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A Head Start at MIT
EDGE/x helps first-year students hit the ground running
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Connecting and Supporting Student Veterans
Graduate students help create centralized office for veteran support and success
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Competing for the Joy of It at MIT
Club athletes play for fun and friendship, with winning results
Fellowships and Spaces for the Whole Student
Vice president for resource development talks about MIT’s role in supporting the whole student through Presidential Fellowships and campus spaces
Microscopy and the Big Picture
Students build their own microscopes and expand their interdisciplinary skills through coding, modeling, and circuitry in this cornerstone biological engineering course
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Mission: Climate
MIT faculty focus their expertise and energy on changing the course of climate outcomes
Spotlight On: Whole Student Experience
How Examining Conflict Can Be “Intellectually Serious” and “Incredibly Fun”
Through the Civil Discourse Project at MIT, scholarly debate serves as a model for productive discussions among MIT Concourse students
“I Chose Urban Planning because of the Human Aspect”
Kaleigh Spears ’25 brings a people-first approach to her studies and her MIT campus experience
“Getting Involved in Extracurriculars Was Crucial for Me”
Raj Mehta ’24 advocates for MIT students' putting their "eggs in a bunch of baskets"
“I Learn Something New in Every Conversation with My Peers”
From student government to academic research, Julia Schneider ’26 has immersed herself in an array of MIT opportunities
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Turning Points: 150 Years of Architecture at MIT
Celebrating the oldest architectural course of study in the United States
We Get Together and Sparks Fly
The first annual “Maker Break” was hosted by Project Manus at MIT’s Johnson Athletics Center in spring 2018. Organizers invited students, faculty, and staff to unwind with hands-on activities ranging