Celebrating exceptional individuals and teams across MIT
MIT staff and faculty honored for outstanding contributions at the 2016 MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal ceremony.
Bringing more data to language debate
Larger set of translations may shed light on an idiosyncratic Amazonian language.
Four professors named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows
Devadas, Grossman, Sipser, and Tang awarded MIT’s highest undergraduate teaching award.
3Q: A world-premiere concert where the audience helps play
MIT’s Eran Egozy on “12,” a chamber music debut with smartphone-driven percussion.
Stealth technology
Clapperton Mavhunga’s work uncovers an Africa where technology is abundant and sophisticated.
In Profile: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
Experimental physicist explores the wild frontiers of graphene and other ultrathin materials.
Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
Robert Griffin receives the ACS E. Bright Wilson Award
Professor of chemistry and head of the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory honored for his pioneering contributions to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Four MIT faculty win Presidential Early Career Awards
Buie, Buonassisi, Tisdale, and Tye honored with the U.S. government's highest award for young scientists and engineers.
Philosopher Agustín Rayo named associate dean of MIT-SHASS
MIT's "mathy philosopher" makes mind-blowing ideas accessible.
Nancy Leveson receives space safety award
Professor of aeronautics and astronautics honored for contributions toward the safety of space systems.
Targeting cancer from many angles
Killian Award recipient Tyler Jacks fosters interdisciplinary, innovative cancer research.
Jonathan How named AIAA Fellow
MIT professor and engineer honored for significant contributions to the field of aeronautics.
Q&A: Rainer Weiss on LIGO’s origins
MIT physicist developed the concept for LIGO as a teaching exercise.
Eric Lander wins AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
Professor and director of the Broad Institute honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for outstanding contributions to science and society.