![Providing new pathways for neuroscience research and education](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Payton_Dupuis.jpg)
Providing new pathways for neuroscience research and education
Payton Dupuis finds new scientific interests and career opportunities through MIT summer research program in biology.
![Making each vote count](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/JacobJaffeeII.jpg)
Making each vote count
MIT PhD candidate Jacob Jaffe uses data science to identify and solve problems in election administration.
![Exploring how new technologies are changing finance](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MEFTI-2022-Showcase-Group.jpg)
Exploring how new technologies are changing finance
MIT students team up with Hong Kong students and companies to explore emerging opportunities in fintech.
![Understanding reality through algorithms](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fernanda_de-la-Torre.jpg)
Understanding reality through algorithms
Neuroscience PhD student Fernanda De La Torre uses complex algorithms to investigate philosophical questions about perception and reality.
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MIT welcomes the 2022 incoming graduate students
Graduate Student Council introduces new grad students to MIT with information, community, and interactive activities.
![A “golden era” to study the brain](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mitch_Murdock.jpg)
A “golden era” to study the brain
“We can’t think of the brain only as neurons,” says PhD student Mitch Murdock, who explores the cellular basis of Alzheimer’s disease.
![A musician-turned-anthropologist studies venture capitalism in China](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MIT-jamie_wong-02-PRESS.jpg)
A musician-turned-anthropologist studies venture capitalism in China
Whether learning about new music or a new culture, PhD student Jamie Wong takes a similar approach: Seek out the experts, then “try to play along and keep up.”
![Ethics in action](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MIT-Experiential-Ethics-01-press_0.jpg)
Ethics in action
In MIT’s Experiential Ethics summer course, students grapple with real-world ethical decision making, often while interning in the very fields they’re studying.
![MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2022-23](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/news_nophoto11.jpg)
MIT named No. 2 university by U.S. News for 2022-23
Undergraduate engineering and computer science programs are No. 1; undergraduate business program is No. 2.
![Modeling the social mind](https://ovc-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/MIT_Setayesh_Radkani_01-PRESS_0.jpg)
Modeling the social mind
PhD student Setayesh Radkani studies the psychological and neural mechanisms at work when humans learn from and influence each other.