​Economics PhD student Tishara Garg takes a novel approach to ambitious questions about big-push industrial policy — inspired, in part, by the diversity of opinions in her field at MIT. “Don’t shy from big questions,” she says. “Explore the big idea.”

New research helps AI models convey uncertainty more precisely, to provide better information for high-stakes decisions. When analyzing an X-ray, for example, the AI can offer a smaller, more accurate set of possible diagnoses for the clinician to consider.

Since its founding, MIT has been key to helping American science and innovation lead the world. Discoveries that begin here generate jobs and power the economy — and what we create today builds a better tomorrow for all of us.

Ukrainian students, led by high schooler Sofiia Lipkevych, are using AI to translate MIT OpenCourseWare materials. “We’re enabling thousands of Ukrainians to build skills that will be essential for the country’s eventual reconstruction,” she says.

Via @mitsupplychain on Instagram: “Congratulations to our talented, driven, and photogenic Master’s students for all they have accomplished in their time here at MIT; it’s hard to believe we’ll be saying goodbye to them in just one more short month!”

Thomas Peacock studies deep-sea mining’s environmental impact, aiming to balance resource needs for clean energy with ocean health. He asks: “Can it be less impactful to mine some of these resources from the ocean, rather than from land?”