![Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Sadhana-Lolla-Gates-Cambridge-Scholar-2024_0.jpg)
Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar
The MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in technology policy at Cambridge University.
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Nourishing the mind, hand, and stomach
A love of food and cooking unlocked senior Branden Spitzer’s interest in materials science and engineering.
![Thirty-five outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars for 2024](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1800x1200_MIT_Building10-photocredit-Wikipedia_2.jpeg)
Thirty-five outstanding MIT students selected as Burchard Scholars for 2024
Undergraduates selected for the competitive program enjoy a seminar series and conversations over dinners with distinguished faculty.
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MIT course aids social connection, better relationships, and happiness
New PE.0539 course supports students who want to meet new people, strengthen friendships, build communities, and make MIT a more welcoming place.
![Anushree Chaudhuri: Involving local communities in renewable energy planning](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MIT_AnushreeChaudhuri_01-PRESS_0.jpg)
Anushree Chaudhuri: Involving local communities in renewable energy planning
As societies move to cleaner technologies, the MIT senior seeks to make the transition more sustainable and just.
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For all humankind
Political science and physics major Leela Fredlund wants to ensure fairness and justice prevail in humanity’s leap into space.
![MIT students win national materials design competition](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/ASM-story-Darsh-Louise-award.jpg)
MIT students win national materials design competition
At the ASM Materials Education Foundation’s 2023 Undergraduate Design Competition, seniors Louise Anderfaas and Darsh Grewal design a super-strong aluminum plate for applications such as planes and cars.
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3 Questions: The Climate Project at MIT
Richard Lester describes an emerging new initiative that will back climate efforts at the Institute and find outside partnerships to drive actionable innovation.
![Six MIT students selected as spring 2024 MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pillar-2024-spring.jpg)
Six MIT students selected as spring 2024 MIT-Pillar AI Collective Fellows
The graduate students will aim to commercialize innovations in AI, machine learning, and data science.
![MADMEC winner creates “temporary tattoos” for T-shirts](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/MIT-MADMEC24-01-press_0.jpg)
MADMEC winner creates “temporary tattoos” for T-shirts
Me-Shirts, winner of the annual MIT materials science competition, has developed a biodegradable material than can be easily added and removed from shirts.