The 'signature novel' of the decade
Junot Díaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' cited as a defining work
Eight from MIT named AAAS fellows
Institute researchers are recognized for ‘scientifically or socially distinguished’ contributions.
MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson named 'public intellectual' of the year
MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson topped UK's Prospect Magazine's list of 25 public intellectuals of the financial crisis in 2009.
Willsky to receive IEEE SPS Technical Achievement Award
LIDS Director and EECS faculty member Alan S. Willsky has been selected to receive the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award to be presented in March 2010 at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing.
Five from MIT named 2010 IEEE Fellows
Three EECS faculty members, Hu, Rus and Sudan, and two research staff members of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Reynolds and Stokes, are elevated to Fellow status of the IEEE effective Jan. 1
Former MIT President Howard W. Johnson dies at age 87
A ‘loyal friend’ to the Institute, he also chaired the MIT Corporation and guided the school through a turbulent era.
Nobel-winning economist Paul A. Samuelson dies at age 94
In a career that spanned seven decades, he transformed his field, influenced millions of students and turned MIT into an economics powerhouse
The 'sci' behind the 'fi'
A public television program explores the ways real science is starting to catch up with the futuristic visions in Star Trek.