Three from MIT receive 2021 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
The five-year award aims to empower “the most promising innovators in science and technology.”
The five-year award aims to empower “the most promising innovators in science and technology.”
Graduate student Ellen Zhong helped biologists and mathematicians reach across departmental lines to address a longstanding problem in electron microscopy.
Jörn Dunkel uses the “common language” of math to bridge disparate phenomena, from an embryo’s wrinkles to the twist of spaghetti.
Ranked at the top for the 10th straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
Math professor Ankur Moitra seeks algorithms with provable guarantees, to pin down the mechanisms of machine learning.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics recognizes Kepner, a pivotal member of the team that established Lincoln Laboratory's Supercomputing Center, for his innovative work in computing.
Senior Fiona Chen combines economics research and student advocacy to study the pandemic’s effect on students.
Fellowship funds graduate studies at Stanford University.
Faculty members Dan Freedman, Robert Griffin, Larry Guth, Stephen Morris, and Gigliola Staffilani elected by peers for outstanding contributions to research.
Prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.
MIT researchers have developed a publicly available model based on physics and data from past spreading events.
Fellowship funds graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.
A brief history of one member of MIT’s famed Radiation Laboratory.
Professors Guth, Olivetti, Short, and Yaffe are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.