Madonna Yoder ’17 studied rocks at MIT. But her passion is for paper—with no scissors. Today, she’s a tessellation expert who teaches, invents new designs, and writes papers on the underlying math.

CHANNEL FIVE. SO THERE’S A QUESTION WHETHER YOU COULD DO POLYNOMIAL THAT MAYBE IS IMPOSSIBLE. ERIK DEMAINE, PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT MIT. HE STARTED COLLEGE AT THE AGE OF 12, BECAME MIT’S ...