The first five students to participate in the new MIT-Madrid Undergraduate Program sponsored by the Study Abroad Office left for Spain on Sunday, Feb. 5, to begin their semester overseas. They are, from left, sophomore Nicole Koulisis, junior Maria Elisa Rossi, junior Heather Coffin, sophomore Manisha Manmohan and junior Devan Kestel. Photo / L. Barry Hetherington

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on February 8, 2006 (download PDF).