Human cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes that form a loosely organized cluster in the cell nucleus. When cells divide, they must first condense these chromosomes — each of which when fully extended is a thousand times longer than the cell’s nucleus and physically indistinguishable from the others — into…

The MIT School of Engineering hosted its 16th annual Infinite Mile Awards ceremony on May 25 to recognize and reward members of the school’s administrative, support, service, and sponsored research staff. The awards support the Institute’s and the school’s objectives for excellence. Since their inception in 2001, the School of…

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced the 2016 recipients of its National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. Thirteen MIT doctoral students were among those recognized. The highly competitive fellowships, awarded to U.S. citizens and nationals who intend to pursue a doctoral degree in one of 15 supported disciplines,…

At this year’s edition of MIT’s Hacking Medicine “Grand Hack,” a team of researchers led by Emily Lindemer, a 3rd year PhD candidate in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, was awarded the “Best Mental Health Hack” for their Hey, Charlie mobile app for opiate addicts who are in recovery or are…

Thomas Heldt has been named the W. M. Keck Career Development Professor in Biomedical Engineering at MIT. Thomas is currently the Hermann L. F. von Helmholtz Career Development Professor and will assume the new chair effective July 1, 2016. Thomas’s research interests focus on signal processing, mathematical modeling, and model…