Said and Done for October 2014
Digest of the MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences features a Nobel Prize, a new professorship in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, three new SHASS websites, and more.
NSE’s Forsberg awarded Seaborg Medal by American Nuclear Society
Charles Forsberg awarded Seaborg Medal by American Nuclear Society
Gedik and Jarillo-Herrero named 2014 Moore Experimental Investigators in Quantum Materials
The professors have been awarded $1.8 million each for discovery-driven, high-risk research, with potential for new experimental techniques.
How do you do math like a girl?
"Mathletes" show off their talent, passion, and leadership at the sixth annual Math Prize for Girls.
Department of Chemical Engineering establishes new professorship
Bernhardt Trout becomes first Raymond F. Baddour (1949) Professor of Chemical Engineering.
Alumnus Jean Tirole wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences
Former faculty member lauded for framework for regulating dominant firms in imperfect markets.
MIT linguist Danny Fox named Anshen-Chomsky Professor of Language and Thought
Research illuminates both language and the mind itself.
Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Calestous Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Acknowledging extraordinary efforts
MIT Excellence Awards shine a light on exceptional commitment and performance.
Cissé receives $2.34 million New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health
Biophysicist studies transcription with single-molecule resolution in live mammalian cells.
Job seekers to job generators
RLE’s Translational Fellows Program starts up a new dimension of support for postdocs.
