Around the world with an MIT alumni scarf

MIT Technology Review · Kathryn M. O’Neill · 2026-10-20 21:00 UTC

Two alumni documented their travels with photos featuring an iconic MIT accessory.

Two alumni documented their travels with photos featuring an iconic MIT accessory.

In the summer of 2025, AJ Rubineau ’90 and her husband, Brian A. Rubineau ’93, PhD ’07, took leave from their jobs in Montreal—AJ is medical director at the Clinique BACA and Brian is an associate professor of organizational behavior at McGill University—and set off to travel the world.

“As proud MIT alums, we figured this voyage was a delightful opportunity to learn more about the places we’d be visiting through the eyes of local alumni,” says AJ, who for part of the journey served as physician for the Semester at Sea study-abroad program.

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