MIT mathematicians awarded 2022 New Frontiers Prize
Instructor Yilin Wang and alumna Hong Wang PhD ’19 are honored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
Instructor Yilin Wang and alumna Hong Wang PhD ’19 are honored by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
Schimmel Family Program for Life Sciences will benefit graduate students and research.
Rigorous selection process for the prestigious fellowship took into account students’ outstanding track record of scientific achievement and inquiry, as well as contributions to the STEM community.
Postdocs who feel safe taking risks benefit MIT’s research community, says MIT’s vice president for research.
The Plasma Science and Fusion Center mechanical engineer embraces her role in modeling fusion magnets and in promoting engineering to young women.
Researchers find improvement in relative retention of women but predict decades of sustained effort are required to achieve gender parity.
Fiore brings a breadth of expertise in climate science, atmospheric chemistry, and air pollution to MIT.
Graduate student Ellen Zhong helped biologists and mathematicians reach across departmental lines to address a longstanding problem in electron microscopy.
PhD student Sarah Nyquist applies computational methods to understudied areas of reproductive health, such as the cellular composition of breast milk.
Natasha Joglekar ’21 is eager to apply her MIT education, with a major in computer science and biology and a minor in women’s and gender studies, to a career in medical research.
With “The Curie Society,” the press reaches out to a new generation of individuals interested in ethics and equity in STEM.
A collaboration between MIT’s Edgerton Center and Roiti High School in Italy is letting kids take their physics education outside the classroom.
Senior Nina Levine is researching technologies for detecting radioactive material, as she pursues a dual path in nuclear science and policy.
Particle physicist Lindley Winslow seeks the universe’s smallest particles for answers to its biggest questions.