About the Creator

Tianyuan "Margaret" Zheng 

MIT '23, MEng '24

Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi

Margaret recently graduated from MIT with a double major in mathematics (18) and CS/Economics/Data Science (6-14) and a minor in music (21M), and she is currently back at MIT working on her Master of Engineering degree in CS/Economics/Data Science (6-14)!

Since her first semester at MIT, she has been actively engaging with multiple types of arts community on MIT’s campus. Most notably, she is known for creating and popularizing Wide Tim (@wide_tim), a jolly beaver character double majoring in eating and sleeping whose mission is to spread positivity and advocate for arts and student culture at MIT. She was also a muralist, animator, and a past co-president of Borderline Murals, an artist and co-publicity chair on Ring Committee 2023, an MIT Arts Scholar, and a lead counselor for First-Year Arts Program for 2 years. In her free time, she enjoys creating digital illustrations, drawing comics, and spontaneously playing the grand pianos in McCormick Hall.

 

(Oh, yes! In her non-free-time, she has enjoyed TA-ing math and economics courses, as well as doing research. She aspires to go off and explore in the big wide world eventually while enrolling Wide Tim in graduate studies of nutrition and deep sleep.) 

Awards & Shows

The Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award (2023)

MIT Student Art Showcase

May 5th, 2023