Awards, honors and fellowships
Awards, honors and fellowships

Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners

The associate professors of EECS and chemistry, respectively, are honored for exceptional contributions to teaching, research, and service at MIT.

On algorithms, life, and learning

Operations research expert Dimitris Bertsimas delivered the annual Killian Lecture, providing a look at the past and future of his work.

Antonio Torralba, three MIT alumni named 2025 ACM fellows

Torralba’s research focuses on computer vision, machine learning, and human visual perception.

Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship

The MIT senior will pursue a master’s degree at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall.

MIT affiliates named 2025 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows

Postdoc Zongyi Li, Associate Professor Tess Smidt, and seven additional alumni will be supported in the development of AI against difficult problems.

Five with MIT ties elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2025

Professors Facundo Batista and Dina Katabi, along with three additional MIT alumni, are honored for their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

MIT affiliates win AI for Math grants to accelerate mathematical discovery

Department of Mathematics researchers David Roe and Andrew Sutherland seek to advance automated theorem proving; four additional MIT alumni also awarded.

School of Architecture and Planning recognizes faculty with academic promotions in 2025

The faculty members’ work comprises multifaceted research and scholarship across a wide range of disciplines.

New postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate innovation in health care

Launched with a gift from the Biswas Family Foundation, the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support postdocs in health and life sciences.

Envisioning a future where health care tech leaves some behind

The winning essay of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize puts health care disparities at the forefront.