Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship

February 3, 2026 | MIT News

NEET Living Machines scholar Katie Spivakovsky was selected as a 2026-27 Churchill Scholar and will undertake an MPhil in biological sciences at the Wellcome Sanger Institute at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall.

Sean Luk: Addressing the urgent need for better immunotherapy

January 6, 2026 | MIT News

NEET Living Machines scholar Sean Luk helps design proteins that spur the immune system to fight cancer and other diseases.

MIT NEET students install solar-powered charging station on campus, resurrecting an MIT tradition

December 9, 2025 | MIT News

NEET Climate and Sustainability Systems scholars install their team's solar-powered charging station in an MIT campus courtyard as part of 22.03/3.0061 (Introduction to Design Thinking and Rapid Prototyping).

Cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines

December 5, 2025 | MIT News

Professor Rohit Karnik, NEET faculty director and mechanical engineering professor, is recognized in the 2023–25 Committed to Caring cohort for cultivating confidence and craft across disciplines.

Introducing the MIT-GE Vernova Climate and Energy Alliance

November 18, 2025 | MIT News

The MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance underscores its commitment to developing future energy leaders by supporting the MIT NEET and expanding opportunities for student internships.

Four from MIT named 2026 Rhodes Scholars

November 15, 2025 | MIT News

Vivian Chinoda '25, NEET Digital Cities alum, was selected as a 2026 Rhodes Scholar (awarded the Rhodes Zimbabwe Scholarship) and will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford in the U.K.

Enhancing the future of teaching and learning at MIT

April 17, 2025 | MIT News

The MIT Festival of Learning sparked discussions on better integrating a sense of purpose and social responsibility into hands-on education.

Collaboration between MIT and GE Vernova aims to develop and scale sustainable energy systems

March 31, 2025 | MIT News

The MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance includes research, education, and career opportunities across the Institute, in addition to sponsorship of MIT NEET programming.

Rohit Karnik named director of J-WAFS

February 28, 2025 | MIT News

Professor Rohit Karnik, NEET faculty director and mechanical engineering professor, will lead MIT’s only program specifically focused on water and food for human need.

MIT class takes students on a grand tour of the interdisciplinary world of biotech

February 18, 2025 | MIT News

In NEET course 20.051 | Introduction to NEET: Living Machines, students explore and apply concepts from different disciplines, providing them with broad knowledge and hands-on practice for real-world application.

When MIT’s interdisciplinary NEET program is a perfect fit

December 17, 2024 | MIT News

Junior Katie Spivakovsky, NEET Living Machines scholar, describes her path through the NEET program's Living Machines thread to biomedical research and beyond.

Multiscale Porosity Microfluidics to Study Bacterial Transport in Heterogeneous Chemical Landscapes

May 28, 2024 | Wiley Online Library

Research co-authored by NEET Living Machines Lead Instructor Dr. Mehdi Salek was featured on the front cover of Advanced Science Volume 11, Issue 20.

Uphill battles: Across the country in 75 days

August 22, 2024 | MIT News

NEET Living Machines scholar Amulya Aluru ’23, MEng ’24 and the MIT Spokes have spent the summer spreading science, over 3,000 miles on two wheels. Spokes is an MIT-based nonprofit that each year sends students on a transcontinental bike ride. Aluru worked for months with seven fellow MIT students on logistics and planning.