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Ben Linville-Engler, MIT System Design and Management (SDM) industry and certificate director, is the 2021 recipient of the Collier Medal. The Collier Medal was established in 2014 to honor MIT Police Officer Sean Collier and his commitment to community engagement and model citizenship. It is among the highest honors that MIT awards to staff and community members. Linville-Engler exemplifies these values and has demonstrated his own dedication to MIT and broader communities throughout his career.
In spring 2020, as the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 to be an official pandemic and case numbers rose in Massachusetts, many different groups and individuals across MIT and the Commonwealth sought ways to help. Linville-Engler’s background in the medical device industry and his training in applying a systems approach to sociotechnical challenges immediately proved
reporter: sean s brother said he was born to be a police officer. the campus was hit hard. a lot of students shocked, others didn t want to talk to us, more than a week later. he was beloved. he wasn t just a security officer he was almost one of them. he went hiking and with the students and went to dances. he was going to join the somerville police department and, by the way, there is a medal now being honored by m.i.t. called the collier medal. here s a student who reflected on what happened. i really value and revere the sacrifice that he made for this community. it really brings to mind how wonderful it is there are people who do value the m.i.t. community and the boston community to such an extent that they can put their lives on the line for it.
reporter: that medal, the collier medal, will be given to a student every year for someone who displays the same dedication of values as sean collier did. eric, thank you very much. today the area around the attack site opened to the public. traffic resumed along boston s boylston street right where the bombs went off near the finish line. it s far from business as usual. shops are boarded up, windows blown out. a handful of roses sits at the first bomb site where crews repaired the broken concrete and people continue to wander by and pay respects today. one of our producers said everybody wants to be on boylston street today. both parents of the two bombing suspects plan to travel to the united states from russia soon. that s what the father tells us. now we re learning cops could arrest the mother if she sets foot on u.s. soil. no relief in sight for the rain