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Professor Emeritus Ernest Cravalho, 1939-2021

Professor Emeritus Ernest Cravalho, an expert in thermodynamics and pioneer in thermal fluids education, dies at 82

A leader in thermodynamics, heat transfer, cryopreservation of biomaterials, and energy conversion, Cravalho shaped thermodynamic and biomedical education at MIT, and was a past associate director of HST.

Top row (l-r): James Diao, Fiona Chen, Enrique Toloza; Middle row (l-r): Charlie Changwon Lee, Brian Chang, Aziza Almanakly; Bottom row (l-r): Ashwin Sah, Archana Podury, Alaleh Azhir.

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Images courtesy of The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships.

Nine MIT students awarded 2021 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Fellowship recipients include 6 from HST—the awards fund graduate studies for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants.

Constance Wu. Image: Courtesy C. Wu

Pandemic project

HST MD student Constance Wu on what inspired a COVID-19 children’s book

First row, left to right: Navid Azizan, Rodrigo Freitas, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, Jack Hare. Second row, left to right: Samuel Hopkins, Michael Howland, Yoon Kim, Adrian Lozano-Duran, Kelly Metcalf Pate. Third row, left to right: Anand Natarajan, Jelena Notaros, Carlos Portela, Ashia Wilson, Sixian You.

School of Engineering welcomes new faculty

Fifteen new professors, including a new HST faculty member, join the MIT community.

At a virtual event, graduate students gathered together to write letters or notes to loved ones distanced by the pandemic.

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Image courtesy of the Sidney Pacific Graduate Community.

Reinventing the graduate student community during a pandemic

Sidney Pacific residents, including HST students, empower each other to sustain community togetherness.