Mary O. Hope with Theodore Austell and Carlos G. Santiago, 1974

Mary O. Hope (right), MIT Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, talks with Theodore Austell '78 (left) and Carlos G. Santiago '78 during a Project Interphase Farewell Breakfast, Summer 1974.
Established in 1969, Project Interphase (today Interphase EDGE) is a scholar enrichment program for incoming freshman. It includes a seven-week summer session as well as programming during the academic year to help ease the transition to MIT and to build community among new students.