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In Memoriam: Shashata Sawmya SM ’24

3 weeks ago | thetech.com | Alex Tang

Shashata Sawmya, a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department and member of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), passed away in Canada while attending an academic conferenceShashata Sawmya, a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department and member of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), passed away in Canada while attending an academic conference.
Hank Green delivers 2025 Commencement speech with grace and gusto

4 weeks ago | thetech.com | Veronika Moroz |Karie Shen |Alex Tang

Green: “Keeping oriented toward people – not building around them as an obstacle, but building for them – is the thing that I wanted to be focused on”On May 29 at the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony, science communicator Hank Green delivered the commencement speech to the graduating class of 2025: silly but pensive, scientific yet humanistic. Green openly engaged with the graduating class, joking that some people were seated close enough to the podium that he could almost “crowd-work” them.
Philip Khoury to step down as Vice Provost of the Arts

1 month ago | thetech.com | Alex Tang

Khoury has served in various leadership capacitiesIn an email to the MIT community on May 6, Provost Cynthia Barnhart SM ’86, Ph.D. ’88 announced that Professor Philip Khoury will step down as Vice Provost of the Arts on Aug. 31.
President Kornbluth discusses the finances, research, and future directions under the Trump administration

1 month ago | thetech.com | Vivian Hir |Sabine Chu |Alex Tang

Kornbluth: “I really believe that science and technology — the R&D investments that have been made in universities in partnership with the government — are the key drivers of American success”On April 30, The Tech interviewed President Sally Kornbluth with a focus on federal funding cuts affecting the Institute’s finances and research efforts in fields such as the life sciences and climate science.
MIT joins lawsuit against funding cuts for Department of Energy

2 months ago | thetech.com | Alex Tang

Current lawsuit parallels earlier response to cuts to National Institutes of Health fundingOn April 14, MIT President Sally Kornbluth wrote in an email to the MIT community that the Institute had joined several peer schools and higher education associations in a lawsuit to stop indirect cost cuts to grants provided via the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
A letter to MIT students from Putin’s dungeons

2 months ago | thetech.com | Kate Brown

Andrei Trofimov: “Today, we are seeing something surprising. In the 21st century, progress in science and technology is moving away from social progress. The two are moving in opposite directions”Andrei Trofimov is a political prisoner in Russia. He was arrested in May 2022 and sentenced in Oct. 2023 to ten years for posting against the War in Ukraine on the Russian internet. He wrote this letter below to MIT students in May 2024, because in 1987 he had a fellowship to study at MIT.
In memoriam: Karenna Groff ’22 MEng ‘23 and James Santoro ‘23

2 months ago | thetech.com | Alex Tang

Dr. G. Anthony Grant: “This is a devastating loss for our athletics department and for the MIT community”Karenna Groff ’22 MEng ’23 and James Santoro ’23 passed away in a private plane accident on April 12. Four others on board also passed, including Groff’s parents, Dr. Michael Groff and Dr. Joy Saini; her brother Jared and his partner, Alexia Couyutas Duarte. Groff majored in Course 20 (Biological Engineering) and earned her MEng from the same department.
In memoriam: Lee Grodzins, Professor Emeritus of Physics

2 months ago | thetech.com | Alex Tang

Grodzins was a pioneer in nuclear physics research and a science policy advocateLee Grodzins, Professor Emeritus in Physics, died on March 6 at the age of 98. Grodzins was a pioneer in nuclear physics research. A talented experimentalist, Grodzins determined the helicity of the neutrino, an electrically neutral particle that interacts only through gravity and a fundamental force known as the weak interaction. Grodzins came to MIT in 1959 and was a faculty member for 40 years.
In memoriam: Frederick Greene, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

2 months ago | thetech.com | Alex Tang

Professor Troy Van Voorhis: “He was a constant source of joy to those who interacted with him and his commitment to students and education was legendary”Frederick Greene, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, died on March 22 at the age of 97. Greene worked in the field of physical organic chemistry and free radicals.
MIT women’s swimming and diving claim first national championship; men finish ninth

2 months ago | thetech.com | Alex Tang

Multiple NCAA records and All-American finishes by MIT Swim and Dive at the Division III National ChampionshipFrom March 19 to March 22, MIT Swimming and Diving competed at the NCAA Division III Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. The women won their first national championship in program history and the men finished ninth.