Faculty

Creativity within constraintsJ. Meejin Yoon uses sound and light to transform public areas

Shankar Raman wins Levitan Prize in the HumanitiesThe $25,000 award supports innovative scholarship

President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MITVisit establishes intent to explore collaborations in education and research.

Arnoldo Hax honored by Chilean presidentMIT Sloan professor emeritus lauded for distinguished services to the country

Making wavesPierre Lermusiaux quantifies uncertainty to develop better ocean simulations.

NSE’s Ballinger appointed to NRC committeeRonald Ballinger named to Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Lippard named Priestley Medal recipientMIT professor Stephen J. Lippard honored for pioneering research, mentorship

Dean Fitzgerald announces appointments to SHASS leadership roles

Despite the rain, a sunny outlook for 2013 graduatesFriends and families sit through steady rain to watch graduates receive their diplomas.

Rain doesn’t dampen excitement of MIT’s 2013 CommencementDropbox CEO Drew Houston ’05 tells graduates: 'The people are the reason why there’s only one MIT.'

Dennis Freeman appointed dean for undergraduate educationElectrical engineering and computer science professor has lengthy record of leadership in teaching, advising and curricular innovation.

Longtime biology professor Annamaria Torriani-Gorini dies at 94Microbiologist and lifelong social activist worked at MIT from 1960 to 1989.

MIT energizes theater arts professorMultifaceted Associate Professor Jay Scheib named director of the Theater Arts Department

Information on this week’s Commencement activitiesMIT advises graduates, guests to expect increased security measures for ceremonies on Thursday and Friday.

Angela Belcher wins $500,000 Lemelson-MIT PrizeMIT professor honored for her innovations that take cues, and materials, from nature to tackle key societal issues.

Markus Buehler named head of Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringAn MIT faculty member since 2006, Buehler succeeds Andrew Whittle as CEE department head.

MIT music documentary pays tribute to the Arab SpringWGBH Boston/Channel 2 airs 'Awakening: Evoking the Arab Spring Through Music'

Helping advance computational capabilities, expand student research optionsAssociate Professor Benoit Forget looks to the past for clues to push refinement of nuclear reactors

Helping the world accelerate support for entrepreneurshipTwo-year MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program now accepting new applicants

Reinventing inventionDesigner Chuck Hoberman partners with CSAIL to create transformable mechanisms

Melissa Nobles: Taking full account of the pastMIT political science professor examines ways societies confront histories of racial and ethnic injustice

Video: The MIT Glass Lab — where art meets science

Using literature to understand violence against blacksMIT professor Sandy Alexandre studies the literary record to shed light on the history of lynching in the United States.

Robert C. Armstrong named director of MIT Energy InitiativeOutgoing director Ernest Moniz confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Energy.

Stephen Lippard wins faculty’s Killian AwardChemist recognized for groundbreaking studies of inorganic molecules.

Water purification process named 'Technology Idol of the Year'Humidification-dehumidification (HDH) carrier gas extraction process developed by researchers at MIT.

Mechanical engineering professor Joseph LeConte Smith Jr. dies at 83Longtime director of Cryogenic Engineering Laboratory taught at MIT from 1956 to 2008.