The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announced that it has awarded seven of its 16 graduate fellowships to MIT students this year — six recent graduates and one graduate student. These prestigious awards provide each student with five years of doctoral-level research funding with “the freedom to pursue innovative ideas, wherever they may lead,” as well as lifelong professional support from previous Hertz Fellows recipients. This year’s winners are Alexander Alabugin ’20, Alyssa Dayan ’18, Marisa Gaetz ’20, Isaac Metcalf ’20, Nolan Peard ’20, Maya Sankar ’20, and Constantine Tzouanas….
