Jack Carson, a second-year student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been named a 2026 Udall Scholar, receiving a $7,500 award that recognizes undergraduates committed to environmental and Indigenous issues. As a member of the Cherokee Nation from Oklahoma, Carson is the first MIT student to win the scholarship for tribal policy. His multidisciplinary work spans artificial intelligence, biomedical research, and Indigenous community development. At MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), he is involved in developing multiomics models for personalized therapeutic targets and has published a sole-author paper at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). Carson also founded Code.Tulsa, a summer program aimed at introducing Indigenous high school students to technology careers, addressing the underrepresentation of Indigenous communities in tech. In addition to his academic achievements, Carson is an accomplished musician and has won the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest.