Awards, honors and fellowships

CincyStitch team members (l-r) Matthew Macchietto of Harvard and Zhicheng Xu, Shiqi Peng, Alan Sage, and Joshua Brooks of MIT share a moment with Alex Rose, the Hines Student Competition jury chair and senior vice president of Continental Development Corporation, at the competition finals in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Grad students win Urban Land Institute challenge

Their winning 2019 Hines Student Competition entry readies an urban space for the future while preserving the past.

April 19, 2019

Dylan Cable prepares the Adaptive Upright Microscope, which will ultimately enable deeper imaging of animal brains.

Dylan Cable wins 2019 Hertz Fellowship

Award funds graduate studies to advance groundbreaking applied science.

April 19, 2019

Vivienne Sze is an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science and a principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics.

Vivienne Sze wins Edgerton Faculty Award

EECS faculty member is recognized for technical innovation, educational excellence, and efforts to advance women and underrepresented minorities in her field.

April 17, 2019

Four from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2019

Prestigious honor society announces more than 200 new members.

April 17, 2019

Winnie Gitau, a 2019 D-Lab Scale-Ups Fellow, is the founder of Kwangu Kwako, which provides safer, healthier, and more secure housing alternatives to the traditional informal settlement structures in Kenya.

MIT D-Lab awards fellowships to six East African social entrepreneurs

The one-year Scale-Ups Fellowships program provides each fellow with a $20,000 grant and support tailored to address their specific needs.

April 16, 2019

Clockwise from top left: Jonathan Zong, Indira Puri, Grace Zhang, Helen Zhou and Joseph Maalouf

Five from MIT win 2019 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Award funds graduate studies for talented immigrants and children of immigrants.

April 11, 2019

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics graduate student Eric Hinterman (left) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate student Eswar Anandapadmanaban are members of the MIT team that took first prize in the U.S. Air Force’s Visionary Q-Prize Competition.

MIT team places first in U.S. Air Force virtual reality competition

Satellite operator's visualization tool could help prevent space collisions.

April 9, 2019

MIT Professor Gerald Fink delivers the 2018-2019 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture, titled, “What is a Gene?”

The evolving definition of a gene

Professor Gerald Fink, a pioneer in the field of genetics, delivers the annual Killian Lecture.

April 5, 2019

School of Science announces 2019 Infinite Mile Awards

Ten staff members in the School of Science are recognized for going above and beyond their job descriptions to support a better Institute.

April 2, 2019

Professor Susan Silbey provided a rousing defense of the humanities during her lightning talk at the 2019 MacVicar Day symposium.

Celebrating passionate teachers and enthusiastic learners

At this year's MacVicar Day symposium, faculty and students reflect on the challenges and joys of education in the 21st century.

March 29, 2019

Clara Sousa-Silva and Benjamin Rackham will be 51 Pegasi b Fellows at MIT within the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.

Lighting up exoplanets

The Heising-Simons Foundation selects Clara Sousa-Silva and Benjamin Rackham for 51 Pegasi b Fellowships at MIT.

March 27, 2019

2019 Collier Medal recipient Arman Rezaee (second from right), MIT PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, receives his award from Captain Craig Martin (left), MIT Police Chief John DiFava (second from left), and President L. Rafael Reif.

Exceptional individuals receive 2019 MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal

Honors recognize extraordinary dedication to MIT’s goals, values, mission, and community.

March 25, 2019

MIT's Panhellenic Association accepts their awards at the 2019 Northeast Greek Leadership Association Conference in Hartford, Connecticut.

Sorority leaders recognized for creating leadership, support, service, and scholarship opportunities

MIT’s Panhellenic Association wins three awards, Delta Phi Epsilon receives honorable mention at the Northeast Greek Leadership Association Conference.

March 19, 2019

Tony Bartelme and his colleagues at the <i>Charleston Post and Courier</i> will receive the 2019 Victor K. McElheny Award for their reporting on the Gulf Stream.

Gulf Stream series wins Knight Science Journalism Program’s Inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award

Award honoring local and regional science journalism will go to a reporting team from the Charleston Post and Courier.

March 18, 2019

MIT Professor Tim Berners-Lee is being honored for work on a new startup, inrupt, aimed at "re-decentralizing the web."

Tim Berners-Lee named FT “Boldness in Business” Person of the Year

CSAIL researcher and web inventor recognized for his startup inrupt, which aims to give users more control over their data.