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Anne Serby works in a lab setting in 1980 as depicted in a black and white photo.

New exhibits showcase trailblazing MIT women

Materials from MIT’s Distinctive Collections reveal stories of women at the Institute.

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Random Acts of Kindness Week 2024

Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week is a time dedicated to connecting members of the MIT community through small acts of kindness.

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Charles Black and Anna Beck stand side by side wearing blue lab coats, protective eyewear, and gloves.

Inspiring Tomorrow’s Innovators: First Year Students Make Unique Penicillins

5.301 Laboratory Chemistry Techniques provides undergraduate first year students a lab experience from theory to useful products in antibiotic synthesis.

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Ashton Davis smiles behind a beagle.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Ashton Davis

Chemistry Graduate Student Ashton Davis describes his research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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A man in a suit (Moungi Bawendi) speaks to a packed lecture hall, standing before three display screens.

Moungi Bawendi delivers Nobel Lecture to the MIT Community

On Thursday, February 8, members of the MIT Community and alumni were treated to a lecture by 2023 Nobel Laureate Professor Moungi Bawendi.

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Middle-school students meet a beam of electrons, and excitement results

EMERGE program ignites interest in science through hands-on electron microscopy.

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A student clad in a yellow rain suit splattered with paint stands between two men with blue heads and takes a bow on stage.

Performance art and science collide as students experience “Blue Man Group”

Students from Course 5.111 were treated to a performance that brought to life the chemical structures and crystal field theory concepts covered in class.

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Researchers discover new channels to excite magnetic waves with terahertz light

Discovery provides new insights into the ultrafast control of magnetic materials, with potential to enable next-generation information processing technologies.

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Seven Commendable Mentors honored with Mentorship Spotlight Awards

The Department of Chemistry presents this award to members of the staff, postdoctoral, and student community who demonstrate outstanding mentorship.

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Roberto Herrera smiles in a car holding a bouquet of chicken tenders.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Roberto Herrera

Chemistry Graduate Student Roberto Herrera describes his research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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Graduate Students present their research at the annual WIC+ CADI Symposium

On Monday, November 20, graduate students from the Department of Chemistry presented a wide range of research in the Bush Room.

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Shannon Morey smiles in her classroom.

Shannon Morey named STEM Teacher of the Year in Massachusetts

Morey (SM '13) was named the 2022 Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year by the Patriots Hall of Fame.

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Catherine Badding wears a red coat and smiles on a bridge, a river behind her.

Graduate Student Spotlight: Catherine Badding

Chemistry Graduate Student Catherine Badding describes her research and answers 20 random questions as part of the Graduate Student Spotlight series.

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