Undergraduate

Review Committee on Orientation releases recommendations

MacVicar Day celebrates the chemistry of collaborationSpeakers honor Margaret MacVicar and Robert Silbey.

Four professors named 2012 MacVicar FellowsBroadhead, Kaelbling, Kaiser and Rose awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.

Current SHASS MacVicar Faculty Fellows reflect on teaching at MITNew fellows to be named Friday; current SHASS fellows discuss the significance — and the sheer fun — of teaching the Institute's students

Next House community pulls together in wake of recent tragedyStudents, graduate resident tutors and staff reach out in support and comfort.

MIT’s financial aid budget will rise more sharply than tuition next yearUndergraduate financial aid increase of 4.7 percent will cushion 3.25 percent increase in tuition.

Helping MIT students develop as leadersL.E.A.D. program provides accessible leadership workshops and resources.

First-year students share sandwiches and experiences with faculty

3 Questions with a student leader: Panhel President Denzil SikkaNew head of sorority governing council discusses her ‘home away from home’

MIT honors Martin Luther King Jr. at 38th annual breakfastDiversity and education among breakfast-table topics.

Cohen, Hinckley named Gates Cambridge Scholars for 2012Two MIT seniors to pursue graduate degrees at the University of Cambridge.

The hills are evolvingNew model predicts speed of spreading valleys.

Medicine, microorganisms and MexicoBiology major and Rhodes Scholar combines research and social service in the study of infectious diseases.

Olesnavage wins 2012 Dean A. Horn AwardUndergraduate lays the groundwork for detection of submarine groundwater discharge in Cyprus.

Giving chickpeas a chance since 2008Students, faculty and staff taste and compete in fifth annual Hummus Experience

MISTI 2.0 selects 2011-2012 grantees

Up, down and all aroundOne MIT senior traveled the planet’s most remote areas before landing at the Institute, where he now works on engineering better thermoelectric devices.

Residential Life staff celebrates new homeCentralized office to promote collaboration between offices

In the World: Fostering entrepreneurship in developing nationsIn 11 years, MIT’s Accelerating Information Technology Innovation (AITI) program has trained more than 1,500 budding entrepreneurs in seven countries.

Video: Mapping the futureMentoring program — now entering its fifth year — partners undergraduates with staff and faculty.

MIT senior Stephanie Lin wins Rhodes ScholarshipStudent in biology, applied international studies will study at Oxford next year.

Participants give kudos to online registration pilotThe paper-based process underwent a sea change this fall.

MIT team wins iGEM competition trackGroup earns top spot in health and medicine; advances to grand finals for first time.

Summers: To end slump, United States must spendIn MIT remarks, former Treasury secretary calls for the ‘common sense’ cure of more government spending to spur growth.