About the Creator

Tianyuan "Margaret" Zheng 

MIT '23, MEng '24

Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi

Margaret is a proud member of MIT's class of '23 + Master of Engineering '24. Since her first semester at MIT, she has actively engaged with multiple types of arts communities on MIT’s campus. She is best known for creating and popularizing Wide Tim (@wide_tim) (this), 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, 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 the 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.

 

When she isn't idle, she enjoys TA-ing math and economics courses and doing research. She is currently exploring the big wide world (read: Boston area) while enrolling Wide Tim in graduate studies of nutrition and deep sleep. 

Awards & Shows

MIT Gala and Student Art Showcase (2024)

April 29th, 2024

Lunch break with Wide Tim

April 10th, 2024

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

MIT Student Art Showcase

May 5th, 2023