ChoKyun Rha, professor post-tenure of biomaterials sciences and engineering, dies at 87
Mentor to many worked to develop natural medicinal and industrial products.
Mentor to many worked to develop natural medicinal and industrial products.
A voracious learner, he fulfilled his dream of attending MIT like his hero, Tony Stark.
Worked to consistently maintain immaculate, state-of-the-art animal facilities, and provided guidance and support to DCM’s 90 animal care technicians and many active researchers.
Longtime MIT professor who laid the foundations for the development of index theory was a recipient of both the National Medal of Science and the Abel Prize.
Shultz, who held four US Cabinet positions and served in three presidential administrations, devoted himself to ideals of bipartisanship and fairness.
Sebring founded the Northeast Radio Observatory Corporation and led Haystack Observatory from 1970 to 1980.
Former Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering head and AGU president revolutionized thinking about the global water cycle, raising it to a place of prominence in the geosciences, and inspiring generations of students.
Longtime MIT professor and expert in aeroelasticity, structural dynamics, and composite materials remembered for his kindness and dedication to mentorship.
Theberge served as an administrative assistant for the mechanical engineering undergraduate program since 2012.
Wide-ranging contributions over a span of seven decades advanced nuclear waste disposal and fuel cycle development.
Longtime MIT moral philosopher was a transformational figure and “the atomic ice-breaker for women in philosophy.”
One of few female students in the 1940s, Wagley was also the Alumni Association’s first female president.
Professor emeritus of architecture trained generations of urban planners, designers, and policymakers at MIT.
Professor and mentor for more than 20 years at MIT redefined scientists’ understanding of the biology of cell division and proliferation.
The atmospheric chemist shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery that chemicals known as CFCs deplete the ozone layer.