Waste-conversion startup Sanergy bowls over competition
Wild-card entry takes top prize in $100K Business Plan Competition
MIT sophomore to compete at World Junior Weightlifting Championships
Nackoul takes bronze at collegiate competition
Institute teams dominate Clean Energy Prize
Institute ideas win $200K top prize and all five finalist prizes, with variety of energy solutions.
2011–12 Knight Science Journalism Fellows named
12 journalists from 8 countries to study science, environment, technology and more.
Social entrepreneur and Build Change founder honored for earthquake-resistant housing innovation
$100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability Awarded to Dr. Elizabeth Hausler for Culturally Accepted, Sustainable Reconstruction in Developing Countries
MIT biologist David Bartel elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Ten MIT alumni also among this year’s new members
International biomedical imaging consortium convenes fellowship finalists
24 vying for inaugural Madrid–MIT M+Visión Consortium Fellowship in Biomedical Imaging.
MechE’s Hosoi wins 2010 Bose Award
Annual award honors excellence in teaching from the School of Engineering.
MIT senior wins prestigious Marshall Scholarship
Nathaniel Thomas is Britain-bound on a two-year graduate scholarship.
Spotlight on service
IDEAS and Global Challenge competitions award nearly $150,000 to teams of public service innovators working around the world.
MIT team wins Berkeley-Stanford Green Entrepreneurship Competition
Two MIT Leaders for Global Operations students and their MIT colleagues take home prize after pitching U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
MIT team wins OnStar app contest
Four students take home the grand prize in the Student Developer Challenge for their restaurant-locating app.