Professors Arup Chakraborty, Lina Necib, and Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz as well as Yuan Cao SM ’16, PhD ’20; Alina Kononov ’14; Elliott H. Lieb ’53; Haocun Yu PhD ’20; and others honored for contributions to physics.
Fourteen faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the MIT School of Engineering.
Committed to Caring program honors David Autor for his unique approach to graduate student mentorship and advocacy.
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes.
Winning project supports collaboration between public housing residents in New York City and a local nonprofit offering training for work in the digital economy.
APS honors Anna Frebel, Liang Fu, Nuh Gedik, Or Hen, Nuno Loureiro, Fredrick Seguin, and Jesse Thaler for research, applications, teaching, and leadership.
Professors Mark Bear and Laura Kiessling ’83, along with Krishna Shenoy SM ’92, PhD ’95, David Tuveson ’87, and Martin Burke are among the newly elected members.
MIT Morningside Academy for Design’s inaugural fellows chart a new course.
Selection as LSA Fellow marks the highest honor in the field of linguistics.
At luncheon, Vice President for Research Maria Zuber and others express appreciation for the Institute’s postdoctoral researchers; new postdoc mentoring award debuts.
MIT chemist designs novel molecules that could be used for quantum sensing and communication; visiting scholar Moriba Jah is also awarded, for work on space sustainability.
MIT alumnus and two others honored for research on the role of banks in the economy, including during financial crises.
K. Barry Sharpless is a former member of the chemistry faculty, while Carolyn Bertozzi is the daughter of Physics Professor Emeritus William Bertozzi and a Lemelson-MIT Prize winner.
“The Hunt for Planet B” follows Seager and others on their search for extraterrestrial life; three other nominated films feature MIT affiliates.
Awards support high-risk, high-impact research from early-career investigators.