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These are the stories of the MIT Sloan alumni community. Learn more at https://mitsloan.mit.edu/alumni
From insights about AI and entrepreneurship to fresh ideas about the future of work and leadership, here are the quotes that most resonated with MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter readers in 2025.

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December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya discussed policy issues and research aims with Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss, MBA ’16, at an MIT event in December.

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https://bit.ly/4rOqgi5

📷: Courtesy MIT Institute Events
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“As a student of both sociology and economics, MIT Sloan was the ideal place for me to combine both disciplines,” says PhD student Alex Busch.

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https://bit.ly/4prauIc

📷: Kelly Davidson
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
MIT Sloan alumni Nick Gomez, SB ’19, Annika Kim, SB ’19, MFin ’19, Jim Owens, SFMBA ’21, SM ’22, PhD ’25, and Stwart Peña Feliz, MBA ’23, made a strong showing on the 2026 Forbes Under 30 list.

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https://bit.ly/49hSr1w
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congratulations to Vijay Pandiarajan, SF ’15, on being named one of the best undergraduate business professors of 2025 by Poets & Quants.

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https://bit.ly/4rRIuyZ

📷: Courtesy Vijay Pandiarajan
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
John C Head III Dean Richard M. Locke, PhD ’89, believes that we can work to invent a future where artificial intelligence extends what humans can do to improve organizations and the world.

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https://bit.ly/4rVafa9

📷: Israel Vargas
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In 2025, the MIT Sloan alumni community stayed busy finding a cure to pediatric brain cancer, publishing new research on leadership, and more.

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https://bit.ly/3MEflHA

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December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. A new MIT study examines legislation and identifies relative tradeoffs.

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https://bit.ly/4iEVaVN

📷: L. Barry Hetherington
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam of the Republic of Singapore visited MIT in December to meet with campus leaders, receive the Miriam Pozen Prize, and deliver a lecture on fiscal policy at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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https://bit.ly/3KRNNOg

📷: Kelly Davidson
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The year’s most popular terms find us reassessing merit, rejiggering professional and geopolitical networks, and reevaluating how and when we bring AI into the office.

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https://bit.ly/4oJZ7dg

📷: Stephen Sauer
MIT Sloan’s top 5 ‘Working Definitions’ of 2025 | MIT Sloan
The year’s most popular terms find us reassessing merit, rejiggering professional and geopolitical networks, and reevaluating how and when we bring AI into the office.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📚 Another term in the books!

📷: Kelly Davidson
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Marielena Procopiou, EMBA ’25, and Maria Angelicoussis, daughter of the late John Angelicoussis, SM ’74, were recognized at the 2025 Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards.

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https://bit.ly/3MvYXJ6

📷: Courtesy Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Following a long career at Huawei, Hugo Huang, SFMBA ’20, came to MIT Sloan to learn more.

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https://bit.ly/4rNpe5S

📷: Courtesy Hugo Huang
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Autonomous Rescue Swimmer (ARS) became the first startup to win both the grand prize and the audience choice award at the MIT $100K Pitch Competition.

📷: Chris Burns / Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
More than 600 undergraduate students crowded into the Stratton Student Center on Oct. 28, for MIT’s first-ever Institute-wide Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) mixer.

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https://bit.ly/4rAnxII

📷: Courtesy Office of the Provost
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Climate and energy entrepreneurs face unique challenges. A new book adapts MIT’s foundational entrepreneurship framework specifically for this sector.

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https://bit.ly/3M6prk5
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Nine of the top 10 articles from MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter focus on how AI is changing work and how we work.

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https://bit.ly/4opmtEI

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December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
MIT School of Industrial Management graduate students editing a motion picture showing their observations of a Boston-area firm during the fall term of 1957.

📷: Courtesy MIT Museum
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For PhD student Benjamin Manning, the future of work means grasping AI’s role on our behalf while transforming and accelerating social scientific discovery.

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https://bit.ly/4ryM5C6

📷: Kelly Davidson
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Caroline Shinkle, SB ’15, reflects on her friendship with John ‘Jack’ Kiley, SB ’54.

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https://bit.ly/4rmfMGf

📷: Courtesy Caroline Shinkle
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“At MIT Sloan ... the healthcare network you build is just as powerful as any from the MBA.”

Read more from Joshua Marcovici, MBA ’23, at the link below.

https://bit.ly/4445jp8

📷: Courtesy Joshua Marcovici
December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Great Dome 20 years ago this month ❄️
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The MIT Human Insight Collaborative, a presidential initiative launched in 2024, held its first annual event in mid November. John C Head III Dean Richard M. Locke, PhD ’89, gave the keynote address.

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https://bit.ly/4ptEwdW

📷: Gretchen Ertl
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New books from MIT Sloan experts this year examined the role of ecosystems in organizational success, the benefits of adopting dynamic work design, and the need to understand the cultural evolution of artificial intelligence.

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https://bit.ly/4oV9Faj
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Persy Patsika, MBA ’25, an MIT Kuo Sharper Fellow, was drawn to the center’s sense of what she calls Ubuntu, a Southern African philosophy emphasizing interconnectedness, community, and shared humanity.

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https://bit.ly/44t7ylM

📷: Andrea D'Aquino
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM