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Awards, honors and fellowships
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Sorority leaders recognized for creating leadership, support, service, and scholarship opportunities
MIT’s Panhellenic Association wins three awards, Delta Phi Epsilon receives honorable mention at the Northeast Greek Leadership Association Conference.
March 19, 2019 -
Gulf Stream series wins Knight Science Journalism Program’s Inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award
Award honoring local and regional science journalism will go to a reporting team from the <i>Charleston Post and Courier.</i>
March 18, 2019 -
Tim Berners-Lee named FT “Boldness in Business” Person of the Year
CSAIL researcher and web inventor recognized for his startup inrupt, which aims to give users more control over their data.
March 18, 2019 -
Meenakshi Chakraborty named 2019 Churchill Scholar
Senior majoring in computer science and molecular biology will pursue an MPhil at Cambridge University.
March 15, 2019 -
Computing the future
Fireside chat brings together six Turing Award winners to reflect on their field and the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.
March 5, 2019 -
2019 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Angrist, Demaine, Jones, and Taylor receive MIT's highest honor in undergraduate teaching.
March 4, 2019 -
MIT students take 2nd place in annual Putnam Mathematical Competition
Student competitors earn two Putnam Fellowships, an Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize, and 11 of 15 top spots.
March 4, 2019 -
Yazmin Guzman named 2019 Gates Cambridge Scholar
DUSP student will pursue an advanced degree in educational policy at Cambridge University.
February 28, 2019 -
Mathematics Professor Bonnie Berger honored with ISCB Senior Scientist Award
The International Society for Computational Biology Senior Scientist Award recognizes highly significant, long-term career achievement.
February 26, 2019 -
Undark magazine wins George Polk Award for environmental reporting
Coveted prize, considered among the most prestigious in journalism, was awarded for a global series on air pollution.
February 25, 2019 -
Four from MIT named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows
Nikhil Agarwal, Daniel Harlow, Andrew Lawrie, and Yufei Zhao receive early-career fellowships.
February 21, 2019 -
Leventhal City Prize seeks to spark transformative urban design and planning approaches
New prize honors legendary developer and philanthropist Norman B. Leventhal.
February 20, 2019 -
Hiroshi Ishii wins Association for Computing Machinery SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award
Media arts and sciences professor is recognized for a career of contributions to human-computer interaction.
February 20, 2019 -
Thirty-six MIT students selected as 2019 Burchard Scholars
In a dinner-seminar program of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, students expand intellectual horizons and leadership skills.
February 13, 2019 -
Six MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2019
Members have made advances in molecular processes, rheology, computer networking, nanocrystalline metals, affective computing, and semiconductor tech.
February 11, 2019 -
Bose grants for 2018 fund research at the frontier of discovery
The prestigious awards are supporting five innovative projects that challenge established norms and have the potential to be world-changing.
February 11, 2019 -
Three graduate students named 2019 Aviation Week “20 Twenties”
Casey Evans, Stewart Isaacs, and Jessica Zhu are honored for outstanding academic performance, civic contributions, and research.
February 8, 2019 -
New parameters in graduate mentoring
Professors Cullen Buie, Hadley Sikes, and Justin Steil are honored with the Committed to Caring Award.
February 4, 2019 -
Tsai earns Hans Wigzell's Prize in Medicine
Award recognizes Alzheimer's disease discoveries.
January 25, 2019 -
Sallie “Penny” Chisholm awarded the 2019 Crafoord Prize
Institute Professor honored for discovering <i>Prochlorococcus,</i> the most abundant photosynthesizing organism on Earth.
January 22, 2019