![MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learning](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Festival-of-Learning-2024_1_MIT-News.jpg)
MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learning
At MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.
![The MIT Edgerton Center’s third annual showcase dazzles onlookers](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_8879_0.jpg)
The MIT Edgerton Center’s third annual showcase dazzles onlookers
Fourteen Edgerton Center student-led engineering teams displayed their latest creations, from solar cars to rockets to assistive eating devices.
![Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024_PD-Soros_MIT-winners.png)
Two from MIT awarded 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
![Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2023-25](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/C2C_portraits2023-25_0.png)
Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2023-25
The honor recognizes professors for their outstanding mentorship of graduate students.
![Researching extreme environments](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MIT-Emma-Bullock-01-press_0.jpg)
Researching extreme environments
PhD candidate Emma Bullock studies the local and global impacts of changing mineral levels in Arctic groundwater.
![New major crosses disciplines to address climate change](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MIT-Course-1-12-Students.png)
New major crosses disciplines to address climate change
Combining engineering, earth system science, and the social sciences, Course 1-12 prepares students to develop climate solutions.
![Advancing technology for aquaculture](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MIT-Sea-Grant.jpg)
Advancing technology for aquaculture
MIT Sea Grant students apply machine learning to support local aquaculture hatcheries.
![Growing our donated organ supply](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Hammaad-Adam-IDSS-ORCHID-newscrop.png)
Growing our donated organ supply
Graduate student Hammaad Adam is working to increase the supply of organs available for transplants, saving lives and improving health equity.
![QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ChristopherHarting-2-Dome_0.jpg)
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024
The Institute also ranks second in five subject areas.
![Programming functional fabrics](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MIT-Lavender_Tessmer-01-press_0.jpg)
Programming functional fabrics
PhD student Lavender Tessmer applies computation to create textiles that behave in novel ways.