The Class of 2030 consists of more than 1,100 first-year undergraduates from all over the map, representing a broad variety of academic interests and backgrounds. Yet even for such a wide-ranging group, Kornbluth observed, 'It is very, very common for new students to say that in coming to MIT, they have finally found their place. They have finally found their people. And it feels like home.' 'I was struck right away by the wall-to-wall enthusiasm for fundamental science, what we like to think of as curiosity on a mission,' Kornbluth said. 'Every day here, hundreds of people are pushing the boundaries of human knowledge.' This month alone, she noted, 'astronomers here just discovered an entirely new type of astrophysical object, a black hole star. ' And then, two days later, an MIT research team discovered that a drug that blocks a certain enzyme can reduce the risk of developing lung cancer.' Kornbluth added: 'And that's just a regular [occurrence] here. As you'll see, the...
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