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Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship

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MIT senior Katie Spivakovsky has been selected as a 2026-27 Churchill Scholar and will undertake an MPhil in biological sciences at the Wellcome Sanger Institute at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall.Spivakovsky, who is double-majoring in biological engineering and artificial intelligence, with minors in mathematics and biology, aims to integrate computation and bioengineering in […]

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Counter intelligence

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How can artificial intelligence step out of a screen and become something we can physically touch and interact with?That question formed the foundation of class 4.043/4.044 (Interaction Intelligence), an MIT course focused on designing a new category of AI-driven interactive objects. Known as large language objects (LLOs), these physical interfaces extend large language models into

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Most young adults in UK are anxious about jobs and the economy, research suggests

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Respondents to King’s Trust survey cited AI and a lack of work experience as reasons they might fail in lifeMore than seven in 10 teens and young adults in the UK say they wish they were not starting their careers in the current economic climate, according to new research from the King’s Trust.The study also

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From insight to action in student success

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How can schools use data to make strategic improvements for students at all levels, from special education programming to high-level performance? For Bettendorf Community School District, data revealed new opportunities and insights into engagement and achievement. Read all the stories in this series to find out how schools across Iowa […] The post From insight

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Using data to advance education for Iowa students

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How can schools use data to make strategic improvements for students at all levels, from special education programming to high-level performance? For Bettendorf Community School District, data revealed new opportunities and insights into engagement and achievement. Read all the stories in this series to find out how schools across Iowa […] The post Using data

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Using design to interpret the past and envision the future

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Some of designer C Jacob Payne’s projects present new, futuristic products — such as zero-gravity footwear for astronauts, and electronic-embedded ceramics — using technological tools and processes of digital fabrication, material innovation, and interactive interfaces. Other projects travel back in time to past centuries, considering the challenge of preserving and reconstructing Black architectural heritage.Payne graduated

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MIT in the media: 2025 in review

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“At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity,” noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year for an episode of the program. In 2025, MIT researchers made headlines across print publications, podcasts, and video platforms for key scientific advances, from breakthroughs in quantum and artificial intelligence to new efforts aimed at improving pediatric health

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Working to eliminate barriers to adopting nuclear energy

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What if there were a way to solve one of the most significant obstacles to the use of nuclear energy — the disposal of high-level nuclear waste (HLW)? Dauren Sarsenbayev, a third-year doctoral student at the MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), is addressing the challenge as part of his research.Sarsenbayev focuses on one

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Exploring how AI will shape the future of work

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“MIT hasn’t just prepared me for the future of work — it’s pushed me to study it. As AI systems become more capable, more of our online activity will be carried out by artificial agents. That raises big questions: How should we design these systems to understand our preferences? What happens when AI begins making

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MIT Sea Grant students explore the intersection of technology and offshore aquaculture in Norway

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Norway is the world’s largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon and a top exporter of seafood, while the United States remains the largest importer of these products, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Two MIT students recently traveled to Trondheim, Norway to explore the cutting-edge technologies being developed and deployed in offshore aquaculture. Beckett Devoe,

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