Making art through computation
Master’s student Chelsi Cocking combines her love for computer science and design in her research and outreach efforts at the Media Lab.
A new board game highlights the colonized experience
Departing from games that glorify European conquest, “Promesa” helps players understand Puerto Rico as a modern-day colony.
“Zoom out”: Kealoha Wong ’99 calls on MIT graduates to consider their lives within the enormity of the universe
Hawaii's first poet laureate spoke at an on-campus celebration for the classes of 2020 and 2021.
Linguistics luminaries Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle honored
A Stata Center wing and celebratory event mark their achievements and the next generation of linguistics research at MIT.
MIT Simmons Hall as an interactive canvas
Student project “116 x 31” transforms an iconic building on MIT’s campus with a large-scale interactive installation.
A bright light on New York’s Bengali past
“In Search of Bengali Harlem,” a new film co-created by Professor Vivek Bald, salutes South Asians who carved out new lives in the US, against the odds.
“Visualizing the Proton” through animation and film
An art-science collaboration tests the limits of visual technologies.
Architecture isn’t just for humans anymore
In the remote desert of Nevada, an MIT team designs shelter for all species.
Bridging communities to reimagine cultural preservation
Roots Studio, founded by Rebecca Hui SM ’17, helps rural communities license their art to brands around the world.
Portal to another world
An expert in medieval literature, Arthur Bahr is working toward a book on the Pearl-Manuscript — a rare 14th-century document that includes “Pearl” and three other works.
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.
3 Questions: Composer Elena Ruehr on turning emotion into sound
Ruehr's new work, "Requiem," honors both personal and global losses.
Student-led MIT course provides an inside look at K-pop
Artists and industry professionals including AleXa join the online course, offering insights into Korean pop music.
The MIT Press and Brown University Library launch book series “On Seeing”
The series will examine understudied questions at the intersection of visual culture and subjects such as race, care, decolonization, privilege, and precarity.
The sound of a sunset
The Digital Humanities Lab unveils its Sonification Toolkit, which enables conversion of almost anything — from data to drawings — into sound.