http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/faculty.html Faculty headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/faculty.html 88 31 Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/welch-0509.html For his pioneering work that has helped scientists unlock the mysteries of RNA and DNA, as well as important scientific discoveries that have opened up new fields of science, Alexander Rich had been named the 38th recipient of the Welch Award in Chemistry. Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/welch-0509.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-hulsizer-0508.html Professor of Physics Emeritus Robert I. Hulsizer Jr. PhD '48, a former chairman of the faculty and expert on elementary particle physics whose zeal for teaching science made him a student favorite at MIT, died on April 30 of complications from Alzheimer's. Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-hulsizer-0508.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/alert-tt0507.html To improve MIT's ability to communicate rapidly with members of the community during an emergency, MIT emergency planners are asking students, faculty and staff to enter or update their emergency notification information on line. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/alert-tt0507.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-cambodia-tt0507.html Alan Lightman, MIT physicist and writer, and his wife, Jeanne, made a pact a decade or so ago to turn their energies toward humanitarian pursuits. The latest of their efforts is a dream come true for residents of a small Cambodian village -- a new mosque. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-cambodia-tt0507.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/design-main-tt0507.html From hosting the show to advising behind the scenes, members of the MIT community have played an important role in developing and implementing the popular PBS series Design Squad, which recently won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award. Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/design-main-tt0507.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/picower-bear-0505.html Picower Professor of Neuroscience Mark F. Bear has committed to continuing as director of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory through June 2010. Bear began his leadership of the institute in 2007. Mon, 5 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/picower-bear-0505.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/mecheng-boyce-0502.html Mary Boyce, the Gail E. Kendall Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has been named the next head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering effective July 1, School of Engineering Dean Subra Suresh announced this week. Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/mecheng-boyce-0502.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/intellectuals-0501.html Three of MIT's thinkers--Noam Chomsky, Esther Duflo and Neil Gershenfeld--have been named among 100 "global intellectuals" by Prospect Magazine. The three are cited, respectively, for their work on foreign policy, poverty and quantum computing. Thu, 1 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/intellectuals-0501.html