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Professor Lisa Piccirillo and Nina Holden PhD ’18 honored by Breakthrough Prize Foundation
September 28, 2020
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Scholarships at MIT: Carolina Ortega ’21 Savors Every Opportunity
July 27, 2020
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
July 27, 2020
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
July 27, 2020
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 […]
Ju-Lee Kim Receives MIT’s Earll M. Murman Award
July 27, 2020
Ju-Lee Kim is this year’s recipient of the Earll M. Murman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, “presented to a faculty member who has served as an excellent advisor and mentor for undergraduates and who has had a significant impact on their personal lives and academic success.” Ju-Lee is also recognized for expanding her services as Major […]