MIT alumnus William Nordhaus wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences
Scholar shares award for his work on climate economics.
MIT physicist Rainer Weiss shares Nobel Prize in physics
LIGO inventor and professor emeritus of physics recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”
Michael Rosbash PhD ’71 shares Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
MIT alumnus and two others honored for discovering the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden visits MIT
Swedish delegation tours Institute, participates in dialogue on innovation.
Economist Bengt Holmström’s Nobel Prize win delights MIT colleagues
Faculty members in SHASS and Sloan cite his transformative work on contract theory.
MIT economist Bengt Holmström wins Nobel Prize
Holmström shares award with Oliver Hart for work on contract theory.
Alumnus Paul Modrich wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
Biochemist who graduated from MIT in 1968 is honored for his work on DNA repair mechanisms.
Jack Ruina dies at 91
Emeritus professor of electrical engineering and computer science was a former MIT vice president for special labs and first director of MIT's Security Studies Program.
Schrock honored with Paracelsus Prize
Award given to outstanding scientists for their lifetime achievement in chemical research.
Alumnus Robert J. Shiller wins Nobel Prize in economic sciences
Economist is honored for his work on the long-term fluctuations of asset prices.
President L. Rafael Reif's Charge to the Graduates
'I am certain you will use what you have learned here to make the world a better place.'
A fight for rights
In MIT talk, exiled Nobel Prize-winning activist Shirin Ebadi promises a continued ‘fight for full and complete equality’ for Iran’s women.