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Nanotechnology expert wins Lemelson-MIT Prize

Professor Chad Mirkin, director of Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology, has been awarded the 2009 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. June 24, 2009

Exploring journalism's future

More than 250 students and professionals in the media business attended a conference hosted by MIT's Center for Future Civic Media and the Knight News Challenge, featuring in-depth discussions and presentations on an imaginative array of new media projects. June 23, 2009

Ksplice software update project wins $100K

Top honors this year in the 20th annual MIT $100k Entrepreneurship Competition went to Ksplice, a system that promises to end the annoyance and delays of having to reboot a computer every time a new update is installed. May 14, 2009

Husk Insulation wins $200k MIT Clean Energy Prize

The MIT Clean Energy Prize has announced that Husk Insulation was selected from more than 100 student entries to receive the $200,000 MIT Clean Energy Grand Prize sponsored by NSTAR and the U.S. Department of Energy. May 13, 2009

'Bother bots' win the day

Each of the 150 students in the 2.007 Design and Manufacturing class had to build one or more robots from a kit of provided parts, and the bots battled it out in a series of elimination matches that concluded Thursday night before a cheering crowd. May 8, 2009

Eight teams win IDEAS awards

At an awards ceremony Monday night for MIT's annual IDEAS contest, eight teams were awarded prizes of up to $7,500 each for their efforts to create business ventures that could address pressing needs in the world's developing countries. May 5, 2009

MISTI awards fellowships for 2009

Five MIT students have received a 2009 Anthony Sun Fellowship Award to pursue international internships this summer through the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI). May 1, 2009

Postdoc wins Sustainability at MIT Photo Contest

Postdoctoral associate Luiz Godoy has won the Sustainability at MIT Photo Contest for his image of compact fluorescent light bulbs "growing" in Killian Court. April 22, 2009

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