Two students doing the child's pose in yoga class

MIT’s Wellness Wizard Certificate Promotes Health and Wellbeing

February 01, 2023

Have you ever dreamed of being a wizard?  Now’s your chance! 

Undergraduate, Student Activities, DAPER, Physical Education

Rock climber in yellow shirt scaling rock ledge with trees pictured in the distance.

Soaring and climbing new heights across New England

December 02, 2021

The MIT Outing Club (MITOC) is dedicated to helping the MIT and Cambridge community enjoy the great outdoors.

Student Activities, Student Groups, Recreation

MIT Curling Club

MIT Curling Club

April 09, 2019

If you’ve ever watched the Winter Olympics, it’s likely you’ve seen the art of curling in action. Whether it’s the stone throwing, vicious sweeping, boisterous yelling, or funky uniforms, together it all makes for a quirky and addictive sport to watch and play.

Fitness, Student Groups, Athletics

Audrey Pillsbury

The Chemist and The Stage

March 14, 2019

Audrey Pillsbury has many different identities on campus: she is a musician and composer, she rows for MIT’s Women Openweight Crew team, and she studies chemistry (course 5).

Diversity, Undergraduate, Student Activities, Arts, Music, Traditions, Athletics

Kevin Shum

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

Stewart Issacs, a PhD student in AeroAstro and a world champion jump roper

Jumping through life and his passions at MIT

November 01, 2018

MIT AeroAstro graduate student Stewart Isaacs’s entire life has been centered on competitive jump rope. At age five, he and his sister joined their elementary school’s competitive jump rope team.

Wellness and Support, Graduate, Sports

EnginneryourHealth PLUS

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

SEVT

MIT's Solar Electric Vehicle Team Shines in American Solar Challenge

August 22, 2018

Last month, MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) completed their first race in three years: The 2018 American Solar Challenge (ASC). The event was a series of competitions during which the team proved their exceptional talent and problem-solving abilities.

Student Groups, Recreation

Ritoma

Basketball on the Roof of the World: MIT’s Willard Johnson in Tibet

July 11, 2018

What do an MIT basketball coach, Oscar-winning director Ruby Yang, and the Tibetan Plateau have in common?

Traditions, Athletics, Varsity Athletics, Sports