Awards, honors and fellowships

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

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

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

June 20, 2012

Also labeled: IEEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Microsystems Technology Laboratories

MIT receives four Capital One Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country Awards

June 19, 2012

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER)

Essmart Global awarded grand prize in Dell Social Innovation Competition

June 15, 2012

MIT IDEAS Global Challenge team wins $50,000 in international competition.

Also labeled: Contests and academic competitions, Entrepreneurship

The Stephen D. Baker Outstanding Change Initiative Award

June 11, 2012

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs), Students

Four MIT student-athletes receive Capital One Academic All-America at-large honors

June 11, 2012

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Student life

Glen Urban, former MIT Sloan dean, retires to focus on research; leaves behind $1 million gift

June 11, 2012

Establishes a PhD marketing fellowship at the school

Also labeled: Business and management, Digital, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Giving, Graduate, postdoctoral, Internet, Marketing, Mentoring, MIT Administration, Research

Physicist and entrepreneur Dr. Stephen Quake honored with $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

June 4, 2012

Recognized for biomedical discoveries and commercialization of inventions revolutionizing human health

Also labeled: Health, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Lemelson-MIT

Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes

May 31, 2012

Biennial prizes in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience include a $1 million cash award in each field.

Also labeled: Astrophysics, Brain and cognitive sciences, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Global, Lincoln Laboratory, McGovern Institute, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Physics, Research, Staff

Zuber wins faculty’s Killian Award

May 29, 2012

Planetary trailblazer recognized for ‘extraordinary skills and talent.’

Also labeled: Faculty, McDermott Award, Planetary science, Research, Space, astronomy and planetary science, geophysics

Daskalakis wins Microsoft Faculty Fellowship

May 23, 2012

Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Game theory, Microsoft, Research

Mujid Kazimi, of nuclear science and engineering, wins Kuwait Prize

May 23, 2012

Honored for contributions to nuclear power technology

Also labeled: Energy, Faculty, Global, Nuclear power and reactors, Nuclear science and engineering, Policy

Theater Arts Associate Professor Jay Scheib wins Obie Award

May 23, 2012

Honored for his production of World of Wires

Also labeled: Arts, Faculty, Music, Theater, Alumni/ae, Staff

Sports Shorts for May 22: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

May 22, 2012

Mangrum Selected All-Region; Taylor Named New England Coach of the Year.

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Sports, Student life, Students

MIT awarded more than $2 million in NEUP grants, fellowships

May 21, 2012

Includes $1.65 million in Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Programs grants and $450,000 in graduate student fellowships.

Also labeled: Computer modeling, Department of Energy (DoE), Energy, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Nuclear science and engineering, Research, Students

Nuclear science and engineering graduate students win NEUP fellowships

May 18, 2012

Black, Boyd and Shaner among 31 recipients

Also labeled: Department of Energy (DoE), Energy, Environment, Graduate, postdoctoral, Nuclear science and engineering, Simulation, Students, Materials science

Slideshow: 2012 MIT Awards Convocation

May 17, 2012

51 community members receive nearly 30 awards for their service to the Institute.

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Arts, Athletics, Community, Faculty, Staff, Students

Sports Shorts for May 14: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

May 14, 2012

MIT leads NEWMAC in Academic All-Conference honors; men's tennis reaches third round of NCAA tournament.

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Sports, Sports and fitness, Student life, Students

Karnik, Parra win DOE Early Career Research Program awards

May 14, 2012

Also labeled: Department of Energy (DoE), Energy, Fabrication, Faculty, Fusion, Graphene, Nuclear power and reactors, Nuclear science and engineering, Research

Rising to the Challenge

May 14, 2012

Number Six wins second annual FSILG&D Community Service Challenge

Also labeled: Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs), Residential life, Student life, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service

Dresselhaus receives Fermi Award

May 11, 2012

Honored by Obama, Chu at ceremony in Washington.

Also labeled: Faculty, Government, President Obama, Research

2012–13 Knight Science Journalism Fellows announced

May 10, 2012

30th class will study science, health, environment and technology at MIT.

Also labeled: Journalism, Science writing

Sports Shorts for May 7: A weekly wrap-up of MIT varsity athletics

May 7, 2012

Men's track and field wins New England Division III Championship; three Engineers named to Capital One Academic All-District Team for baseball

Also labeled: Athletics, Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation (DAPER), Sports, Student life, Students

Faster fourier transform named one of world’s most important emerging technologies

May 7, 2012

Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Fourier transforms, Research

Alumnus, incoming MBA student win Soros Fellowships

May 7, 2012

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Business and management, Health sciences and technology, Students

Gradečak wins Nano Letters young investigator award

May 7, 2012

Materials science and engineering professor studies nanophotonics and electronics.

Also labeled: Faculty, Materials science, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Photonics

Innovative IDEAS

May 4, 2012

13 winning teams present projects at annual awards celebration.

Also labeled: Contests and academic competitions, IDEAS competition, Student life, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service

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