When he isn’t performing with the MIT Wind Ensemble or exploring applications for AI in aircraft design, AeroAstro major Frederick Ajisafe enjoys taking classes that challenge how he understands music. “It gives you a new perspective on the world,” he says.

Jenny Lacika ’06 never expected to become a children’s book author. She majored in management at MIT and started her career in management consulting. Then multiple sclerosis changed her trajectory.

When maintenance requires MIT to drain the Zesiger Center’s teaching pool, community members can sign up and bring their canine companions for a special swim. “I think it’s a really, really neat opportunity for the dogs,” Neda Mustafa says.

EAPS senior Aviva Intveld works to reconstruct ancient climate conditions in northeastern Mexico, including how the area’s climate may have influenced human migration. A key question behind her research: “What causes humans to move, and what causes us to stay?”

The MIT Morningside Academy for Design will create a hub for design education, research, and entrepreneurship on campus. The interdisciplinary careers of its directors, John Ochsendorf and Maria Yang, offer a glimpse of the possibilities in store.

Via @mit_engineering on Instagram: “On last night’s episode of Shark Tank, MechE alum Amrita Saigal ’10 struck a deal with Mark Cuban and Gwyneth Paltrow for her company Kudos, which produces disposable diapers made of 100% cotton.”