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Spotlight: Jun 2, 2023

“For all that you have achieved, contributed, and experienced at MIT — and for all that you aspire to be in your next chapters — we honor and congratulate you. And we wish you all the best on the road ahead. Thank you, and congratulations Class of 2023!” – Chancellor Melissa Nobles

Jun 2, 2023

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Sally Kornbluth addressing the audience at MIT's Commencement ceremony
AROUND CAMPUS

“You learned and created and explored in ways no one at MIT had ever done — all while caring for your friends, your families and yourselves, through a long struggle none of us were prepared for,” President Sally Kornbluth told this year’s graduates.
8 excited 2023 class council members shoot off confetti cannons while wearing flannel pants outside under a balloon arch
#THISISMIT

Via @mitpics on Instagram: “#MIT2023 class council congratulates the wonderful class of 2023 on your upcoming graduation! ‘It has been an absolute pleasure being your class council. Thank you for everything.’”
Pamela Z standing at a microphone with her hand in the air
AROUND CAMPUS

Combining digital technology with the human voice, McDermott Award visiting artist Pamela Z creates layered music from everyday life. She sees technology as “something we express ourselves through,” rather than something that communicates for us.
a crowd of people in Killian Court at dusk surrounded by colored globe lights
#THISISMIT

Via @mittoydesign on Instagram: “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Congratulations to all teams! We can’t believe it’s already been a week since your amazing playsentations.”
pink colored bacteria highlighted by a target and surrounded by a neural network
RESEARCH NEWS

Using AI to sift through thousands of compounds, researchers have identified a new antibiotic drug that kills Acinetobacter baumannii. The microbe is “public enemy number one for multidrug-resistant bacterial infections,” says Jonathan Stokes.
Kornbluth, left sits inside a studio being interviewed by Daniel Braunstein
LISTEN

The latest episode of the Lock The Quill podcast features President Sally Kornbluth, who discusses her transition to MIT, leadership and what she’s learned on her listening tour so far, and how her dogs are acclimating to Cambridge.