Graduate student Elena Sobrino looks beyond the headlines to study interactions between the city’s people and institutions.

Graduate student Alexa Aguilar helps tiny satellites communicate and builds connections in her academic community.

PhD candidate and Amazon Robotics Challenge winner Maria Bauza helps to improve how robots interact with the world.

Graduate student Prosper Nyovanie wants to power off-grid communities worldwide with scalable solar electric systems.

A new daughter helped Alejandra Falla PhD ’18 gain perspective on life — and her tiny MIT regalia stole the show at Commencement.

Using diamond dust and laser light to control atomic spin, Ashok Ajoy PhD ’16 pursues alternatives to costly conventional imaging technologies.

Candis Callison SM ’02, PhD ’10, professor and journalist, tells doctoral graduates they can “shift society” for the better.

Doctoral student Elissa Berwick listens closely to the calls for independence rising from regions around the world.

Award honors top collegiate inventors in the United States.

Graduate student Tiziana Smith studies links between water availability and crop yields in the world’s most populous country.