For William Pedersen MArch ’64, design is always a dialogue. “I wanted my buildings to evolve as a response to the context within which they were placed,” says Pedersen, a founding partner and the design leader at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.

Via MIT_alumni on X: “‘MIT remains an integral part of my life, even as @MIT and I both change.’ ~Mark Johnston ’84, SM ’93, #MITALC awardee”

Physicists have proposed a way to investigate whether tiny black holes make up the universe’s dark matter: One should zoom through our solar system at least once per decade, making Mars’ orbit wobble in a way we could detect from Earth.

HASTS student Mariel García-Montes researches the internet’s impact on society, especially regarding privacy and young people. “I would love to be part of a generation thinking about what technology would look like if we put the public interest first,” she says.

Helping to combat climate anxiety, the MIT Electric Vehicle Team, Sustainable Engine Team, Solar Electric Vehicle Team, Motorsports Team, First Nations Launch Team, and Arcturus are each doing their part to improve the health of our planet.

Physicists say that a mysterious force known as “early dark energy” could help explain the evolution of the young universe. “Early dark energy is a very elegant and sparse solution to two of the most pressing problems in cosmology,” Rohan Naidu says.