Physicist wins Packard Fellowship
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero will use the unrestricted funding to study materials that follow unusual rules of physics.
MIT Cycling Team wins Division II Omnium at 2009 USA Cycling Collegiate Track National Championships
In only their third showing at the competition, The MIT Cycling Team wins the Collegiate Track National Championships for the second year in a row.
MIT’s Community Development and Substance Abuse Center one of three colleges to win national award
MIT program recognized as a national model for higher education
Two from MIT elected to the Institute of Medicine
Professor of Economics Amy Finkelstein and Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute, join arm of the National Academies of Science.
MIT alum garners economics nobel
Oliver Williamson '55 a co-winner, for work on the theory of the firm
A capital achievement
In White House ceremony, President Barack Obama presents JoAnne Stubbe with the National Medal of Science in recognition of enzyme research that led to cancer drug.
Asteroids honor and motivate young scientists
Since 2001, MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Ceres Connection program, in conjunction with the International Astronomical Union, has celebrated more than 1,500 science fair winners by naming minor planets in their honor.
Widnall receives NAE Bueche Award
The National Academy of Engineering presents MIT Institute Professor and Professor of Aeronautics Sheila E. Windall (‘60, MS ’61, PhD ’64) its Arthur M. Bueche Award for expanding engineering opportunities for women and minorities.
AeroAstro's Castonia named USAF Cadet of the Year
AeroAstro student Cadet Col. Ryan W. Castonia has been named U.S. Air Force Cadet of the Year by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz.
NIH picks Samson, Griffith and Bhatia for innovation grants
Pioneer, T-R01 awards aimed to spur 'out of the box' research
Student team of architects wins multiple awards
A floating gallery, a morphing sculpture and a weather-responsive installation are among their winning projects