Awards, honors and fellowships

Physics receives 2012 APS award for improving undergraduate physics educationOne of four institutions recognized

Sanergy, led by Legatum Center alumni fellows, wins social innovation awardAims to develop sustainable sanitation services in urban slums

Three from MIT named Marine Microbiology Initiative investigatorsGordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards given to pursue high-risk research in marine microbial ecology.

Sports Shorts for Dec. 3: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMIT suffers first loss of season in men's basketball; Institute to host Division III men's volleyball championship

Varanasi selected as outstanding young manufacturing engineer by SMEMIT professor of mechanical engineering is one of just seven recipients of the award this year.

Said and Done for November/December 2012Digest of humanities, arts and social sciences

Buongiorno and McKrell awarded more than $400,000 by CEA, FranceThe researchers will investigate transient boiling heat transfer phenomena under rapidly escalating heat fluxes.

Ozdaglar selected as the inaugural Steven and Renee Finn Innovation FellowThe fellowship provides tenured, mid-career faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineer and Computer Science with resources for up to three years to pursue new research and development paths.

Sports Shorts for Nov. 26: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMcShane, Wharton named field hockey All-Americans; men’s, women’s basketball teams sweep weekend doubleheader

Sports Shorts for Nov. 20: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsTaylor named All-American; Manion named Elite 89 Award recipient; men’s basketball opens with a pair of wins

Chiang honored for achievements in energy and environmentWins Innovation Award from The Economist

2012-13 Xerox-MIT fellows celebratedFellowship program was established to support top-tier engineering students — especially women and other groups traditionally underrepresented.

Sports Shorts for Nov. 13: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsWomen’s cross country wins NCAA regional meet, advances to NCAA Championships; women’s soccer advances to NCAA Sweet 16.

Zue awarded Okawa PrizeHonored for work in speech science and spoken-language systems

Three awards for MIT research in anthropology, economics and political scienceMikusheva receives Elaine Bennett Research Prize; Petersen wins Distinguished Book Award; Helmreich wins Rachel Carson Prize.

MIT a linchpin of major new USAID programInstitute researchers aim to spur development and evaluation of useful technologies to help the world’s poor.

Engineers win six of seven fall NEWMAC ChampionshipsVarsity athletics has a record-breaking fall season.

Undergraduate Winters presents winning poster at APS annual meetingDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering junior wins one of three poster awards.

Sports Shorts for Nov. 6: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsThree Engineer teams win NEWMAC titles; water polo defeats Harvard for second time this season.

MIT Libraries’ research contributes to award-winning redistricting software, DistrictBuilderWeb-based resource gives citizens the opportunity to participate in the redistricting process.

School of Engineering teams win big at this year’s MassChallenge

MIT sailing receives trio of ICSA All-Academic Team honors

Peterson named National Scholar-Athlete by National Football FoundationMIT football co-captain is one of 15 honorees from across all divisions of college football selected for the award.

Sports Shorts for Oct. 30: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMen’s and women’s cross country, women’s tennis all capture NEWMAC Conference championships; football clinches first winning record since 1999.

Q&A: Michel DeGraff on teaching STEM in KreyòlA model for reaching science-hungry students around the world who speak local languages

Sports Shorts for Oct. 22: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsFootball and women's soccer score victories over ranked opponents; men's basketball No. 1 in preseason poll.

Jaenisch, Suresh named Franklin Institute laureates