Awards, honors and fellowships

Gerald Fink has received the 2020 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal.

Gerald Fink awarded the Genetic Society of America’s Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal

Award recognizes scientists for lifetime achievement in genetics research who has a strong history as a mentor.

February 4, 2020

Mehtaab Sawnhey is a 2020 Churchill Scholar.

Mehtaab Sawhney named 2020 Churchill Scholar

MIT senior will pursue graduate studies in mathematics at Churchill College, Cambridge University.

January 30, 2020

Research Scientist Nathan Howard used data from MIT's Alcator C-Mod tokamak as the basis for an award-winning paper.

Nathan Howard wins Nuclear Fusion Award

Researcher unravels the mystery of heat loss in turbulent fusion plasmas.

January 29, 2020

MathWorks fellows with Anantha Chandrakasan (back row, center), dean of the MIT School of Engineering. Not pictured: Fellows Pasquale Antonante, Alireza Fallah, and Kate Reidy.

Accelerating the pace of engineering

The 2019-20 School of Engineering MathWorks Fellows are using MATLAB and Simulink to advance discovery and innovation across disciplines.

January 28, 2020

Designed by Wilson HGA and completed in 2018, the 216,000 square-foot MIT.nano building, located in the heart of MIT’s campus, is a shared resource for MIT faculty, students, and researchers, as well as external academic and industry users.

MIT.nano receives international sustainability award

“Go Beyond” Award celebrates commitment to excellence in efficiency and sustainability.

January 28, 2020

Left to right: Anna Frebel, Wesley Harris, and Harry Tuller are recognized as MIT faculty “Committed to Caring.”

Communicating respect for graduate students

Anna Frebel, Wesley Harris, and Harry Tuller honored by graduate students as “Committed to Caring.”

January 27, 2020

Bradford Parkinson was honored with the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

Bradford Parkinson SM ’61 awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

“Father of GPS” honored with three colleagues for creating the first truly global, satellite-based positioning system.

January 24, 2020

A native of Valencia, Spain, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero joined MIT as an assistant professor of physics in January 2008 and was promoted to full professor in 2018.

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Wolf Prize for groundbreaking work on twistronics

Professor of physics honored alongside Allan MacDonald and Rafi Bistritzer for pioneering research on twisted bilayer graphene.

January 16, 2020

Left to right: Hari Balakrishnan, Richard Lippmann, and Daniel Rabideau have been named 2020 IEEE Fellows.

Three from MIT are named 2020 fellows of the IEEE

Two staff members from Lincoln Laboratory and a professor in the School of Engineering are recognized for their influential research.

January 8, 2020

School of Science recognizes members with 2020 Infinite Kilometer Awards

Four members of the School of Science honored for contributions to the Institute.

January 3, 2020

Left to right: MIT Provost Martin Schmidt and President L. Rafael Reif stand with 2019 Bose Fellows Kristala Prather, Mary Gehring, and Sandy Alexandre, along with Judy Bose and Ursula Bose.

Bose grants for 2019 reward bold ideas across disciplines

Three innovative research projects in literature, plant epigenetics, and chemical engineering will be supported by Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

December 23, 2019

Six MIT Press authors were awarded “best of” recognition in 2019.

MIT Press authors earn coveted “best of” book honors in 2019

The book publisher continues to produce intellectually daring, scholarly work.

December 18, 2019

Chris Caplice (left), director of the MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management, and Mary Ellen Wiltrout, lecturer in digital learning for biology, receive awards for educational innovation at the QS Reimagine Education Awards.

MIT education leaders honored with QS Reimagine Education Awards

Awards honor innovations that enhance learning and employability.

December 18, 2019

(Left to right:) Julie Shah, Thomas Kochan, and Evelyn Wang have been honored by their graduate students as “Committed to Caring” for their uncanny ability to keep things moving along, even when the going gets tough.

Fostering forward momentum

Thomas Kochan, Julie Shah, and Evelyn Wang honored by graduate students as "Committed to Caring."

December 10, 2019

Two MIT seniors named 2020 Marshall Scholars

Talya Klinger and Steven Truong will begin graduate studies in the UK next fall.

December 9, 2019

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