awards

Three at MIT named 2018 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

MIT president and two engineering faculty recognized for contributions with tangible impacts on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.

December 21, 2018

Five MIT students named 2019 Marshall Scholars

Radha Mastandrea, Katie O’Nell, Anna Sappington, Kyle Swanson, and Crystal Winston will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.

December 2, 2018

Three MIT faculty elected 2018 AAAS Fellows

Jacqueline Hewitt, Kristala Prather, and John Lienhard are among those recognized for their efforts to advance science.

November 27, 2018

Anant Agarwal, MIT professor and edX CEO, wins Yidan Prize

Agarwal is recognized for making education more accessible to people around the world, via edX open-source online platform.

September 18, 2018

Gerald Fink wins faculty’s Killian Award

Biologist honored for his work developing yeast as a model organism for genetic studies.

May 16, 2018

Recipients of the 2018 MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal announced

March 6, 2018

Eight MIT researchers win 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships

Faculty from six MIT departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.

February 15, 2018

After receiving Killian Award, Richard Schrock reflects on a life in chemistry

The award, he says, is an honor equal to his Nobel Prize, which he received in 2005.

February 6, 2018

MIT physicist Rainer Weiss shares Nobel Prize in physics

LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”

October 3, 2017

Feng Zhang to share Albany Medical Prize

Five recipients honored for their fundamental and complementary accomplishments related to CRISPR-Cas9.

August 15, 2017

Richard Schrock wins faculty’s Killian Award

Chemist honored for his pioneering research in inorganic and organometallic chemistry.

May 17, 2017

Ash Carter to serve as MIT visiting innovation fellow

Former Secretary of Defense will work with students and researchers from School of Engineering and Sloan School of Management.

March 29, 2017

2017 recipients of MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal announced

March 9, 2017

Seven MIT researchers win 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships

Faculty from four MIT departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.

February 21, 2017

American Academy in Rome appoints John Ochsendorf as 23rd director

MIT professor in architecture and engineering will serve three-year term.

February 14, 2017

Martin Schmidt named Ray and Maria Stata Professor

MIT provost and leader in microscale and nanoscale fabrication appointed to the Ray and Maria Stata Professorship in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

August 3, 2016