Known for his Pultizer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and various short stories that chronicle the immigrant experience, Junot Díaz M.F.A. ’95 added another accolade to his already storied career when he was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship this month.

Prof. Michal Lipson, electrical and computer engineering, is a leading researcher in the field of nanophotonics — the study of understanding and utilizing light on the nanometer scale.