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Chemistry Alum Vyshnavi Vennelakanti Selected as 2025 CAS Future Leader

The CAS Future Leaders program recognizes the most promising early-career scientists and equips them with leadership training and networking opportunities.

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Chemistry Department Co-Hosts 2025 NOBCChE Collaborative

With the vision of Rising Together: Amplifying our Ecosystem of STEM Excellence, the NOBCChE Collaborative gathered in June on MIT and Northeastern campuses.

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Deborah Pan Dorner smiles in front of a window.

Startup Founder Helps Scientists Communicate

Chemistry alum Deborah Pan Dorner ’03 reflects on her career in this feature from the MIT Alumni Association's Slice of MIT.

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Chemistry Alum Reuben Saunders Wins Hertz Thesis Prize for Mapping Gene Function in Living Tissues

The Hertz Thesis Prize recognizes fellows who publish exemplary doctoral theses with applications to real-world problems.

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Eight with MIT ties win 2025 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

The fellowships recognize doctoral students who have “the extraordinary creativity and principled leadership necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.”

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Four from MIT awarded 2025 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Fellowship honors contributions of immigrants to American society by awarding $90,000 in funding for graduate studies.

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Frederick D. Greene, professor emeritus of Chemistry, dies at 97

Physical organic chemist and MIT professor for over 40 years celebrated for his lasting impact on generations of chemists.

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Kelvin Frazier sings into a microphone in a recording studio.

Chemist Gets Great Reaction as R&B Artist

From the chemistry lab, to the classroom and the Billboard Top Charts, Kelvin Frazier PhD ’15 is making an impact with hard work and dedication.

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Joshua Baraban smiles in an outdoor setting.

Joshua Baraban (PhD ’13) awarded the Israel Chemical Society’s Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist Award

Baraban, an alumnus of Professor Robert W. Field's research group, is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

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Chemistry Alumnus Guadalupe Hayes-Mota Appointed to NIH Review Board

Hayes-Mota (SB '08) is the CEO of Healr Solutions, an MIT Senior Lecturer, and a Massachusetts Rare Disease Advisory Council Member.

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John Brauman wears a National Medal of Science around his neck as he shakes the hand of President George W. Bush.

John I. Brauman (1937–2024)

Dr. John I. Brauman (SB '59), a National Medal of Science winner, passed away on August 23, 2024.

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Bob Atkins smiles at a banquet table.

Robert Charles Atkins (1944-2024)

Dr. Robert "Bob" Charles Atkins (SB '66) passed away on August 20, 2024.

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Omar Abudayyeh ’12 stands beside a white BMW whose license plate reads CRISPR.

License plates of MIT

Custom plates display expressions of scholarship, creativity, and MIT pride among Institute affiliates.

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