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Eight from MIT named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows

Professor Xiao Wang is among those honored for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.

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Moungi Bawendi delivers Nobel Lecture to the MIT Community

On Thursday, February 8, members of the MIT Community and alumni were treated to a lecture by 2023 Nobel Laureate Professor Moungi Bawendi.

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MIT community members honored with 2024 Franklin Institute Awards

Two professors and three additional alumni recognized for “dreaming up solutions to global challenges — advancing health, sustainability, and human connection.”

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Susan Solomon, wearing a black blazer over a white dress, accepts a portfolio from a man wearing a suit - Deputy Prime Minister of Vietman Tran Hong Ha.

Susan Solomon wins VinFuture Award for Female Innovators

The award recognizes Solomon’s contributions to understanding ozone depletion and the creation of the Montreal Protocol.

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Seven Commendable Mentors honored with Mentorship Spotlight Awards

The Department of Chemistry presents this award to members of the staff, postdoctoral, and student community who demonstrate outstanding mentorship.

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Moungi Bawendi honored during Nobel Week in Stockholm

The professor of chemistry participated in various festivities, culminating in the Nobel Prize ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Shannon Morey named STEM Teacher of the Year in Massachusetts

Morey (SM '13) was named the 2022 Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year by the Patriots Hall of Fame.

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Deborah Chung inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Chung, a friend of Chemistry and a PhD alumna of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was one of 270 inductees this year.

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Photos: Moungi Bawendi’s first day as a Nobel laureate

A look at how the MIT professor spent his day after learning he had won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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MIT chemist Moungi Bawendi shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry

For his work on techniques to generate quantum dots of uniform size and color, Bawendi is honored along with Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov.

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Zachary Fried wins Lewis E. Snyder Astrochemistry Award

This annual prize is awarded to the most innovative and unique astrochemical investigation in either observations, theory or laboratory work.

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26 honored at the 2022-2023 Teaching Assistant, Grad Grader, and Leadership Awards Ceremony

This annual event, held on August 28, recognized the commendable achievements of many members of the Chemistry community.

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Freedman, Johnson, and Surendranath named 2023 Blavatnik Award Finalists

The Blavatnik Family Foundation has announced the Finalists for the World’s Largest Unrestricted Prizes to Early Career Scientists.

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