Is About “Learning How You Want to Learn”
Research program supports nearly 6,000 projects yearly for undergraduates
MIT Integrated Learning Initiative Project Focuses on Focus
AttentivU smart glasses designed to help wearers tune into a task and tune out the world
MIT Athletics Programs Promote Teamwork, Leadership, Resilience
DAPER has expanded its footprint over the last decade to enhance the student-athlete experience