Gitanjali Rao, a rising junior at MIT majoring in biological engineering, has been named the first-ever recipient of the Stephen Hawking Junior Medal for Science Communication. This award, presented by the Starmus Festival, is a new category of the already prestigious award created by the late theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking and the Starmus Festival.“I spend a lot of time in labs,” says Rao, highlighting her Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program project in the Langer Lab. Along with her curiosity to explore, she also has a passion for helping…
