MIT students help middle-school girls SHINE in dance and math
Senior Kirin Sinha has founded an after-school program to connect seventh-grade girls with MIT female student-mentors.
Department
Mathematics
When fluid dynamics mimic quantum mechanics
MIT researchers expand the range of quantum behaviors that can be replicated in fluidic systems, offering a new perspective on wave-particle duality.
A new way to trap light
MIT researchers discover a new phenomenon that could lead to new types of lasers and sensors.
Local fifth graders explore mathematics with MIT graduate students
MITxplore, a free after-school math program, transforms math into an adventure.
MIT students, alumni awarded 2013 Fulbright grants
Selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields
Four MIT professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Field, Kac, Vogan and Walker bring to 76 the number of Institute faculty who are NAS members.
MIT senior Holden Lee wins Gates Scholarship
Lee will pursue graduate studies in mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
Short algorithm, long-range consequences
A new technique for solving ‘graph Laplacians’ is drastically simpler than its predecessors, with implications for a huge range of practical problems.
A great attitude is an excellent thing
15 individuals and four teams to be honored at the 2013 Excellence Awards ceremony
Six MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
MIT researchers specializing in economics, mathematics, chemistry and physics are among 126 selected.
A physicist and her neutrinos
MIT senior Christie Chiu has found her focus: the study of tiny particles.
Pioneering applied mathematician Chia-Chiao Lin dies at 96
An Institute Professor since 1966, he was an active member of the MIT faculty for 40 years.
Two MIT professors win prestigious Wolf Prize
Michael Artin and Robert Langer honored for groundbreaking work in mathematics and chemistry.