MIT team wins grand prize at NASA’s First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition
Building a drone for the first time, the MIT First Nations Launch team excelled in designing a scientific payload to deploy from a rocket and landing it safely.
3 Questions: From the bench to the battlefield
Rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards and Aneal Krishnan ’02 discuss a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
From large labs to small teams, mentorship thrives
Professors Cynthia Breazeal and Ming Guo are honored as “Committed to Caring.”
Three MIT professors named 2024 Vannevar Bush Fellows
Domitilla Del Vecchio and Themis Sapsis of MechE and Mehrdad Jazayeri of BCS will each receive up to $3 million for blue-sky research.
MIT affiliates named 2024 HHMI Investigators
Four faculty members and four others with MIT ties are recognized for pushing the boundaries of science and for creating highly inclusive and collaborative research environments.
Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT announces 2024-25 fellows
Journalists covering key science issues around the globe will join the MIT community in August.
Community members receive 2024 MIT Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service
Staff members receive recognition for their exceptional support of the MIT community.
The tenured engineers of 2024
Twelve faculty members have been granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering.
Two MIT films nominated for New England Emmy Awards
Films produced by MIT Video Productions and the Department of Mechanical Engineering highlight some of MIT’s global conversations about the environment and climate change.
Eric Evans receives Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service
The award recognizes his contributions as director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory and as vice chair and chair of the Defense Science Board.
MIT-Takeda Program wraps up with 16 publications, a patent, and nearly two dozen projects completed
The program focused on AI in health care, drawing on Takeda’s R&D experience in drug development and MIT’s deep expertise in AI.
Nancy Kanwisher, Robert Langer, and Sara Seager named Kavli Prize Laureates
MIT scientists honored in each of the three Kavli Prize categories: neuroscience, nanoscience, and astrophysics, respectively.
MIT Faculty Founder Initiative announces three winners of entrepreneurship awards
Twelve finalists participated in initiative and 2023-24 MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize Competition, designed to support female biotech pioneers.
Paying it forward
Professors Erik Lin-Greenberg and Tracy Slatyer are honored as “Committed to Caring.”