Awards, honors and fellowships

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams selected from national pool of student applicants

October 17, 2012

16 high school teams awarded up to $10,000 in grants to bring invention ideas to life.

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), K-12 education, Lemelson-MIT, Volunteering, outreach, public service

Sports Shorts for Oct. 15: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

October 15, 2012

Women's volleyball captures MIT Quad Tournament; women's tennis pair wins NEWITT B Flight title

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Student life, Students

Junot Díaz named finalist for the 2012 National Book Award

October 10, 2012

Also labeled: Books and authors, Comparative Media Studies, Faculty, Writing

Physics department head honored for diversity efforts

October 9, 2012

Bertschinger to receive honor from MAES-Latinos in Engineering and Science

Also labeled: Administration, Diversity, Physics

Sports Shorts for Oct. 9: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

October 9, 2012

Three Engineers earn NEWMAC Player of the Week honors; women's tennis remains in first place in NEWMAC standings.

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Sports, Student life, Students

DeGraff awarded $1 million NSF grant to continue linguistics research in Haiti

October 3, 2012

Funding will help develop classroom tools to teach science and math in Creole for the first time.

Also labeled: Faculty, Haiti, Linguistics, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Junot Díaz wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’

October 2, 2012

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and writing professor receives unrestricted $500,000 prize.

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Books and authors, Faculty, Humanities, Writing, Comparative Media Studies, Arts

Legatum Fellowship: develop the skills for the developing world

October 1, 2012

Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), International development, Global, Legatum Center

Developing future library leaders

September 28, 2012

MIT Libraries launches Fellows Program

Also labeled: Faculty, Libraries, Open access, Research, Staff

McGovern neuroscientist Constantine-Paton wins lifetime achievement award

September 28, 2012

Also labeled: Brain and cognitive sciences, Faculty, McGovern Institute, Neuroscience, Women

A brain beyond borders

September 26, 2012

MIT senior Victoria Okuneye traveled to Mexico and Jamaica to pursue her passions for neuroscience and global service.

Also labeled: Brain and cognitive sciences, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Global, MISTI, Research, Student life, Students, Undergraduate, Volunteering, outreach, public service, Profile

Alumni bring autoclaves to the developing world

September 20, 2012

OttoClave aims to deliver world-class sterilization technology to rural health clinics.

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Entrepreneurship, IDEAS competition, Mechanical engineering, Volunteering, outreach, public service

Del Alamo receives SRC 2012 Technical Excellence Award

September 19, 2012

Also labeled: Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Research, Semiconductors, Microsystems Technology Laboratories

Inclusion and excellence go hand in hand

September 18, 2012

Think about nominating a colleague for this year's Excellence Awards.

Also labeled: Faculty, Human Resources, Global, Staff, Students

Borpujari, an independent journalist based in India, joins CIS

September 17, 2012

Selected as the 2012-13 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow.

Also labeled: Center for International Studies, India, Journalism

Said and Done for September 2012

September 17, 2012

Digest of MIT humanities, arts, and social sciences.

Also labeled: Arts, Books and authors, Economics, Faculty, Humanities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Linguistics, Music, Policy, Political science, Politics, Social sciences, Technology and society, Theater, Writing

Fujimoto, Swanson awarded the 2012 António Champalimaud Vision Award

September 17, 2012

Share honor with colleagues for pioneering work in the development of optical coherence tomography.

Also labeled: High-resolution imaging, Research, Faculty, Global, Staff, Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Sports Shorts for Sept. 17: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

September 17, 2012

Women's soccer, tennis and volleyball all win opening conference games. Cross Country teams sweep titles at UMass-Dartmouth.

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Sports, Student life, Students

Harris to receive President’s Award from NOBCChE

September 14, 2012

National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers to honor professor, associate provost on Sept. 28.

Also labeled: Diversity, Faculty, MIT Administration, Underrepresented minorities

Four from MIT win NIH grants

September 13, 2012

Brown, Gore, Ploegh and Zhang receive grants for innovative biomedical research.

Also labeled: Biology, Brain and cognitive sciences, Faculty, McGovern Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Physics, Biomedicine, Whitehead Institute

MIT Sloan Fellows Program is vehicle to success

September 12, 2012

MIT Sloan Fellow talks about the concept of car sharing.

Also labeled: Automobiles, Business and management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Global, Graduate, postdoctoral, Sloan fellows, Students

QS ranking calls MIT the world’s top university

September 11, 2012

QS World University Rankings also give the Institute top billing in 11 of 28 academic disciplines evaluated.

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Global, Rankings, Staff, Students

A salute to Sue Mannett

September 11, 2012

After nearly 25 years, Mannett retires as SHASS director of human resources.

Also labeled: Human Resources, Retirement, Staff

Sports Shorts for Sept. 10: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

September 10, 2012

Football opens with a victory, cross country teams help Boston Harbor Association

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Public service, Sports, Student life, Students

15 MIT students named Siebel Scholars

September 10, 2012

Graduate students in computer science, bioengineering and business honored.

Also labeled: Biological engineering, Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Graduate, postdoctoral, Management, Students

MIT Steel Bridge Team takes second place at national competition

September 7, 2012

Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Contests and academic competitions, Education, teaching, academics, Student life, Students

Sports Shorts for Sept. 3: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

September 4, 2012

Fall seasons begin for varsity athletics; Barker, Wedge earn NEWMAC honors

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Sports, Student life, Students

Legatum Center's Modak wins Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship

September 4, 2012

Given to individuals who wish to study music as a cultural force of expression.

Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), International development, Legatum Center, Music, Staff

Salvucci honored by Eno Center for Transportation

August 31, 2012

Civil and Environmental Engineering lecturer, research associate honored for lifetime achievements

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Staff, Center for Transportation and Logistics, Transportation

Jeffrey Steinfeld named ACS Fellow

August 29, 2012

MIT chemist is one of 96 recognized for outstanding accomplishments in the field.

Also labeled: Chemistry and chemical engineering, Faculty

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