American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor Pavel Etingof has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. With members including many of the most accomplished scholars and practitioners worldwide, the American Academy is one of the country's oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers.

Congratulations Pavel!

...Full List of New Fellows

MIT Wins Putnam Competition for the Third Consecutive Year!

Our 1st Place Team:

Mark A. Sellke, Bobby C. Shen, David H. Yang

Our Putnam Fellows:

David H. Yang and Yunkun Zhou

Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize for the Top Woman Scorer:

Danielle Wang

In addition to having the 1st place team and 2 of the 6 highest ranking individuals, MIT has 4 of the next 10 top scorers, 3 of the next 10, and an outstanding 24 out of 63 students who received honorable mention.

Congratulations!

...Full List of Winners

Building 2 To Be Renamed the Simons Building

In the Fall of 2016, MIT will officially dedicate the newly renovated Building 2 in honor of James H. and Marilyn Simons. Thanks to the couple's generosity the Institute was able to restore and renovate the building. Alumna Ann Beha led the project, modernizing the space and expanding it with the addition of a fourth floor while maintaining the historic integrity of the building's original limestome façade. The new Simons Building opened in January for the Spring semester.

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Completed Building Photos

Intel Science Talent Search

PRIMES and RSI math student Meena Jagadeesan has won the 2nd prize nationally in the Basic Research category of the Intel Science Talent Search 2016. She was awarded the prize for her paper on algebraic combinatorics, written under the guidance of Miriam Farber (project suggested by Professor Alex Postnikov). This was the only project in mathematics that won a top prize this year.

Congratulations Meena!