Fellowships

IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin Wins IEEE Daniel E. Noble Award

harminka — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:45:19 -0500

At the IEEE International Magnetics Conference today in Madrid, IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin received the Daniel E. Noble Award for his fundamental contributions to the development of magneto-resistive devices for non-volatile, high density, random access memory. Dr. Parkin's innovations in memory technologies led to the revolution of the hard disk drive industry and are found in nearly every disk drive on the market today.

$30M Jacobs gift to support graduate fellowships

harminka — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:58:58 -0500

MIT announced Oct. 19 a $30 million gift from Joan and Irwin Jacobs (S.M. 1957, Ph.D. 1959) to support graduate fellowships for students in the School of Engineering. Irwin Jacobs, founder and chairman of San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc., a worldwide leader in digital wireless communication, received his master's and doctoral degrees from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science.

IBM Creates Ph.D. Fellowship Award in Honor of Fran Allen

harminka — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:10:19 -0500

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has created a new Ph.D. Fellowship Award to honor Fran Allen, a pioneer in computer science.

New center to support aspiring entrepreneurs

harminka — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:40:35 -0500

New center to provide fellowships for aspiring entrepreneurs from the developing world

MIT grad student tracks 'jihad effect'

harminka — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:32:01 -0500

An MIT graduate student has received a fellowship from a U.S. Department of Homeland Security-funded research center to study the "jihad effect" - that is, how wars impact the trajectory of terrorist movements.

Texas Instruments Foundation Inducts Ten Teachers into STEM Academy

harminka — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:36:43 -0500

Emphasizing its commitment to building tomorrow’s workforce through education, the Texas Instruments (TI) Foundation announced the first ten teachers who will be inducted into its new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academy as fellows.

Microsoft Research India Announces Ph.D. Fellowship Awards for 2007

Anastvatz — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:28:12 -0500

Ph.D. Fellowship Program offers funding, travel grant and internship at Microsoft Research India; aims to encourage students to pursue careers in research.

BHCC Professor Andres Reyes Wins U.S. Institute of Peace Fellowship

Anastvatz — Tue, 29 May 2007 09:20:53 -0500

Bunker Hill Community College professor Andres Reyes has won a prestigious 2007 Fellowship at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. Reyes, who teaches English as a Second Language at BHCC, will travel this month to Washington to begin a seminar with 17 other Fellows selected through a national competition.

Sydney attracts the brightest and best

Anastvatz — Tue, 22 May 2007 06:38:35 -0500

The University of Sydney has been successful in securing five prestigious Federation Fellowships, more than any other Australian university.