Building bridges, not silos
A new study reveals how MIT’s campus design and architecture influence interaction among researchers.
MIT Morningside Academy for Design created as a new hub for cross-disciplinary education, research, and innovation
Supported by a $100 million founding gift, the academy will deepen the integration of design across the Institute and beyond.
Using nature’s structures in wooden buildings
A new approach enables architects to use discarded tree forks as load-bearing joints in their structures.
Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness into climate solutions
Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.
Conversations at the front line of climate
Novel communications infrastructure from the MIT Civic Design Initiative aims to support communities on the front lines of the climate crisis.
Merging design, tech, and cognitive science
Senior Ibuki Iwasaki seeks creative ways to design technology that considers the human user.
Courtney Lesoon and Elizabeth Yarina win Fulbright-Hays Scholarships
Prestigious grants will support full-time doctoral research abroad for the MIT architecture and urban planning students.
How MIT students are transforming the art of narrative
A new exhibition explores the possibilities of virtual storytelling.
Timber or steel? Study helps builders reduce carbon footprint of truss structures
New analysis could help identify optimal materials for the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings.
MIT Energy Initiative awards seven Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research
Awards support research to improve the efficiency, scalability, and adoption of clean energy technologies.
Fifteen MIT faculty honored as “Committed to Caring” for 2021-23
Honor recognizes professors who went the extra mile advising during the pandemic’s disruptions.
Ingenuity, design, and human spirit
A new book from the MIT Future Heritage Lab goes inside a Syrian refugee camp to uncover the creative lives of its inhabitants.
Tool for predicting pedestrian flow expands its reach
Long-term study of Melbourne, Australia, shows how urban development and change affects pedestrians, not just automobiles.
Volpe project prepares for design phase
Substantive community benefits, strong equity and inclusion practices, and ample public open space garner city and community support for MIT’s master plan.
For campus “porosity hunters,” climate resilience is the goal
With the MIT campus as a test bed, a citizen science effort provides lessons well beyond MIT.