Faculty

Professor emeritus Frederick J. McGarry dies at 86Polymer engineering professor, alumnus was at MIT for more than 50 years.

Ruiz writes to Academic Council regarding strengthened campus securityLetter details planned improvements in emergency preparedness, emergency communication protocols and network-security practices.

Gore wins $1.13 million NIH grantAward will fund study evolution of antibiotic-resistance in bacteria

Obama hosts Dresselhaus, Graybiel and Luu in Oval OfficeThe three MIT scientists are among six winners of the 2012 Kavli Prizes to visit the White House.

Polz to receive the American Society for Microbiology’s Elanco AwardDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering professor, who studies wild microbial communities, is the first ecologist to be selected.

Building a better big boxMIT architect Alexander D’Hooghe looks to remake suburbs and other neighborhoods with ‘more intelligent’ designs.

Introducing the Center for Advanced UrbanismCreating new models for 21st century cities

MicroRNA detection on the cheapMIT alumni’s startup provides rapid, cost-effective microRNA profiling, which is beneficial for diagnosing diseases.

Mary Boyce to lead Columbia University’s engineering schoolMechanical Engineering department head named dean of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Using biology to improve chemical synthesisMIT team finds a more economical way to create valuable building blocks for pharmaceuticals

Faculty describe experiments with digital learning on MacVicar DayParticipants discuss how they are 'reimagining the MIT classroom.'

Peter Szolovits honored with Morris F. Collen Award of ExcellenceProfessor cited for 'commitment and dedication to biomedical informatics'

Searching for solar systems like our ownJosh Winn’s hunt for exoplanets may someday reveal habitable, Earth-like worlds.

MITx version of introductory biology class has deep roots7.00x brings an MIT classic online.

Berners-Lee wins first Queen Elizabeth Prize for EngineeringHonored for inventing the World Wide Web

Four professors named 2013 MacVicar FellowsGriffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.

Goldwasser and Micali win Turing AwardTeam honored for ‘revolutionizing the science of cryptography.’

Boyden to share prestigious brain prizeEd Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.

Esther Duflo selected as a 2013 Dan David Prize laureateHonored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention

Radical Innovation course resonates with Italian industry professionalsSanjay Sarma urges Italian companies to capitalize on the country's innovative heritage to launch skunkworks efforts.

Mapping the early history of the moonIn 41st annual Killian Lecture, Maria Zuber describes looking deep into the moon’s interior to chart its early history.

Connect and collaborate using WebEx solutionsMIT's WebEx conferencing service has a new URL and audio-only access number for faculty, staff and students.

The science of politicsJens Hainmueller looks for experiments to answer tough political questions.

Allen Family Foundation grants Gore $1.5 million for research

Bringing energy innovations from lab to marketAnnual MIT Energy Conference focuses on how innovations can have a real impact on the world’s energy issues.