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MIT's Department of Energy 2020 Early Career Research Program winners: (left to right) Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz, Karthish Manthiram, Phiala Shanahan, and Wim van Rees.

Four MIT faculty members receive U.S. Department of Energy early career awards

Faculty from the departments of physics, chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering were selected for the 2020 Early Career Research Program.

July 15, 2020

"Peter Diamond is one of my intellectual heroes," says Stephen Morris. "His research laid the foundations of an MIT tradition of studying economic theory with tight connections to applied fields. I have always admired this tradition, and since my move to MIT, I have had the pleasure of confirming that it is alive and thriving."

Stephen Morris named inaugural Peter A. Diamond Professor of Economics

MIT Department of Economics establishes new professorship honoring Institute professor and Nobel laureate.

July 14, 2020

Research by John Lienhard and Kishor Nayar to understand how the surface tension of seawater changes with temperature and salinity has now become an international standard.

MIT research on seawater surface tension becomes international guideline

Work by Professor John Lienhard and Kishor Nayar SM ’14, PhD ’19 was recently recognized by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam.

July 9, 2020

MIT Libraries staff honored with 2020 Infinite Mile Awards

Staff members recognized for creating community, upholding values, and responding heroically to the Covid-19 pandemic.

July 8, 2020

Newly tenured MIT science professors include: (top row, l-r) Ibrahim Cissé, Mehrdad Jazayeri, Lindley Winslow; (middle row, l-r) Adam Willard, Yogesh Surendranath, Mark Vogelsberger; (bottom row, l-r) Joshua McDermott, Jörn Dunkel, Yen-Jie Lee.

Nine MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2020

Professors earn tenure in the departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics.

July 7, 2020

Students shake hands during the MIT Prison Education Program. A documentary film about the program has won a New England Emmy Award.

MIT prison education program documentary wins New England Emmy Award

Film portrays groundbreaking initiative’s impact on MIT undergraduates and incarcerated students.

June 30, 2020

Top row (l-r): Daron Acemoglu, Kristin Bergmann, Gigliola Staffilani, Catherine Drennan. Middle row (l-r): Anna Mikusheva, Kerri Cahoy, Larry Susskind, Gene-wei Li. Bottom row (l-r): Jesse Kroll, Caroline Jones, Alfredo Alexander-Katz, Colette Heald.

Twelve MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2020-2021

Honor recognizes faculty mentors who devote true attention to students’ well-being.

June 30, 2020

More than 80 awardees were recognized for accomplishments in leadership, academics and teaching, public service, community building, diversity and inclusion, athletics, the arts, and service to MIT.

2020 Awards Convocation recognizes and honors MIT community members

Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are recognized for their outstanding contributions to MIT.

June 19, 2020

MIT’s 2020 Hertz Fellows are (clockwise from top left): Alexander Alabugin, Alyssa Dayan, Marisa Gaetz, Isaac Metcalf, Nolan Peard, Maya Sankar, and Constantine Tzouanas.

Seven from MIT win 2020 Hertz Fellowships

Award recognizes scholars who pursue graduate studies focusing on “bold, risk-taking research.”

June 11, 2020

“Learning is not just about having a professor transfer knowledge but also about the life-long lessons that you pick up from teachers in the process," one nominator wrote in support of Amah Edoh's receipt of the Everett Moore Baker Award.

Assistant Professor Amah Edoh receives Baker Award for undergraduate teaching

Anthropologist honored by MIT students as "a mentor, a role model, and someone who is truly making a difference."

June 3, 2020

The Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering and Science (PRIMES) pairs high school students with MIT graduate students and postdocs to investigate unsolved problems in mathematics, computer science, and computational biology.

Mathematics department recognized for STEM student enrichment program

Popular diversity and enrichment outreach program marks 10th anniversary with award as it adapts to Covid-19.

May 29, 2020

2020 MIT Fulbright scholars include Sandra Walter, Srimayi Tenali, William Pinney, Talia Khan, Anshula Gandhi, Booker Schelhaas, Christien Williams, Ivy Li, Kedi Hu, and Max Kessler.

Eleven from MIT awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowships

Graduating seniors and recent alumni will spend upcoming year abroad on Fulbright grants.

May 22, 2020

Sara Plana is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science. She is a student at the Security Studies Program (SSP), where her dissertation research focuses on proxy warfare.

Sara Plana receives inaugural Jeanne Guillemin Prize

The prize, which provides financial support to women working toward a PhD in international affairs, will be applied toward her research into proxy warfare.

May 21, 2020

Clockwise from upper left: Angela Belcher, Bruce Walker, Jianzhu Chen, Feng Zhang, Siqi Zheng, and Lee Gehrke

Six from MIT awarded research funding to address Covid-19

Multi-institutional MassCPR initiative announces more than $16.5 million to support 62 Boston-area projects.

May 19, 2020

Francesca O’Hanlon of Blue Tap delivered a pitch at the Water Innovation Prize on April 22. Her team won first place with a novel water chlorinating system that makes clean water affordable and accessible for users without existing access to healthy water supplies.

MIT student leaders go virtual with global startup competitions

In the face of Covid-19, the MIT Water Club and the MIT Food and Agriculture Club take their signature innovation prizes online.

May 15, 2020

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