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Awards and honors: Sept. 24, 2008

Marine Technology Society honors MIT student work

The Marine Technology Society's Student Section at MIT (13Seas) was honored with the Outstanding Student Section Award at the MTS's annual Awards Luncheon on Sept. 16. This is the third year in a row the MIT section has won the award.

DeRon Brown wins Boston Globe football award

MIT junior DeRon Brown earned the New England region's top weekly honor in football last week after being selected as the Boston Globe Gold Helmet award winner following the Engineers' impressive victory against Mass. Maritime. Brown delivered the second-highest single-game rushing total in school history while MIT opened the fall slate with two straight wins for the first time since 2004.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on September 24, 2008 (download PDF).

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