Boston, Jan. 15, 2021, — FBI agents Prof. Gang Chen of MIT on Jan. 14, 2021, and charged that Prof Chen committed wire fraud, failed to file a foreign bank account report and made a false statement in a tax return. The letter titled “MIT and racism Re: A slippery road” below was written by […]
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Yuan Cao of MIT Named as One of Nature’s 10
Boston, Dec. 26, 2018, — Yuan Cao, a 22-year-old PhD student at MIT, has been recognized by Nature for his two papers published this year on strange behavior in atom-thick layers of carbon. Nature said his findings “have spurred a new field of physics” in report “Nature’s 10: Ten people who mattered this year” published […]
Four MIT Students Named Schwarzman Scholars, Will Study at Tsinghua University
Kimberly Benard | Office of Distinguished Fellowships, MIT December 2, 2016 From MIT News Three undergraduate and one graduate student from MIT have been selected as Schwarzman Scholars. They are among the 129 members of the program’s class of 2018, who will pursue a year of study and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing. […]
MIT Alumni and Entrepreneurs Team up to Guide Young Startups
Innovation@ONE business pitch competition features startups and ideas out of Course 1. Carolyn Schmitt | Civil and Environmental Engineering December 29, 2016 From MIT News The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is at the forefront of identifying problems and finding new solutions for existing industries and infrastructures to make a big impact around […]
Haier Products Assist MIT Professor in Cutting-edge Research
By Season Ji Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 19, 2016, — The Pew Charitable Trust recently named its annual list “37 Scientists Who Could Change the World”, among which there’s a Boston-based scholar, Omer Yilmaz. He is a young associate professor at MIT, focusing on cancer research. Prof. Yilmaz became famous for his latest research that was […]
Video: Duet of Pianist Yidan Guo and Violinist Shaoqing Xu at MIT
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 15, 2016, — Pianist Yidan Guo and Violinist Shaoqing Xu gave a wonderful performance at start of Ms. Guo’s Student Piano Recital on Saturday at MIT. The duet was a classic Chinese piece, and was well received by near 100 in the audience.
President Reif’s Letter to MIT Community
With our eyes on the future Nov. 9, 2016 To the members of the MIT community, Today, we learned that we will have a new administration in Washington that promises a great deal of change. Within the global MIT community – more than 26,000 of us here in Cambridge and at Lincoln Lab, and 134,000 […]
NEACP’s 39th Annual Conference to Be Held on Oct. 29 at MIT
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 24, 2016, — The 39th Annual Conference of New England Association of Chinese Professionals (NEACP) will be held this Saturday, Oct. 29, at MIT. This year’s conference features four distinguished speakers, and has a them of “Technology, Literature, Past and Future. Picture from NEACP’s 35th annual meeting (bostonese.com file photo).
World Tea Organization Holds Lecture at MIT
Cambridge, MA, August 5, 2016, — World Tea Organization (WTeaO) Lecture on Tea, Nanomedicine and human health at MIT was given by: Dr. Qizhen Du (ZAFU Food Science Professor) & Dr. Xingcai Zhang （Tea & Nano-medicine researcher) earlier this week. The lecture covered the History of Tea for Human Health, Chemistry and Health Benefits of […]
Feng Zhang, 34, among Five Faculty Members Granted Tenure at MIT School of Science
(Original title: Five School of Science faculty members granted tenure. From MIT News) Cambridge, Mass., — The School of Science recently announced that five of its faculty members have been granted tenure by MIT. Clockwise from top left: Oliver Jagoutz, Markus Klute, Elizabeth Nolan, Philippe Rigollet, Feng Zhang.