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Michelle Quien PhD ’26 holds her dog, Vinny, during the 2026 Commencement exercises. Quien earned her degree in chemical engineering, with a focus on nanomaterials.

Scene at MIT: A nanoscientist graduates with her very good boy

05.29.26
Two women stand indoors, smiling at the camera. One woman, wearing a light pink blazer, and the other, in a black shirt and jeans, hold a maroon certificate folder together. Framed photos of cityscapes hang behind them.

Avani Ahuja ‘26 receives Henry Ford II Scholar Award

06.01.26
A group of smiling graduates in caps and gowns sit in rows at an outdoor ceremony, holding red diploma covers and looking at the camera. Other graduates are seated behind them, with many wearing stoles and cords.

MIT Celebrates 2026 School of Engineering and Schwarzman College of Computing Advanced Degree Ceremony

06.01.26
AI models improved at MIT researchers’ “Collaborative Battleship” game by carefully weighing options about where game pieces might be hidden at each turn. The approach helped much-smaller models finish in fewer turns than leading ones.

Teaching AI agents to ask better questions by playing “Battleship”

06.03.26
Glen Junor (left) and Fang-Yu Kuo work in the lab.

Developing innovative alternatives to conventional carbon capture methods

06.04.26
Cartesian's system locates items in retail store stockrooms and shop floors.

Startup helps retailers track their products in real-time

06.05.26
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MIT researchers have demonstrated a low-cost design of specialized electronic nozzles, called triaxial electrospray emitters (pictured here), that could be used to manufacture time-release drug-delivery particles or self-healing materials.

3D-printed devices could streamline the production of drug-delivery microparticles

06.09.26