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Building career readiness skills
Since 2001, MIT has offered a yearlong career-development course for sophomores called Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP). Students learn fundamental skills like crafting a resume or professional communication, and they get access to networks of mentors and employers that can help them carve out a career in industry, research, or academia.
Public service and paying it forward
When Wilhem H. '25 first arrived at MIT, he had never set foot in a makerspace, but now he feels "empowered to build almost anything." Wilhem is originally from Haiti and founded the Hector Foundation to create educational opportunities for more students like him, including designing a makerspace in Port-au-Prince open to all high schoolers.
Engineering wearable art
Led by Gloria Z. '26, a team of MIT students created the project Sixty Sixty One—a showcase of metal outfits fabricated from the world's most common aluminum alloy, A6061, with designs inspired by nature.
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