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Senior Elizabeth T shares about MIT life on Instagram

Majoring in 18 (@MITMath) with minors in finance (15-3) and ancient and medieval studies (AMS), senior Elizabeth T. will be sharing more on her campus involvement, @MIT life in general, and what she’s currently up to! Follow her on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mitstudents/

Lisa Piccirillo named to Wired25

Read about “Meet This Year’s WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better” on Wired.com.

Professor Lisa Piccirillo and Nina Holden PhD ’18 honored by Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Read more at the MIT News.

Scholarships at MIT: Carolina Ortega ’21 Savors Every Opportunity

At 13, Carolina Ortega ’21 was one of only three young women participating in her native Colombia’s Mathematics Olympiad. She admired the other two, both high school seniors heading to the International Mathematical Olympiad, and when she heard the following year that both were studying in Massachusetts, “that’s when I discovered there was a place […]

Marisa Gaetz and Maya Sankar Named 2020 Hertz Fellows

Seniors Marisa Gaetz and Maya Sankar were among 16 to receive the Hertz Fellowship. The Hertz Fellowship is awarded annually to graduate students in science and technology who demonstrate the greatest potential to tackle the most urgent problems facing society. Congratulations Marisa and Maya!

Marisa Gaetz Earns Stewart Award and Schafer Prize

Marisa Gaetz ‘20 received the William L. Stewart, Jr. Award, given in recognition of outstanding contributions by an individual student or student organization to extracurricular activities and events. See Complete list of 2020 Awards Convocation honorees. Marisa also won Honorable Mention for the 2020 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics, by the Association for Women […]