MIT researchers to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience
Three neuroscientists at MIT have been selected to receive awards from the Society for Neuroscience.
Social networking
Sinan Aral studies peer effects and influence, with an eye toward tackling pressing social problems.
Nanoscale work yields big results
Silvija Gradečak’s nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting.
Unboxing the Chomsky Archive
A new website offers a glimpse at a lifetime of work, and the chance to support it.
Piecing together molecular machines
Newly tenured biologist Iain Cheeseman explores the complex structures that control cell division.
MechE-ChemE startup named Gold Winner at 2014 MassChallenge
DropWise manufactures hydrophobic coating for power plants that can significantly decrease CO2 emissions.
Searching for global water and food solutions
John Lienhard leads coordinated interdisciplinary research efforts to confront resource challenges at the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab.
Recognize faculty for outstanding undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and innovation
MacVicar Faculty Fellows nominations are due on Nov. 20.
Stephen Lippard named Franklin Institute Laureate
Award recognizes pioneering research on metal atoms in biology and medicine.
Faculty highlight: Christopher Schuh
Metallurgist pushes grain boundaries: Nanostructured metal alloys deliver tougher materials, lower costs, and safer outcomes.
Hashim Sarkis named dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
Practicing architect, also a prominent scholar of architecture and urbanism, joins MIT from Harvard.
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