The art and science of mapmaking with wood
Graduate student Phillip Daniel turns maps into laser-cut works of art.
MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology receives $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Combined grants provide eight years of funding, among largest gifts received by the arts at MIT.
Armory Show is “CULTURUNNERS’” next stop
“CULTURUNNERS” and ACT involve creative individuals across MIT to highlight artistic journeys and exchanges between the United States and the Middle East.
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.
Power efficiency in the violin
New study identifies key design features that boost violins’ acoustic power.
Making more than pretty pictures
Felice Frankel uses strong visual vocabulary to eliminate ambiguity and sell ideas.
SHASS names 35 exceptional MIT students as Burchard Scholars for 2015
Award honors sophomores and juniors who demonstrate academic excellence in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, as well as in science and engineering.
Fitzgerald to step down as dean of SHASS
After nine years, dean will return to her position as a professor of the history of technology.
3 Questions: Elena Ruehr on her three premieres this month
Composer debuts three new works, including an opera to be performed at MIT on Nov. 21.
A bumper crop you shouldn’t bump
Sales at the annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch cover the yearly expenses of the MIT Glass Lab.
Hashim Sarkis named dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
Practicing architect, also a prominent scholar of architecture and urbanism, joins MIT from Harvard.
A new look — and lights — for historic MIT Sloan building
MIT Sloan’s original building, E52, will re-open in January 2016 and feature a light installation by artist Leo Villareal.