U.S. News and World Report has rated MIT’s graduate program in engineering No. 1 in its annual rankings, continuing a 35-year streak. MIT Sloan also placed highly, occupying the No. 5 spot for the best graduate business programs.

Molecules that fight infection also act on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability, neuroscientists have found. The new research, on a cytokine called IL-17, adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

Chemical engineers developed a way to mass manufacture nanoparticles that deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors. Scaling up production will help scientists test new cancer treatments that avoid many side effects of traditional chemotherapy.

Anantha Chandrakasan spoke with the Boston Globe about the new MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance, saying that it “will allow us to make the kind of breakthroughs that will keep U.S. competitiveness at its peak.”

“Everything is a learning experience. I’m just going to go for it,” Kelvin Frazier PhD ’15 says. Now an assistant professor of chemistry in Hawaii, he’s also a sixth-grade math teacher, an AI consultant, and an R&B recording artist, making the Billboard charts twice.

WCVB’s “Chronicle” visited MIT to learn more about how it “nurtures groundbreaking efforts, reminding us that creativity and science thrive together, inspiring future advancements in engineering, medicine, and beyond.”