
Seven faculty members, along with 12 additional alumni, are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.

Antonio Torralba, three MIT alumni, named ACM Fellows
ACM Fellows, the highest honor bestowed by the professional organization, are registered members of the society selected by their peers for outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community.

Eighteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2025-27
The program recognizes outstanding mentorship of graduate students.

Professors Ahmad Bahai and Kripa Varanasi, plus seven additional MIT alumni, are honored for highly impactful inventions.

A Sufficient Answer
MIT Sophomore Wins Elie Wiesel Prize for Writing on Ethics of Catastrophe

Tess Smidt named to 2025 cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows
The honor is announced annually by Schmidt Sciences.

Kevin Chen wins IROS Toshio Fukuda Young Professional Award
At MIT, Chen leads his lab with the goal of developing microscale robotic systems that demonstrate insect-like locomotive capabilities in aerial, aquatic and terrestrial settings.

EECS 2025 Awards
The Department would like to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of our incredible EECS community by sharing some of the awards given by the department this year.

Agrawal received the award for his work in “robot learning, self-supervised and sim-to-real policy learning, agile locomotion, and dexterous manipulation,” according to the organization.

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.