The Brush Family Professor of Chemistry on being raised in a bilingual home, his journey from Venezuela to Michigan to MIT, and the importance of mentors.
Discover the story behind several of the Hirschmann-Makineni Professor of Chemistry’s favorite office items.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Photography by Brooke Sietinsons
Corine Labridy, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, writes and teaches about laughter, as well as its role in building identity and making sense of tough times.
Friday, November 3, 2023
By Lauren Rebecca Thacker
Suggestions for your summer reading list from the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science.
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
By Susan Ahlborn
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Discover the story behind several of the Hirschmann-Makineni Professor of Chemistry’s favorite office items.
Friday, February 3, 2023
Discover the stories behind the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Religious Studies’ office items—in his own words.
Friday, November 3, 2023
Corine Labridy, Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies, writes and teaches about laughter, as well as its role in building identity and making sense of tough times.
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shivani Nellore, C’23, W’23, took a job as a pharmacy tech, learning a great deal about medications and humans in the process.
Friday, November 18, 2022
Elly R. Truitt, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science, discusses the history of robots and automata in medieval Latin culture, the impulses that drove their creation, and shared characteristics with modern-day robots.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
The Professor of English on school as a stable place during a mobile childhood, her journey to academia via a furniture store, and her joy in discovering the many ways to study literature and work for justice.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
The Robert S. Blank Presidential Associate Professor of Philosophy on his early love of biology, his turn into the philosophy of science, and his educational journey from Nashville to Cornell to Stanford.