Awards, honors and fellowships

Daron Acemoglu named Institute Professor

Versatile economist awarded MIT’s highest faculty honor.

July 10, 2019

Suzanne Berger named inaugural John M. Deutch Institute Professor

Political scientist awarded MIT’s highest faculty honor in new titled position.

July 10, 2019

Gita Manaktala, editorial director of the MIT Press

Gita Manaktala receives 2019 Association of University Presses Constituency Award

MIT Press editorial director recognized for service to the university press community.

July 3, 2019

Dean of Digital Learning Krishna Rajagopal (center) with winners of the MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs, Jessica Sandland (left) and Martin Bazant. Not pictured: Polina Anikeeva, who also received the MITx Prize, and John Belcher, Amy Carleton, Jared Curhan, and Erik Demaine, who received Teaching with Digital Technology Awards.

Seven MIT educators honored for digital learning innovation

Educators recognized for improving classroom instruction and student engagement through innovative uses of digital technology.

July 2, 2019

MIT professors Dina Katabi (left) and Angelika Amon are among the 2019 Carnegie Corporation "Great Immigrants, Great Americans."

Angelika Amon and Dina Katabi named Carnegie Corporation “Great Immigrants”

MIT biologist and electrical engineer are two of 38 naturalized U.S. citizens honored for contributions to American society.

July 2, 2019

The 2019 MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows: (top row, l-r) AiLun Ku, Lehua Kamalu, Elizabeth Pettit, Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner; (middle row, l-r) Kate McCall-Kiley, Ayana Johnson, Jaylen Brown; (bottom row, l-r) Michael Tubbs, Rodney Mullen, Jan Fuller, Nonabah Lane

MIT Media Lab Director's Fellows announced for 2019

NBA star, Polynesian voyager, mayor of Stockton, California, are among the new cohort working to build bridges between MIT and the world.

July 1, 2019

Jay Park (pictured, left) was one of three Boston-area high school students to receive a 2019 OMEGA scholarship, along with Sidonie Brown and Brook Masse. Pictured at right is AARP Massachusetts Director Michael Festa.

High school students receive 2019 MIT AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships for work with elders

Local youth recognized for fostering unity across generations.

June 24, 2019

Speaking at the induction event, Diana Henderson, an MIT professor of literature and the President of Xi of Massachusetts, said: “This year’s inductees have been chosen on the basis of their exceptional academic performance. Their educational choices have included not only technical subjects but also a substantial commitment to the humanities and social and natural sciences — the liberal art...

MIT chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society inducts 76 students from the Class of 2019

The new members of Xi of Massachusetts, the MIT chapter of PBK, combine the best of humanities, natural science, and social science scholarship.

June 20, 2019

This year’s winners. (Top row, left to right:) Cherry Ibrahim, Jeremiah Graves, Chris Bourg, Barbara Williams, Georgiana McReynolds; Kelly Hopkins, Grace Mlady, Bourg, Beverly Turner. (Bottom row, left to right:) Sam Spencer, Bourg, Shannon Hunt; Rhonda Kauffman, Ben Abrahamse, Helen Bailey, Bourg, Jeremy Prevost, Li Cheung

MIT Libraries staff honored with 2019 Infinite Mile Awards

Staffers feted for caring, collaboration, and community.

June 20, 2019

The 2019 Young AFCEA 40 Under 40 award winners from Lincoln Laboratory are (left to right): Anu Myne, Mark Veillette, Meredith Drennan, and Alexander Stolyarov.

Four 2019 40 Under 40 award winners are from Lincoln Laboratory

The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association recognizes innovation and leadership in science and technology.

June 19, 2019

In conjunction with defining design criteria for a novel water filter technology using plant xylem tissue under development by Mechanical Engineering Professor Rohit Karnik, a D-Lab research team investigated user needs and preferences through surveys, interviews, and through water filter prototyping sessions with local women in Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, India.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honors MIT D-Lab with National Design Award

D-Lab noted for its "work to address the daily challenges of poverty through design."

June 18, 2019

PhD candidates Sahil Shah (left) and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, have each received fellowships from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab for 2019-20. Their research explores possible solutions to global and local water supply challenges through new approaches to desalination.

PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions

J-WAFS announces graduate fellowships for Sahil Shah and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

June 17, 2019

Left to right: Priyanka Chaudhuri, Magdalena Rieb, Angelita Mireles, Faika Weche, Anantha Chandrakasan, Reimi Hicks, Sharece Corner, and Eileen Demarkles

Spotlight on engineering staff

The School of Engineering gives its 2019 Infinite Mile Awards for exceptional service and support.

June 12, 2019

First Place 2019 $15K Creative Arts Competition team Teach to Learn, a global music mentorship program, receives their prize from MIT competition organizer Sam Magee (left).

2019 Creative Arts Competition winners combine arts and entrepreneurship

Annual competition encourages art-based entrepreneurship on campus, offering mentorship, support, and cash awards to student teams who present business plans for arts-related initiatives.

June 10, 2019

Dwaipayan Banerjee says he will endeavor to answer the question: What is lost when a handful of U.S.-based corporations seek to determine hierarchies of technology work and control how its social benefits are globally distributed?

Dwaipayan Banerjee receives 2019 Levitan Prize in the Humanities

Award will support research for "A Counter History of Computing in India."