The year 2024 saw MIT moving forward on a number of new initiatives, including the launch of President Sally Kornbluth's signature Climate Project at MIT, as well as two other major MIT collaborative projects, one focused around human-centered disciplines and another around the life sciences. The Institute also announced free tuition for all admitted students with family incomes below $200,000; honored commitments to ensure support for diverse voices; and opened a flurry of new buildings and spaces across campus. Here are some of the top stories from around the MIT community this year. In February, President Kornbluth announced the sweeping Climate Project at MIT, a major campus-wide effort to solve critical climate problems with all possible speed. The project focuses MIT's strengths on six broad climate-related areas where progress is urgently needed, and mission directors were selected for those areas in July. 'The Climate Project is a whole-of-MIT mobilization,' Kornbluth said...
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