3 Questions: Amy Glasmeier on the living wage
MIT professor and expert in regional economies calculates how far salaries stretch.
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Urban Studies and Planning
Judith Layzer, expert on environmental politics, dies at 53
Professor wrote influential works on science, public policy, and environmental advocacy.
Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship celebrates 50 years
New cohort of fellows to carry on humanitarian tradition at MIT.
Sustainability of the built environment
Professor Oral Buyukozturk has catalyzed multidisciplinary ventures to advance sustainable designs for infrastructure in Kuwait and elsewhere.
Advancing "lean research" for improved international development
To help alleviate poverty, representatives from MIT D-Lab and Tufts Fletcher School focus on respectful, human-centered research practices in global development.
Real estate and reality
MIT economist Albert Saiz studies real estate and its many links to urban life.
Lessons from the MIT Water Club
Urban planning student Isadora Araujo Cruxen is a leader in MIT's Water Club, a forum for discussion and teaching about water technology, policy, and science.
Preemptive design saving cities
Miho Mazereeuw, founder of the Urban Risk Lab, has roots in two countries that have dealt with floods, earthquakes, and typhoons.
Vargas honored in Dubai ceremony
MIT Tata Center alumna's innovative work with public space empowers residents of informal settlements.
MIT Professional Education and Center for Real Estate announce new Certificate in Real Estate Finance and Development
Enrollment open for a five-course certificate program.
The poetics and pragmatics of participatory art
Urban planning, architecture, and art students and practitioners join in a conversation about participatory art led by visiting MIT fellow Mel Chin.
Telling stories using computer science
Senior Shannon Kao’s knack for storytelling informs her research in computer graphics.
MIT-USAID program releases pioneering evaluation of solar lanterns
First report of Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation offers new framework for assessment.