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Spring 2023

The Spin Doctor: Danna Freedman Designs Novel Molecules for Possible Quantum Applications

Chemistry professor and 2022 MacArthur Fellow opens a door “into a real field that has real potential”

Chloé Gentgen poses outside on MIT's campus with the MIT Chapel and Kresge Auditorium in the background.
Spring 2023

Mission-Driven Space Scholar Chloé Gentgen Sets Her Sights High

AeroAstro PhD student hopes to formulate and eventually lead a robotic mission to the outer solar system

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

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

Adela (YiYu) Zhang and Jakin Ng pose on MIT's campus.
Spring 2022

MIT PRIMES = A Plus for Youth

Math program mentoring helps high schoolers advance in research

Spring 2022

Foundations Provide Crucial Support for Novel Ideas

Funding helps researchers follow a hunch or a passion

Spring 2022

Yami Acevedo ­Sánchez’s ‘go for it’ attitude leads to MIT

Grad student studies bacteria, works to make science more inclusive

A man holds up a small vial, studying it.
Spring 2022

In Support of Discovery Science

MIT donors help advance organic chemistry, brain injury research, and physics graduate students

Christopher Schuh and Keith Nelson prepare equipment for an experiment.
Fall 2021

Two Views into Particle Research

Chemist, materials scientist share insights relevant to manufacturing

The McGovern Institute is celebrating two decades of leading-edge brain research. Image: Justin Knight
Spring 2020

McGovern Institute Turns 20

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