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Heads in the game

July/August 2026

From soccer to basketball to running, the MIT Sports Lab uses engineering and data science to help athletes level up.

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ISRAEL GARCÍA VARGAS

Features

  • Categorized in MIT Alumni News: Cover

    Heads in the game

    The MIT Sports Lab helped develop a tool referees used to make clutch calls at the last World Cup, but their ongoing work with FIFA is just one of many collaborations with heavy hitters in sports.

  • Categorized in MIT Alumni News: Feature

    Super Mario is mathier than you think

    Studying the epic journey of the iconic jumping plumber can lead to new insights in theoretical computer science—and may help researchers understand the tractability of problems in other areas.

  • Categorized in MIT Alumni News: Feature

    A man of many words

    If you’re competing at the National Spelling Bee and you need to know about a word’s roots, Brian Sietsema, PhD ’89, is your guy. The MIT-trained linguist also happens to be a Greek Orthodox priest.

  • Categorized in MIT Alumni News: President

    Sharing a love for calculus

    Through the MIT4America Calculus Project, students and alumni are tutoring students in underresourced high schools across the country.

  • Categorized in MIT Alumni News: Seen

    Intro to MIT sports

    During Campus Preview Weekend, prospective students got a chance to challenge current members of MIT Wrestling—and check out some 700 events run by student volunteers.

  • Categorized in MIT Alumni News

    Stand Up for Research, Innovation, and Education

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    If you know of any MIT alumni making a difference in their corner of the planet, let us know. We always welcome your ideas for interesting stories about the MIT community.

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