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Water is Life

As overpopulation and lack of rainfall fuel a crisis-level need in rural India for affordable drinking water, PhD candidate Natasha Wright and Assistant Professor Amos Winter work to design a low-cost desalination system, guided by insight from their extensive in-the-field research.

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Sixteen grad students named to the Siebel Scholars class of 2020

Graham Leverick has been named a Siebel Foundation Scholar for academic and research excellence as well as demonstrated leadership contributions. He works with Professor Yang Shao-Horn in the Electrochemical Energy Lab.

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2020-21

QS World University Rankings has named MIT the world’s top university for the ninth year in a row and number one in the Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering subject area for 2020-21.