Remembering Elise O’Hara, Media Lab staff member
“We feel fortunate to have worked alongside Elise and to have witnessed the remarkable person she was.”
“We feel fortunate to have worked alongside Elise and to have witnessed the remarkable person she was.”
A renowned classical musician and MIT faculty member for more than two decades, Buttrick taught and performed extensively around the world.
A highly respected educator and mentor with a distinguished industry career, Wiesman inspired generations of mechanical engineering students.
Nobel-winning scholar changed his field, taught generations of students, and helped make MIT a global leader in economics research.
Top Institute stories dealt with a presidential inauguration, international accolades for faculty and students, “Dialogues Across Difference,” new and refreshed community spaces, and more.
The highly influential professor served for 25 years as executive officer of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Former co-director of the Office of Government and Community Relations is remembered for his care and compassion.
Her demonstration of incorporating lattice strain as a means to enhance performance in scaled silicon devices has informed virtually every high-performance chip manufactured today.
A pioneering Black faculty member, Johnson was also a major supporter of the anti-apartheid movement at the Institute.
The lifelong athlete, pilot, aviation enthusiast, and educator taught at the Institute for 40 years.
The pathbreaking thinker helped reshape discussions of science, gender, and objectivity, as well as biological determinism, in her lauded career.
Pounds championed a generation of MIT Sloan faculty members and advised the broader Institute through the turbulent years of the Vietnam War.
The former director of LIDS was a beloved professor who blended intellectual rigor with curiosity.
Coveney brought expertise and kindness to MIT, serving as an invaluable member of CTL for 23 years.
Faculty and staff recall Goldman’s unending commitment to his work for more than three decades.