Online program wins engineering education award
More than 1,600 professionals have completed the Architecture and Systems Engineering course series developed by MIT in collaboration with Boeing and edX.
Rainer Weiss wins Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
Prestigious Spanish award shared with Caltech's Kip Thorne and Barry Barish and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for work in detecting gravitational waves.
Kit Cummins awarded the American Chemical Society Pauling Medal
Award presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry in the spirit of, and in honor of, Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling.
Two MIT documentaries win New England Emmy Awards
The Department of Mechanical Engineering's “Water Is Life” and MIT Video Productions' “A Bold Move” take home top honors in separate categories.
MIT space hotel wins NASA graduate design competition
Module would serve as a commercially owned space station, featuring a luxury hotel as the primary anchor tenant and NASA as a temporary co-anchor tenant.
School of Science professors granted tenure
Seven award-winning faculty members represent the departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
MIT Libraries staff honored with 2017 Infinite Mile Awards
Annual celebration of excellence honors employees for exceptional contributions on behalf of library users and colleagues.
DiOnetta Jones Crayton receives inclusive culture and equity award
Award recognizes efforts to “promote positive change to the climate and culture for women in engineering fields.”
School of Engineering awards for 2017
Awards given to outstanding faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students.
Pew recognizes four MIT researchers for innovation in biomedical science
Biophysicist Ibrahim Cissé and cell biologist Gene-Wei Li honored as Pew Scholars; postdocs Ana Fiszbein and María Inda are named Pew Latin American Fellows.
Dean for Undergraduate Education announces 2017 Infinite Mile Award recipients
Annual celebration of excellence honors staff for contributions on behalf of students, the department, and the Institute.
Engineers, awards, and a band
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering banquet recognizes the Class of 2017 and outstanding members of the CEE community.
MIT Video Productions nominated for New England Emmy Award
Film “A Bold Move” documents MIT’s move to Cambridge, honors its leaders and visionaries.