On April 27, the National Academy of Sciences elected 120 new members and 26 international associates, including Bonnie Berger, recognizing their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.” Bonnie Berger is the Simons Professor of Mathematics and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She is the head of […]

A day in the life of Michelle Xu, a senior majoring in physics and mathematics, with an added focus on philosophy, might include attending a quantum gravity seminar over Zoom, followed by some reading on the philosophy of time, capped off by a couple hours of writing fiction. Read more at the MIT News.

Bonnie Berger has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is one of the highest honors that a scientist can achieve. Congratulations Bonnie!

As a high school student in Oregon, Rona Wang was invited to math competitions at MIT. She was so talented that after graduation, she ended up attending the renowned university to study math and computer science. And all the while, she cultivated another passion as well: writing. Turns out, she’s pretty good at that, too. […]

Nike Sun has been awarded the 2020 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize, awarded bi-annually by the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability. The prize is awarded to a single individual for outstanding research in the field of probability, and who is at the beginning of their mathematical career. Congratulations Nike!

The Department of Mathematics will honor first-year Dain Kim and junior Qi Qi at a spring awards dinner celebrating the high-scoring participants of December’s William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Qi was one of three recipients for the 2019 Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize, given to top female contestants. She is the fourth MIT student to receive […]