Via @MITAthletics on X: “Congrats to women's openweight crew for claiming the 2V8+ gold medal and the V8+ bronze medal at the Knecht Cup on Sunday!”

Mark Harnett studies the electrical properties of neurons and how they enable neural circuits to perform the computations underlying brain functions such as learning and memory. “My lab’s ultimate goal is to understand how the cortex works,” he says.

MIT leads among campuses worldwide in the number of US patents granted in 2023. For the 10th consecutive year, it ranks No. 1 among colleges on a single main campus, underlying the impact of innovation and the critical role of technology transfer.

Elizabeth Ng ’78 is CEO of Ocean Biomedical, which is working on potential therapies for several types of cancer. “If a treatment keeps patients alive long enough for the next innovation to come out, maybe you can call it a cure,” she says.

After studying human biodynamics, “I became interested in applying my engineering expertise to women’s health issues,” postdoc Shaniel Bowen says. She now studies women's sexual anatomy and health while also working to interest young women in STEM careers.

​​James Dingley SM ’23 is the host of Atomic Frontier, an award-winning science and engineering show he produces himself. The show, which debuted on YouTube in 2015, has 230,000 subscribers and his videos have millions of views.