Math seniors Korina Digalaki and Vanshika Jain won Honorable Mentions for the 2021 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics, by the Association for Women in Mathematics. Congratulations Korina and Vanshika!
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Meet Fiona Chen ’21
June 3, 2021
Voices of #MIT2021: Meet Fiona Chen ’21, who graduates with degrees in Economics & Math. She aims to use her dual expertise to advocate for people whose voices are excluded, particularly those who face hardships due to social & political inequities. #SHASS Read more at SHASS. Also, read her profile at the MIT News.
Meet Amber Lu ’21
June 3, 2021
Voices of #MIT2021: Meet Amber Lu ’21, who is graduating with degrees in MIT Economics and Math! Her vision: Law school, possibly a JD/MBA; and finding solutions that draw from both the public and private sectors. http://bit.ly/SaluteMIT2021
“Mother of Landsat” Virginia T. Norwood SB’47 Receives Award
April 22, 2021
Virginia T. Norwood, the engineer responsible for the first #Landsat multispectral scanner, has been honored with the 2021 @ASPRSorg Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more at NASA.
Fiona Chen Named Paul and Daisy Soros Fellows
April 15, 2021
Math major Fiona Chen ’21 is among this year’s recipients of the 2021 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, in support of graduate study. Fiona will use her fellowship to pursue a PhD in economics at Harvard. Read more at the MIT News. Congratulations Fiona!
Lisa Piccirillo and Postdoc Maggie Miller Named 2021 Clay Research Fellows
April 7, 2021
Lisa Piccirillo and postdoc Maggie Miller have been awarded 2021 Clay Research Fellowships. Lisa, who recently joined our department as an assistant professor, was recognized for her work in low-dimensional topology, and in particular her surprising resolution of the 50-year-old Conway Knot problem. Maggie, an NSF postdoctoral fellow at MIT, has also made important contributions […]