John Belcher receives prestigious Oersted Medal
MIT professor of physics honored with the highest teaching award in the American physics community.
Mending a broken heart
Laurie Boyer’s work might one day lead to cures for heart defects and disease.
Colette Heald awarded AGU James Macelwane Medal
Professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences will be honored at an awards ceremony in December.
Hartley Rogers, Jr., professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 89
Mathematician’s 53-year career at MIT included service as associate provost from 1974 to 1980.
Designing for flexibility
Richard de Neufville teaches and practices flexible engineering design for infrastructure projects that meet the challenges of the future.
Faculty highlight: Elsa Olivetti
Assistant Professor Elsa Olivetti combines cost and environmental data to identify high-impact areas for reducing pollution and greenhouse gases.
3 Questions: Richard Binzel on New Horizons’ closest view of Pluto
Spacecraft’s close-up images reveal a complex, frozen world.
Louis Howard, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 86
Influential mathematician and professor made fundamental contributions to subjects including hydrodynamic stability and geophysical flows.
Paula Hammond named head of Department of Chemical Engineering
An MIT faculty member since 1995, Hammond succeeds Klavs Jensen as ChemE department head.
Energy synergy: MIT ignites CERAWeek
MIT representatives shared emerging energy technologies at an influential conference rife with world leaders.
Three undergraduate communities to welcome new housemasters this fall
Committees select faculty for posts in Baker, McCormick, MacGregor.
Frederic Morgenthaler, professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science, dies at 82
Longtime member of the MIT faculty was a dedicated researcher and educator in the field of electromagnetism.
Mujid Kazimi, leading educator and researcher in nuclear technology, dies at 67
Leader of efforts to design new fuel cycles for nuclear power plants had been on the faculty since 1976.