Awards, honors and fellowships

Left to Right: Laura Hinson, Madeline Lee, Valerie Zawicki, and Sophia Triantis of Johns Hopkins University are the $10,000 Lemelson-MIT “Cure it!” undergraduate team winner for their reusable, low-cost, contamination free breast biopsy device.

Top collegiate inventors awarded 2019 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Students recognized for revolutionary solutions to women’s health, food waste, transportation, and mobility and communication for people with disabilities.

April 23, 2019

David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, has been named as the recipient of a prestigious Carnegie fellowship.

David Autor awarded Carnegie fellowship

MIT economist will study U.S. demographics and the urban-rural split in contemporary society.

April 22, 2019

Guggenheim Fellowship recipients (left to right) David Jerison, Hong Liu, and Seth Mnookin

Three from MIT awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships

Professors David Jerison, Hong Liu, and Seth Mnookin are among 168 recognized.

April 22, 2019

Clockwise from top left: Agustin Rayo, Susan Murcott, Bradley Olsen, and John Lienhard

In it together: Faculty mentors and graduate students

Professors Lienhard, Murcott, Olsen, and Rayo honored as Committed to Caring mentors.

April 22, 2019

MIT junior Ivy Li won First Prize for her poem "To See a Brief Future."

Isabelle de Courtivron Writing Prize announces winners for 2019

Five undergrads writing on immigrant, diaspora, bicultural, bilingual, and/or mixed-race experiences.

April 22, 2019

2019 Change-Maker honorees and Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart: (left to right) Lisa Volpatti, graduate student in chemical engineering; Paula Hammond, chemical engineering department head; graduate student Sarah Goodman; graduate student Jay Dev; CAPD staff member Amanda Pickett; senior Madiha Shafquat; senior Gabby Ballard; Chancellor Barnhart.

2019 Change-Makers honored for fighting sexual misconduct

Violence Prevention and Response and Title IX and Bias Response Office celebrate individuals and departments for standing up to sexual harassment and assault.

April 22, 2019

Audrey Buyrn (left) congratulates Raffaele Ferrari on his MIT School of Science Ally of Nature Fund Award.

A steward for ocean research and climate health

Raffaele Ferrari honored with School of Science Ally of Nature Fund Award.

April 19, 2019

CincyStitch team members (l-r) Matthew Macchietto of Harvard and Zhicheng Xu, Shiqi Peng, Alan Sage, and Joshua Brooks of MIT share a moment with Alex Rose, the Hines Student Competition jury chair and senior vice president of Continental Development Corporation, at the competition finals in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Grad students win Urban Land Institute challenge

Their winning 2019 Hines Student Competition entry readies an urban space for the future while preserving the past.

April 19, 2019

Dylan Cable prepares the Adaptive Upright Microscope, which will ultimately enable deeper imaging of animal brains.

Dylan Cable wins 2019 Hertz Fellowship

Award funds graduate studies to advance groundbreaking applied science.

April 19, 2019

Vivienne Sze is an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science and a principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics.

Vivienne Sze wins Edgerton Faculty Award

EECS faculty member is recognized for technical innovation, educational excellence, and efforts to advance women and underrepresented minorities in her field.

April 17, 2019