Vivienne Sze receives DARPA 2014 Young Faculty Award
Award honors work on real-time energy-efficient visual data processing for portable media, which will impact elderly-assistance and advanced driver-assistance systems.
SHASS names 35 exceptional MIT students as Burchard Scholars for 2015
Award honors sophomores and juniors who demonstrate academic excellence in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, as well as in science and engineering.
Mildred Dresselhaus selected for the IEEE's highest honor
The IEEE Medal of Honor will be given to Dresselhaus in June for "leadership and contributions across many fields of science and engineering."
Buchwald honored with Ulysses Medal
Chemistry professor Stephen L. Buchwald recognized by University College Dublin for his outstanding global contribution to the field of chemistry.
An anthropologist’s lasting legacy at MIT
Longtime professor and MacVicar Faculty Fellow Jean Jackson retires after 42 years at MIT.
Sophisticated medicine
Sangeeta Bhatia's research defies tradition, drawing on biological and medical sciences, and multiple engineering disciplines.
John D. Joannopoulos wins 2015 Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics
Eminent condensed matter theorist honored by American Physical Society for "spearheading the development of ab-initio nano-photonics."
MIT indefinitely removes online physics lectures and courses by Walter Lewin
MIT policy on sexual harassment was found to be violated.
A renaissance in metals
Materials Day Symposium highlights breakthroughs in simulation methods, manufacturing techniques, and improved alloys.
Extreme materials and ubiquitous electronics
Tomás Palacios explores the application of novel materials in next-generation electronics to save energy and expand possibilities.
Catalyzing greener products
Yuriy Román knew that to change the future of catalysis he’d have to cross the boundary between chemical engineering and materials science.
Transient contacts
Ibrahim Cissé is unraveling the mystery of DNA transcription, one molecule at a time.
The “metrics” system
Economist’s new book teaches how to conduct cause-and-effect studies on complex social questions.