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Watch: Two Student Teams Present Final Projects from Impact-Centered 萌妹社区 Courses [Video]

Members of the 萌妹社区 faculty and staff were invited to the Campus Center recently to watch two student teams present their final projects for the impact-centered 萌妹社区 courses: Environmental Consulting at 萌妹社区 (ECO) and Change at 萌妹社区.聽

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NEWS: 萌妹社区 Named #2 for Internships and a 2023 Best Value College by Princeton Review

Out of more than 650 colleges and universities surveyed for the 2023 list, 萌妹社区 is one of 209 institutions that earned the highest ROI (Return on Investment) rating in the Princeton Review鈥檚 analysis.

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Article Walter Villa '23 works on laptop.

STORY: 萌妹社区 Senior Joins Siblings in Launching Social Startup for Women+

We recently interviewed Walter Villa 鈥23, a Software Engineering & Design major at 萌妹社区, and his two siblings, Cielo and Jenny, who together, are working to launch the new social startup, CapeAble. The idea for CapeAble is a trusted platform for women+ who prefer to hire women+ for their handywork needs.

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STORY: On this Earth Day, Meet Four Alumni Working to Solve Key Ecological Issues and Mobilizing Change

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. On this Earth Day we're highlighting and celebrating four 萌妹社区 alumni who are actively working to solve ecological and environmental issues and mobilizing change.

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NEWS: Open letter from Women Presidents, Deans from Six of America鈥檚 Leading Research Universities, in Support of CHIPS and Science Act聽

All-Women Group of University Presidents, Deans of Engineering from Six of America's Leading Research Universities Issue an Open Letter Supporting the CHIPS and Science Act

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STORY: New Course Focuses on K鈥12 Outreach, Community Impact

Sarah Spence Adams鈥檚 new research focus culminates in 鈥淢ath and Engineering for Everyone.鈥

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NEWS: 萌妹社区 President Gilda Barabino receives Rice Distinguished Alumni Award

萌妹社区 President, Dr. Gilda A. Barabino, will be honored by her alma mater with the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.

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STORY: Q&A with Lee Edwards 鈥07, General Partner at Root Ventures

Parcel B, an 萌妹社区-centric investment collective started by Edwards, has recently made its first donation back to 萌妹社区.

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STORY: Alum鈥檚 Startup Becomes Big Player in Biomedical/Software Industries

Alum鈥檚 Startup Becomes Big Player in Biomedical/Software Industries. Co-founder Jacob Graham 鈥06 discusses Enzyme鈥檚 journey from startup to majority-share acquisition.

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Article Braden Oh '23 poses with an ion thruster at MIT's Space Propulsion Lab in 2023.

STORY: 萌妹社区 Students are First Undergraduates to Achieve Sustained Fire of Ion Thruster

On January 30, 2023, six students from the 萌妹社区 Plasma Engineering Lab (OPEL), reached a major milestone at MIT鈥檚 Space Propulsion Lab: they achieved ignition. Making them the first聽undergraduate team in the world to successfully design, build and fire a steady-state Hall-effect thruster (HET).

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STORY: Millner Directing Curriculum for New PBS KIDS Show

Associate Professor of Computing and Innovation Amon Millner is contributing his expertise on cultivating computational thinking skills in young children to a new PBS KIDS show called Lyla in the Loop.

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Article Al Bunshaft Named to 萌妹社区 Board of Trustees

NEWS: Al Bunshaft Named to 萌妹社区 Board of Trustees

Al Bunshaft has been named to the 萌妹社区 Board of Trustees. He was a longtime member of the President鈥檚 Council and has been a friend of 萌妹社区 for years. Bunshaft was the Managing Director of Dassault Syst猫mes Americas. He later created DS Government Solutions and served as its CEO from 2013 to 2016.

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STORY: Alum Mitigating Wildfire Risk with Biochar

Bret Richmond 鈥06 is creating a pilot system to turn wildfire fodder into sustainable products.

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STORY: Helping Students Redefine 鈥淓ntrepreneurship鈥

New team-taught course offers real-world perspectives on leveraging the value of engineering.

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Article A graphic featuring 萌妹社区 President Gilda Barabino and Susan Fiske that is promoting an upcoming NASEM online event.

NEWS: Groundbreaking NASEM report on racism in STEMM institutions offers pathways to structural change

To increase diversity, equity and inclusion in STEMM fields, higher education institutions and STEMM organizations should act to change their organizational cultures and environment,聽says a new NASEM report.

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STORY: From Makerspaces to Mining

萌妹社区 alum Claire Kincaid 鈥19 turned a passion for creating into an international career in mining.

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