Students

Page Contents:01.Undergraduate Students02.Graduate Students03.Student Resources

Our students

Our undergraduate and graduate students apply their exceptional talents within the MIT community and on a larger scale. We celebrate all they’ve achieved already and look forward to sharing future stories about them on our alumni page.

You’re invited to share your story with the MIT community! Complete this form and you might be featured on our social channels.

Announcements

Thirty-six outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars

Spring 2025
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.

Mishael Quraishi named 2025 Churchill Scholar

Spring 2025
The MIT senior will pursue a master’s program at Cambridge University in the UK.

Undergraduate students

Senior spotlight

Verose Agbing

Course 21E (Humanities and Engineering) major
Concentrations in biological engineering and theater arts

In biological engineering, creativity is a necessary component on formulating solutions to biological problems. Sometimes, you have to push a little into the imaginary to find those solutions.

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Lasya Balachandran

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science major
Mathematics major
Science, Technology, and Society minor

STS classes drive home the interconnectedness of historical events, modern advancements, and societal implications of new technologies.

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Kaelyn Dunnell

Literature major
Nuclear Science and Engineering major

Literature reminds me to be alive. I love that it’s interdisciplinary, that it’s diverse, and that it’s widened my mind in ways I didn’t know existed.

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Graduate students

Mlen-Too Wesley

Graduate Student Spotlight

Mlen-Too Wesley, a student in MIT’s Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) master’s program, is committed to empowering Liberians through economic growth. Formerly a Liberian refugee who fled a civil war in his country when he was four, he now wants to return to his country and focus on international development.

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‘It’s been a journey’

Class of ’24 advanced degree graduates from across SHASS talk about their experiences and what’s next.

Student resources

We support all students in becoming their whole selves at SHASS and at the Institute.

The Division of Student Life offers resources and activities to for undergraduate, graduate, and prospective students. They also connect students to LGBTQ+ services, women and gender services, and intercultural advocacy.

The Humanities Film Office maintains an extensive collection of videos from theatrical films, television shows, stage performance recordings, and other audiovisual materials. The collection is available for student research.

The Undergraduate Economics Association is a group of undergraduates interested in economics who meet for the purpose of supporting academic endeavors, improving employment opportunities, and extending networks with each other and the outside world.

Learn about clubs, arts organizations, athletics, and other ways to be engaged at the Registrar’s Campus Life page.

The Institute Community and Equity Office (ICEO) offers diverse programming, groups, and resources to amplify MIT’s sense of community.

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