Killian Faculty Achievement Award
The purpose of the James R. Killian, Jr. Faculty Achievement Award is to recognize extraordinary professional achievement by MIT faculty members and to communicate their accomplishments to members of the Institute community. Learn more at their website.
Susan Silbey Image: Jake BelcherSusan Silbey earns faculty’s prestigious Killian Award
Innovative sociologist of law granted MIT’s highest faculty honor.
Susan Silbey, an MIT sociologist whose pathbreaking work has examined the U.S. legal system as experienced in everyday life, has been named the recipient of the 2019-2020 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award.
2018-2019 Killian Award Winner
Gerald Fink, an MIT biologist and former director of the Whitehead Institute, has been named the recipient of the 2018-2019 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award.
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2017-2018 Killian Award Winner
Richard Schrock, a chemist renowned for his pioneering work in organometallic chemistry, is the recipient of the 2017-2018 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award.
Learn more about 2017-2018 Killian Award winner on MIT News.