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Ritu Raman working at a table in a lab, she is wearing a white shirt, and looking down towards her materials.
Fall 2022

Ritu Raman Is an Architect of Muscle and Nerve

Mechanical engineering professor designs motor control components to heal wounds and animate “soft” robots

Fall 2022

From Major to Minor, Design Proves Key at MIT

Students see the benefits of adding a creative skillset to their repertoire

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Fall 2022

CREWSnet Project Forecasts a Climate Early Warning System for All

Climate Grand Challenges flagship project aims to empower underserved communities by providing tools they need to plan for the future

Fall 2022

A Scroll Through Class Offerings in Design

In fields as diverse as aerospace, theater, and neurobiology, classes reveal logical, practical, and rigorous approaches to design

An illustration of two groups of hands holding survey cards. The group on the left holds white cards, the group on the right holds red cards.
Fall 2022

Political Scientist Adam Berinsky Takes Surveys Seriously

Researcher crafts measured approach to capturing public opinion

Fall 2022

Shape-Shifting at the Molecular Level in the Wendlandt Lab

Organic chemist designs molecules from the atoms up, with the goal of synthesizing useful substances faster and more efficiently

Elsa Olivetti PhD ’07 and Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli stand near trees on the MIT campus.
Fall 2022

Elsa Olivetti and Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli Develop New Recipes for New Materials

Faculty lead a collaboration that pairs computational design techniques with machine learning to invent and improve materials

Fall 2022

D-Lab Marks 20 Years of Empowering Communities

Academic program puts tools of design into action around the world

Exterior of MIT Nano facilities
Fall 2022

A Big Change for the Home of MIT.nano

Alumna Lisa T. Su ’90, SM ’91, PhD ’94 lends her name to Building 12

Photograph of Victor Ambros ’75, PhD ’79 and Rosalind “Candy” Lee ’76
Fall 2022

Donors Help to Build STEM Opportunities for Young People

Victor Ambros ’75, PhD ’79 and Rosalind “Candy” Lee ’76

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