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Faculty
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School of Engineering first quarter 2018 awards
Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.
April 3, 2018 -
Institute Professor Emeritus Morris Halle, innovative and influential linguist, dies at 94
Scholar conducted groundbreaking research, helped found MIT’s linguistics program, and inspired generations of students.
April 3, 2018 -
Exploring the many roles of mucus
Katharina Ribbeck studies the sticky substance to uncover its impacts on health and disease.
April 2, 2018 -
Innovation fosters inclusive teaching at MIT
Panelists at MacVicar Day symposium highlight wide-ranging approaches for including, engaging, and supporting all students.
April 2, 2018 -
Fright makes right
Eugenie Brinkema studies the aesthetics and ethics of horror films.
March 28, 2018 -
Center for Theoretical Physics celebrates 50 years
Symposium explores how novel ideas and experiments are advancing many areas of theoretical physics in newly interconnected ways.
March 28, 2018 -
Ed Boyden receives 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award
MIT scientist is among three recognized for the discovery of optogenetics.
March 27, 2018 -
Featured video: Magical Bob
A fascination with magic leads Institute Professor Robert Langer to solve world problems using the marvels of chemical engineering.
March 27, 2018 -
A magician’s imperial mission
MIT scholar’s book illuminates how magic became a tool for Western “reason” — and helped form the field of anthropology.
March 27, 2018 -
Yuriy Roman: A chemical engineer pursuing renewable energy
MIT professor devises new ways to generate useful chemicals and fuels from renewable resources.
March 22, 2018 -
Professor Tom Leighton wins 2018 Marconi Prize
Akamai co-founder honored for pioneering content delivery network services industry.
March 22, 2018 -
IRS releases new W-4 form and tax withholding calculator for new tax law
MIT employees are encouraged to review federal tax withholding amounts for 2018.
March 12, 2018 -
Garden of ideas
With a new multimedia website, landscape architecture professor Anne Whiston Spirn makes a secret garden public and explores how ideas create form.
March 8, 2018 -
Recipients of the 2018 MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal announced
March 6, 2018 -
Outstanding MIT students of French explore "Paris et la rue"
In the January Scholars in France program, students discover behind-the-scenes Paris and the city's storied streets.
March 5, 2018 -
Edward Boyden named inaugural Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology
Neuroengineering leader appointed to new professorship at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.
March 5, 2018 -
Four professors named 2018 MacVicar Fellows
Autor, Capozzola, Raman, and Smith receive MIT's most prestigious undergraduate teaching award.
March 5, 2018 -
Timothy Lu seeks to combat disease by reprogramming biological systems
Synthetic biologist hopes to develop treatments for cancer and other diseases.
March 4, 2018 -
Cima takes on new role to promote innovation
Materials science and engineering professor is the new co-director of the Innovation Initiative and associate dean of innovation for the School of Engineering.
March 1, 2018 -
Leading MIT.nano
Vladimir Bulović will be first director of the Institute's new nanoscience and nanotechnology facility.
March 1, 2018