Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

U.S. private university in Cambridge, famous for its scientific and technological training and research. Founded in 1861, MIT has schools of architecture and planning, engineering, humanities and social sciences, management (the Sloan School), and science and a college of health sciences and technology. Though it is best known for its programs in engineering and the physical sciences, other areas such as economics, political science, urban studies, linguistics, and philosophy are also strong. Among its facilities are a nuclear reactor, a computation centre, geophysical and astrophysical observatories, a linear accelerator, a space research centre, supersonic wind tunnels, an artificial-intelligence laboratory, a centre for cognitive science, and an international-studies centre.

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Michajił Karčmit (February 1 1949– May 22 2004, Belarusian: Міхаіл Карчміт, Russian: Михаил Карчмит) was the chairman of the collective agricultural enterprise "Snov" (Агрокомбинат "Снов"), located in the Niaśviž region, Minsk Province. Karčmit was awarded the title of Hero of Belarus in 2001 for "selfless work and valiant efforts in the development of agricultural production.". Karcmit died at the age of 56 due to a heart condition.