MIT Commencement: Honoring the Class of 2024

[view in browser]( MIT Weekly [MIT Logo] June 1, 2024 New graduates: Don’t forget to update your email preferences (see footer) or [subscribe with a new address]( to continue receiving the MIT Weekly and/or MIT Daily newsletter. Want a daily dose of MIT in your inbox? [Subscribe to the MIT Daily](. Commencement 2024 #[6-photo collage of scenes from MIT Commencement 2024. There are group and closeup shots of students in their caps and gowns as well as an image of Sally Kornbluth and one of Noubar Afayen.]( Congratulations, MIT Class of 2024! At Thursday’s OneMIT Commencement ceremony, inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Noubar Afeyan urged the graduating class to take on seemingly impossible missions. Yesterday, undergraduates received their diplomas in Killian Court, while graduates who earned advanced degrees celebrated throughout the week with ceremonies around campus. [Full story via MIT News →]( Top Headlines President Sally Kornbluth’s charge to the Class of 2024 “I have never seen a community quite like this one,” Kornbluth told graduates. [Full story via MIT News →]( [News thumbnail]( Chancellor Melissa Nobles’ address to MIT’s undergraduate Class of 2024 “You’ll continue to inspire and give to others that follow,” Nobles told this year’s graduating class. [Full story via MIT News →]( [News thumbnail]( Diane Hoskins ’79: How going off-track can lead new SA+P graduates to become integrators of ideas “Design is not a luxury,” the Gensler global co-chair told advanced degree recipients. “It’s for everyone, everywhere.” [Full story via MIT News →]( [News thumbnail]( Photos: School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences 2024 Advanced Degree Ceremony SHASS advanced degree recipients were honored May 30. Anna Russo PhD ’24 delivered the student address. [Full story via MIT SHASS→]( [News thumbnail]( Photos: 2024 Engineering and Computing Advanced Degree Ceremony On May 29, graduates of master’s and doctoral programs in the MIT School of Engineering and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing were honored. Reshma Shetty PhD ’08, co-founder, president, and COO of Ginkgo Bioworks, gave the address. [Full story via MIT Engineering→]( [News thumbnail]( MIT Corporation elects 10 term members, two life members The term members will serve between one and five years on MIT’s board of trustees. [Full story via MIT News →]( [News thumbnail]( #ThisisMIT [Collage of seven Instagram posts, all showing graduating MIT students, MIT alumni, or Commencement volunteers](#) In the Media The race to decarbonize heavy industry heats up // Inside Climate News MIT spinoff Electrified Thermal Solutions is developing electrically charged bricks that generate and store heat as part of an effort to replace fossil fuels. [Full story via Inside Climate News→]( What a week! // The Boston Globe Senior Research Scientist C. Adam Schlosser, deputy director of the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, speaks about the 11th consecutive month of record high global temperatures and the overall pace of climate change. [Full story via The Boston Globe →]( MIT 2024 [A drawing of Tim the Beaver in a graduation cap and gown holding a scrolled up diploma up in the air in celebration. He’s surrounded by cherry blossom trees. Gold bubble letters that spell out Congrats are above his head and banner that reads, Class of 2024, is behind him.](#) It’s your time to shine, Class of 2024! Illustration: Jenny Baek Digit 3,666 Number of graduating MIT students receiving degrees this week Verse [A poem title reads, “May 30, 2024 - Noubar Afeyan, Commence Speaker.” The palindrome poem reads, “Time now, as it (parting) is sad. (It is.) N.A.: Moderna can redo man! Sit, I’d assign it. Rapt, I saw OneMIT.”](#) —Palindrome poem by [Barry Duncan]( This edition of the MIT Weekly was brought to you by [advice from a very new MIT grad](. 🎓 Have feedback to share? Email mitdailyeditor@mit.edu. Thanks for reading, and have a great week! —MIT News [Forward This Email]( [Subscribe]( [MIT Logo] This email was sent to {EMAIL} because of your affiliation with MIT, or because you signed up for our newsletters. [subscribe]( [update preferences]( [unsubscribe]( [view in browser]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Youtube]( [Instagram]( MIT News Office · 77 Massachusetts Avenue · Cambridge, MA 02139 · USA