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Awards, honors and fellowships

MIT Steel Bridge Team takes second place at national competition
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
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
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
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
Seth Mnookin wins 2012 Science in Society Award
Seth Mnookin wins 2012 Science in Society Award
August 28, 2012
National Association of Science Writers honors his book The Panic Virus.
Also labeled: Autism, Biology, Books and authors, Faculty, Health, Humanities, Journalism, Science writing
Two MIT chemists win ACS awards
August 22, 2012
Buchwald, Swager honored by the American Chemical Society
Also labeled: Chemistry and chemical engineering, Faculty, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)
Chandrakasan selected for 2013 IEEE Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
Chandrakasan selected for 2013 IEEE Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits
August 16, 2012
Also labeled: Administration, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, IEEE
Hu awarded IEEE Photonics Society achievement award
Hu awarded IEEE Photonics Society achievement award
August 10, 2012
Also labeled: Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, IEEE, Research Laboratory of Electronics
CEE's Humbyrd wins School of Engineering teaching and mentoring award
CEE's Humbyrd wins School of Engineering teaching and mentoring award
August 8, 2012
Award recognizes and encourages extraordinary teaching and mentoring by a graduate student in the school.
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Education, teaching, academics, Graduate, postdoctoral, Students
DUSP, Consensus Building Institute team awarded grant for climate change role-play project
August 6, 2012
Awarded $637,000 to develop joint project.
Also labeled: Climate change, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Research, Students, Urban studies and planning
Soriero named 2012 Division III Administrator of the Year by NACWAA
Soriero named 2012 Division III Administrator of the Year by NACWAA
August 3, 2012
Director of athletics and DAPER department head among eight administrators honored.
Also labeled: Administration, Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Faculty, Sports
2012-13 Legatum Fellows Announced
2012-13 Legatum Fellows Announced
August 3, 2012
25 students awarded fellowships for projects in 15 countries.
Also labeled: Developing countries, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), International development, Legatum Center
MIT Cycling Team rides to (another) national championship
MIT Cycling Team rides to (another) national championship
August 2, 2012
Banner year for women and men cements club's reputation as perennial powerhouse.
Also labeled: Athletics, Graduate, postdoctoral, Sports, Student life, Students, Undergraduate, Clubs and activities
Alan Guth wins $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize
Alan Guth wins $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize
July 31, 2012
MIT physicist among nine inaugural winners of prize awarded by Russia’s Milner Foundation.
Also labeled: Faculty, Inflation, Origins of the universe, Physics, Research
Yildiz wins 2012 Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award
Yildiz wins 2012 Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award
July 27, 2012
Also labeled: Computation, Energy, Faculty, Materials science, Nuclear science and engineering, Research
Simons Center for the Social Brain offering seed grants, postdoc fellowships
July 26, 2012
Deadline for application is August 31.
Also labeled: Autism, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Research, Simons Center for the Social Brain, Students
MIT volleyball receives AVCA Team Academic Award
July 25, 2012
Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Education, teaching, academics, Sports, Student life, Students
DARPA and NIH to fund ‘human body on a chip’ research
July 24, 2012
MIT-led team to receive up to $32 million from DARPA and NIH to develop technology that could accelerate pace and efficiency of pharmaceutical testing.
Also labeled: Biological engineering, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research, Tissue engineering, Draper Laboratory, Darrell Irvine, Douglas Lauffenburger, Eric Alm, Linda Griffith, Paula Hammond, Steven Tannenbaum
Three MIT faculty named Simons Investigators
July 24, 2012
Goldwasser, Guionnet and Seidel are among 21 researchers selected.
Also labeled: Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Mathematics, Alice Guionnet, Paul Seidel, Shafi Goldwasser
Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors
Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors
July 23, 2012
Jarillo-Herrero, Lu, Pathak, Sinha and Thaler among 96 winners.
Also labeled: Economics, Faculty, Social sciences, Brain and cognitive sciences, Electrical engineering and electronics, Physics, President Obama, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics
MIT OpenCourseWare selected as one of best free reference websites for 2012
July 23, 2012
American Library Association honors OCW alongside other rich online reference resources, including Google Art Project and World Databank.
Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Libraries, OpenCourseWare
Zue honored with IEEE speech and audio processing award
Zue honored with IEEE speech and audio processing award
July 23, 2012
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Faculty, Human-computer interaction, IEEE, Spoken language systems, Victor Zue
Berger named ISCB fellow
Berger named ISCB fellow
July 16, 2012
Applied mathematics, computer science professor honored for contributions in computational biology and bioinformatics.
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Faculty, Mathematics, Bonnie Berger, Biology, Computer science and technology, Data
Said and Done for June/July 2012
Said and Done for June/July 2012
July 16, 2012
Digest of MIT humanities, arts and social sciences
Also labeled: Architecture, Arts, Astronauts, Books and authors, Economics, Faculty, Health care, Humanities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Music, NASA, Policy, Social sciences, Students, Water
Four innovative technologies garner 2012 R&D 100 Awards for MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Four innovative technologies garner 2012 R&D 100 Awards for MIT Lincoln Laboratory
July 6, 2012
Awards recognize a diverse range of technologies
Also labeled: Air traffic, Cryptography, Lincoln Laboratory, Optics, Research
Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy work
Matthew Orosz awarded Echoing Green Fellowship to further off-grid energy work
July 5, 2012
Newly minted MIT PhD selected for two-year social entrepreneurship fellowship.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Civil and environmental engineering, Energy, Entrepreneurship, IDEAS competition, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Volunteering, outreach, public service
Economist Robert Townsend wins Frisch Medal
Economist Robert Townsend wins Frisch Medal
July 5, 2012
Prestigious prize granted for research on Thailand’s villages.
Also labeled: Development, Economics, Faculty, International development, Research
Richard wins 2012 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award
July 5, 2012
Also labeled: Department of Energy (DoE), Energy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Nuclear power and reactors, Nuclear science and engineering, Students
Donghyun Jin awarded the ISPSD ’12 Charitat Award-Runner-up
Donghyun Jin awarded the ISPSD ’12 Charitat Award-Runner-up
June 20, 2012
Also labeled: IEEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Microsystems Technology Laboratories
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