As New Vassar Street building rises, its community starts to take shape
February 13, 2019
Prof. Steven Hall and Dean Naomi Carton are named to the New Vassar Street residence's house team and will lead the effort to form a founders' group to plan for the community's fall 2020 opening.
Undergraduate, Housing
Bhangra dance brings a community together
February 07, 2019
For the first time during MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), the MIT Bhangra Dance Team held a series of dance workshops for the MIT community.
Undergraduate, Student Groups, Arts, Graduate
From vision to action: MIT LeaderShape
January 30, 2019
During MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), over 50 students participated in a four-day intensive leadership development program called LeaderShape.
Diversity, Inclusion, First Year Students, Undergraduate, Student Activities, Leadership, Graduate
From hobby to landing a spot on the U.S. Figure Skating Team
January 11, 2019
“Representing the Skating Club of Boston, please welcome now, Kevin Shum!” says the announcer at the 2018 U.S. Collegiate National Championship in Adrian, Michigan. Shum, wearing a sparkly dark-blue-and-black jumpsuit, begins his free skate performance to “The Sound of Silence” by Disturbed.
Undergraduate, Athletics
Hacking away and solving global energy problems
December 12, 2018
Over the first weekend of November, the MIT Energy Club hosted its fourth annual MIT EnergyHack, a three-day event focused on bringing together students from vastly different
Undergraduate, Student Groups
Ridonkulous dancers
December 06, 2018
Cue the hip-hop jams, smooth footwork, and energetic dance moves — this is MIT’s Ridonkulous!
Undergraduate, Student Activities, Student Groups
MIT’s First Sorority Awarded for Outstanding Residences
November 07, 2018
At the Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity’s 72nd national Biennial Convention in Tucson, Arizona, MIT’s Zeta Phi chapter won the coveted House Corporation Board of the Year Award for “outstanding facility management,” besting 33 other applicants from Alpha Phi's 170 chapters.
Undergraduate, Awards, FSILG
Water War: Invasion of East and West Campus
September 06, 2018
New and returning students cooled off from the late-summer heat by waging the Institute's annual water war — an MIT tradition that began in the early 2000s and is an official part of Residential Exploration (REX).
Undergraduate, Culture & Tradition
Pilot Program Helps Students Boost Wellness
September 06, 2018
MIT’s new ENGINEERyourHEALTH PLUS program utilizes recreation to help students find practices to enhance their emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing.
Wellness and Support, Undergraduate, Zesiger Center, DAPER, Recreation, Recreation