MIT Tech Connection

At alum-founded tech startup Ultranauts, 75 percent of employees are on the autism spectrum and the company is outperforming its competition, say cofounders Rajesh Anandan ’95, MEng ’96 and Art Shectman ’95. Read more.

Christine Taylor-Butler ’81 wanted to do her part to make science more interesting for kids, so she made a career change from engineering to authoring fun, science-oriented children’s books. Read more.

Her musical career taught Monica Rustgi MBA ’13 about “selling a brand.” MIT Sloan helped her fine-tune those skills and led to her role creating memorable campaigns as VP of marketing at Budweiser. Read more.

Want to access info about politicians as easily as stats about your favorite quarterback? Recent MIT grads created Polimorphic.com, a nonpartisan, mobile-friendly, civic media platform with information about votes, legislation, and speeches mined entirely from government websites and databases. Read more.

Explore the nation’s capital as the ultimate insider, meeting with MIT Washington Office staff and visiting DC’s most iconic sites, March 22–26, 2020. 

In collaboration with the MIT First Generation Program, the Alumni Association is hoping to connect its community of alumni who were first-generation college students with those studying at MIT today. To be contacted about upcoming programming, log in to your Infinite Connection account and select “first-generation college student” in the interests section.

MIT graduate-degree alumni are an integral, growing portion of the MIT community who make up more than half of MIT’s alumni population. All graduate-degree alumni are invited to celebrate the accomplishments of this community at the MIT Graduate Alumni Gathering next March. Learn more.

On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the Institute is inviting all alumni and friends to support the MIT community’s efforts to make a better world during the international day of giving. Visit giving.mit.edu on #GivingTuesday.

“Decarbonizing the Electricity Sector,” the third of six in the climate change symposia series, will be held on Dec. 4. Register to attend or watch a livestream of this event.