Awards, honors and fellowships

Berners-Lee wins first Queen Elizabeth Prize for EngineeringHonored for inventing the World Wide Web

Sports Shorts for March 18: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsMen’s volleyball wins Johnson & Wales Invitational; baseball and softball begin seasons with victories

Four professors named 2013 MacVicar FellowsGriffith, Miller, Schulz and Teng awarded the Institute’s highest undergraduate teaching honor.

SHASS announces expanded Kelly Essay Prize for undergraduatesAll forms of nonfiction prose now eligible for the $800 prize

New international fellowship to honor Charles VestMIT will be one of eight U.S. universities to participate.

Goldwasser and Micali win Turing AwardTeam honored for ‘revolutionizing the science of cryptography.’

Boyden to share prestigious brain prizeEd Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.

Sports Shorts for March 11: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsField hockey has top GPA among Division III teams; Phillips and Wright gain postseason honors for rifle

Esther Duflo selected as a 2013 Dan David Prize laureateHonored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention

Slideshow: 2013 MIT Excellence Awards19 staff members honored with annual awards on March 6

Daniel Weitzner receives IAPP Privacy Leadership AwardLauded for work and leadership in the development of Internet public policy

MIT field hockey team receives academic accoladesRecorded the highest grade point average in Division III and had 11 student-athletes earn a spot on the National Academic Squad

MIT student inventor Nikolai Begg receives Lemelson-MIT student prize$30,000 Lemelson-MIT collegiate student prizes awarded to inventive students at three leading universities

Allen Family Foundation grants Gore $1.5 million for research

The People Behind the Awards: Laya W. WiesnerA look at some of MIT's most influential figures and the Institute awards that honor them.

MIT’s Ernest J. Moniz nominated Secretary of EnergyPresident Obama’s pick is head of the MIT Energy Initiative and a former undersecretary of energy.

Sports Shorts for March 4: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsTashman named NEWMAC Athlete of the Year for men’s basketball; men's tennis remains undefeated

Temkin named IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Award winnerRichard J. Temkin cited for contributions to the field of high power gyrotrons and their applications

Leveson and ESD Student Society honored with Martore AwardsAward recognizes outstanding contributions to an ESD academic program in the areas of education and program development.

Livengood awarded inaugural Daniel and Eva Roos Engineering Systems Dissertation PrizeNew award recognizes outstanding dissertation in the ESD PhD program.

McGovern Institute hands out neuroscience awardMcGovern Institute for Brain Research names Thomas Jessell winner of the 2013 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience.

Tabaczynski receives the 2012 Jamieson AwardJohn A. Tabaczynski of MIT's Lincoln Laboratory honored for his leadership in ballistic missile defense.

Knight Fellowship has made its mark on science journalismMIT-based program has provided research experience for hundreds of reporters.

Demaine named Presburger Award recipientProfessor Erik Demaine was cited for his contributions to computational geometry and data structures.

Paul Juodawlkis elevated to Fellow of the Optical SocietyRecognized for innovations in optics and photonics

Sports Shorts for Feb. 25: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athleticsShin, Paturu win New England fencing titles; Kates named Academic All-American

Award recognizes students' commitment to public serviceThe Priscilla King Gray Award is inspired by namesake's legacy of service and volunteerism at MIT and surrounding communities.

A great attitude is an excellent thing15 individuals and four teams to be honored at the 2013 Excellence Awards ceremony

Chandrakasan honored at ISSCC’s 60th Plenary SessionAnantha P. Chandrakasan earns prestigious award for outstanding contributions to his field.