Julia Heyman wins 2017 Carroll L. Wilson Award
Award will fund a 12-month project to study the implementation of wheelchair sensors in Indonesia.
From football to physics
Zachary Hulcher, Marshall Scholar and offensive lineman, will study high-energy physics in the U.K.
Center for Environmental Health Sciences selects 2017 poster winners
Annual poster session showcases recent work on biological effects of exposure to environmental agents.
Seven MIT researchers win 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from four MIT departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
Daron Acemoglu wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Prolific MIT economist honored for path-breaking work.
Chronicling the rapid pace of genomics
Professor Eric Lander, pioneer of human genomics, delivers annual Killian Lecture.
MIT linQ names first IDEA^2 Global awardees
Twelve finalist teams pitched diverse new health care technologies at MIT.
American Academy in Rome appoints John Ochsendorf as 23rd director
MIT professor in architecture and engineering will serve three-year term.
McGovern Institute awards 2017 Scolnick Prize to Catherine Dulac
Neurobiologist honored for her work on how pheromones control brain function and behavior.
Eight MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Engineering
New members have made advances in artificial skin, wireless communications, nanotechnology, hydrology, and cancer treatment.
Professor Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin SM ’98 named to National Inventors Hall of Fame
Akamai founders honored for applying algorithms to solve web congestion.
LEGO Foundation endows Media Lab fellowships in honor of Seymour Papert
New graduate student fellowship program announced at Media Lab event celebrating the life and work of Seymour Papert.
Jason Dittmann named an inaugural Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow
Fellowship to provide scientists the opportunity to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy.
Academic All-Americans
MIT is second in the nation in Academic All-American accolades, which recognize scholarship and athletic excellence.