J-WAFS awards $1.3 million in second round of seed grant funding
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $100,000 per year for up to two years for innovative research on food and water challenges.
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Center for Environmental Health Sciences selects 2016 poster winners
Annual poster session showcases recent work on biological effects of exposure to environmental agents.
Lung cancer “breathalyzer” wins $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
Team’s smartphone-connected device can detect lung cancer early from a single breath.
Five from MIT win 2016 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Awards fund graduate studies for immigrants and children of immigrants.
MIT Energy Initiative awards nine seed fund grants for early-stage energy research
Winning teams will use grants to advance research in areas including fuel cells, solar-powered desalination, and impacts of electric vehicle charging on the power grid.
Mircea Dincă wins National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award
Chemistry professor receives the NSF's highest honor for an outstanding researcher under the age of 35.
QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 12 subjects for 2016
MIT ranked within the top 5 globally for 19 of 42 subject areas.
April 12 symposium: Take an immersive, intellectual journey across campus
Beyond 2016: MIT’s Frontiers of the Future event offers a playful introduction to research at MIT.
Evidence-based teaching is alive and well at MIT
MacVicar Day symposium features a sampling of innovative pedagogical practices and lessons learned.
Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
Robert Griffin receives the ACS E. Bright Wilson Award
Professor of chemistry and head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Reuben Saunders named 2016-2017 Churchill Scholar
MIT senior and chemistry major will pursue graduate studies in the U.K.