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Himalaya moutain range

MIT faculty and students collaborate with Indian researchers to explore tectonic structures in the Himalayas

Through MISTI Global Seed Funds and MIT-India, Professor Oliver Jagoutz and students have sought to better understand

Richard Colwell showing off his class ring with the Taj Mahal in the background

Materials Science major works to improve the material properties of recycled paper for housing construction

While interning for ReMaterials Modroof, Richard Colwell ’21, learned about sustainable applications for Materials

Mona and team

Catching Up with Mona VijayKumar

We recently caught up with former MIT India intern, Mona VijayKumar (Architecture Studies and Urbanism, ‘22) who

PHOEBE SPRINGSTUBB (FOURTH FROM THE RIGHT) IS WITH OTHER MISTI MIT-RUSSIA STUDENTS IN MOSCOW

History of architecture student researches postindustrial space in Russia

Phoebe Springstubb, a Ph.D. student in history of architecture, studied the transformation of postindustrial space in

Marwa Alalawi at a historical site

Marwa AlAlawi, MechE, Class of 2020 @GREE, Japan

My Internship through MISTI Japan helped me get closer to my dream of becoming a bridge between MIT, Japan, and the

Group of researchers posing in an office space

Research Internship Contributions Featured in Proceedings of the National Academy Of Sciences USA

We recently caught up with Dr. Shannon Olsson, PI at the Naturalist Inspired Chemical Ecology (NICE) group within the

Rushil Palavajjhala (left) and Jacob Kohn (right), co-founders of Bandhu

3 Questions: Enabling informed migration in India

DUSP alumni Rushil Palavajjhala and Jacob Kohn empower vulnerable workers using social entrepreneurial and technical

Nicole Toft sitting on a bench outside

Q&A with Nicole Toft, a Summer Intern at Open Targets

“I loved seeing the ease with which you can do statistical analysis through coding. It introduced me to so many

Charles Roques-Carmes EECS MIT Russia MISTI internship

Charles Roques-Carmes, PhD in EECS went for a Summer Internship in Russia

At MIT, he researches light-matter interaction, nanophotonics, and machine learning under the supervision of Prof. Marin