Instagram post via @wide_tim: “ConGRADulations to #mitclassof2022 and all the newest MIT graduates about to receive their degrees in the next 2 days!! (also, class of ‘20 and ‘21, welcome back!!) I can’t wait to come witness all the graduation festivities and see everyone fly high in the whole wide world in front of us”

New graduate Ayomikun “Ayo” Ayodeji, an active community builder who is double-majoring in chemical engineering and management, aims to improve electricity access for communities back home in Nigeria, and across the African continent.

It’s known on campus as “The Sponge.” But junior Karyn Nakamura recently transformed Simmons Hall’s iconic façade into an interactive canvas. “In Karyn we have an artist who is a peer,” says Joshua Higgason, a technical instructor in theater arts.

Political science graduate student Milain Fayulu is on a mission. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Fayulu is telling, and selling, the story of his nation in the hope of aiding its people and transforming its economy.

Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, the president of Iceland, visited MIT Friday. The delegation toured the Media Lab and spoke with campus leaders and professors about a variety of topics, including AI applications and the Icelandic language.

Postbac researcher Jessica Chomik-Morales hopes to inspire a new generation of Spanish-speaking neuroscientists with her podcast, “Mi Última Neurona.” Postdoc Arturo Deza says: “Even if you’re not a scientist, it’s really going to captivate you.”