Reflecting on humanity’s progress toward meeting global climate goals, MIT’s delegates to COP28 shared their observations and insights from the largest-ever UN climate conference.

Senior and MIT Crew member Tatum Wilhelm balances her chemical engineering and anthropology studies with early mornings on the Charles River. "I value being able to look at very technical scientific problems from a humanities lens," she says.

To make the new entertainment venue Sphere Las Vegas a reality, Jared Miller ’98, MBA ’03, SM ’03 solved complex problems with technology and varied perspectives by assembling a team that reflected his experience at MIT.

A new county-by-county study shows where the U.S. job market will evolve most during the transition to clean energy. “The next step is using this data more specifically to design policies to protect these communities,” says Christopher Knittel.

Yang Shao-Horn, who works on next-generation batteries, cultivated Betar Gallant’s intellectual potential. “Yang’s mentorship helped me learn to express my own ideas and find my own way by encouraging not what, but how to think,” Gallant says.

Since 1988, Hiroko Matsuyama has taught the basics of the ancient art of ikebana, or Japanese flower arrangement, through an Independent Activities Period course. “These workshops I’ve taught at MIT have been a treasure to me,” she says.