Hal Abelson

Hal Abelson

Class of 1922 Professor , [CS and AI+D]

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September 19, 2022

“Kids are people too!” Throughout his career, Professor Hal Abelson has worked to make information technology more accessible to people of all ages.

Professor Hal Abelson has dedicated his career to making information technology more accessible to all and empowering people — kids, in particular — through computer science. But his...

November 29, 2021

2021-22 EECS Faculty Award Roundup

This ongoing listing of awards and recognitions won by our faculty is added to all year, beginning in September.

June 23, 2021

Developing drones to address pandemic-related challenges in Scandinavia

Lars Erik Matsson Fagernæs, Bernhard Paus Græsdal, and Herman Øie Kolden (l-r) met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during orientation for an MIT Professional Education program in 2019. In 2020,...

December 9, 2020

Two MIT seniors named 2021 Marshall Scholars

Katie Collins (left) and Marla Odell. Image: Collins photo by Ian MacLellan, Odell photo by Michelle Moore Katherine “Katie” Collins and Marla Evelyn Odell have been awarded Marshall Scholarships...

August 31, 2020

Roundup: EECS faculty & lecturers awards and honors, 2019-2020

Muriel Médard, Cecil H. Green Professor, received an honorary doctorate from the Technological University of Munich in January 2020.