Evan Leppink: Seeking a way to better stabilize the fusion environment

In a residency supported by the Department of Energy, the MIT PhD candidate will explore the high-field side of the DIII-D tokamak.

Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
June 15, 2022 ~5 min

American Astronomical Society honors seven MIT affiliates with 2022 awards, prizes

Two MIT professors and five alumni recognized for outstanding contributions to astronomy research, education, and communication.

Sandi Miller | Department of Physics • mit
June 8, 2022 ~8 min


MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium announces recipients of inaugural MCSC Seed Awards

Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.

Molly Chase | Climate and Sustainability Consortium • mit
May 23, 2022 ~15 min

Five MIT PhD students awarded 2022 J-WAFS fellowships for water and food solutions

Students are driving innovative research to promote water and food security for all.

Summer Weidman | Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab • mit
April 22, 2022 ~9 min

MIT welcomes two from the Heising-Simons Foundation 51 Pegasi b Fellowship for 2022

The fellowship supports research contributing to the field of planetary science and astronomy.

Paige Colley | EAPS • mit
April 7, 2022 ~7 min

Courtney Lesoon and Elizabeth Yarina win Fulbright-Hays Scholarships

Prestigious grants will support full-time doctoral research abroad for the MIT architecture and urban planning students.

Maria Iacobo | School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Jan. 10, 2022 ~6 min

MIT Lincoln Laboratory wins nine R&D 100 Awards for 2021

A life-detecting radar, a microscale motor, and a quantum network architecture are among this year's most innovative new technologies.

Kylie Foy | MIT Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Nov. 17, 2021 ~9 min

David Julius ’77 shares the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

MIT alumnus and one other honored for their discoveries of how the nervous system senses temperature and touch.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 4, 2021 ~2 min


MIT IDEAS celebrates 20 years of social innovation at MIT

Six new IDEAS teams receive grants to continue developing their work with communities.

PKG Center • mit
May 25, 2021 ~11 min

Mark Vogelsberger wins 2020 Buchalter Cosmology Prize for simulating a “fuzzy” universe

Associate professor of physics shares the honor with colleague Phillip Mocz for their novel dark matter research.

Kelso Harper | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research • mit
Jan. 14, 2021 ~3 min

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