A celebration honoring this year's Xerox MIT fellowship recipients was hosted in late October by Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox's chief technology officer and president of its Innovation Group. The fellowship program was established in 2007 by Xerox to support top-tier students in the School of Engineering -- especially women and other groups traditionally underrepresented in engineering -- who are focused on research in such areas as green technologies, imaging and smart-document technology, nanotechnology and systems design. The program connects students with Xerox professionals, who serve as mentors during the fellowship year; the students are also invited to spend the summer working at one of Xerox's four research centers worldwide. Left to right are School of Engineering Dean Subra Suresh, Malima Wolf, Vijay Shilpiekandula, Shiyun Ryan, Tilke Judd, Kaushik Sinha, Michael Bernstein and Vandebroek. Photo / Justin Knight
