Joy Buolamwini wins national contest for her work fighting bias in machine learning
Media Lab graduate student selected from over 7,300 entrants, awarded $50,000 scholarship in contest inspired by the film "Hidden Figures."
Feng Zhang named James and Patricia Poitras Professor in Neuroscience
CRISPR pioneer named to inaugural chair created by Patricia and James Poitras '63, founders of MIT’s Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research.
Two from MIT share National Academy of Engineering Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize
Professor James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson SM '84, and collaborators lauded for optical coherence tomography.
At least 30 from MIT named to 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni honored in "the most definitive gathering of today’s leading young change-makers and innovators."
Seven from MIT are named 2017 IEEE Fellows
Five Lincoln Laboratory staff members and two others from MIT honored for the advancement of engineering, science, and technology.
Martin York named U.S. Air Force Cadet of the Year
Graduate student in AeroAstro recognized for exemplary military performance, academics, and physical fitness.
35 exceptional MIT students are named Burchard Scholars for 2017
Sophomores and juniors who excel in the HASS and STEM fields are honored.
Edward Schiappa receives the Charles H. Woolbert Research Award
Test-of-time award recognizes work that has stimulated new conceptualizations of communication phenomena.
Carl Schoellhammer wins gold medal at 2016 National Collegiate Inventors Competition
MIT postdoc honored for his work developing a technique to quickly deliver medicine to the gastrointestinal tract.
Terrascope Radio documentary wins national award
MIT students’ personal account of desert farming in New Mexico earns top honors from college broadcasting association.
Two MIT faculty named 2016 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Cima and Merrill recognized for contributions resulting in a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
Professors Ghoniem and Kellogg honored as Committed to Caring
These generous professors put students first, support in both large and small ways.
Thorsten Trimpop wins Golden Dove grand prize at Leipzig Festival
CMS/W lecturer and Open Doc Lab fellow wins prestigious documentary filmmaking prize for "Furusato," chronicling effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Urban planning research papers receive Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning honors
Awards recognize exemplary student research and writing by master's degree candidates.
Four CSAIL researchers named ACM fellows
Association for Computer Machinery cites Erik Demaine, Fredo Durand, William Freeman, and Daniel Jackson for having "provided key knowledge" to computing.