Cambridge, Boston and region

A new digital tool developed by an MIT team lets people design alterations to transit networks and estimate the resulting improvements, based on existing data from urban transit systems.

3 Questions: Chris Zegras on designing your city’s transit system

MIT-designed tool lets people test realistic changes to local transit networks.

December 8, 2017

MIT issues statement about early-morning fire near Central Square

Four-alarm fire at MIT-owned 22-24 Magazine Street; all residents were evacuated safely.

November 30, 2017

Anjali Misra awarded Mitchell Scholarship

MIT senior is headed to Ireland to pursue graduate studies in public health.

November 27, 2017

MIT students collect donations for Puerto Rico hurricane relief efforts outside of the Stratton Student Center.

MIT unites for Puerto Rico hurricane relief

Student-organized donation drive receives overwhelming support from the Institute community during its three-day fundraiser.

November 9, 2017

A rendering of the open space as imagined in a site plan example, from the corner of Third Street and Broadway. Key features include public gathering spaces, retail kiosks, and water representing the continuation of Broad Canal.

Cambridge City Council approves MIT’s Volpe zoning petition

The 14-acre underutilized parcel in Kendall Square is set to be reimagined as a vibrant community.

October 23, 2017

Ceremonial groundbreaking, left to right: City Councillor David Maher, MIT Director of Construction Richard Amster, MIT Graduate Student Council officer Krithika Ramchander, MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart, MIT Real Estate Managing Director Steve Marsh, City Councillor Tim Toomey, Mayor E. Denise Simmons, City Councillor Craig Kelley, CAC student Brandy Altidor, City Councilor Marc McGovern, CAC E...

Art and dirt: Bringing the Cambridge and MIT communities together

MIT’s graduate student housing groundbreaking and a Community Art Center mural installation are cause for celebration.

October 23, 2017

MIT representatives attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a major new graduate student residence hall along Main Street in Kendall Square. Left to right: Peter Cummings, executive director for administration in the Division of Student Life; David Friedrich, senior director of housing operations and renewal in the Division of Student Life; Krithika Ramchander, treasurer of the Graduate Student Counc...

3Q: Ian Waitz on graduate housing, other priorities

Vice chancellor reflects upon his first few months on the job, progress to date, and future plans.

October 18, 2017

“We got a lot of traffic here, all Boston locals,” said PhD candidate You Wu about the MIT — For a Better World exhibit at The HUB, part of the 2017 HUBweek celebration. Wu is holding a Robot Daisy, a soft, rubbery robot designed to move through municipal water pipes and detect leaks.

At The HUB, a celebration of art, technology, and innovation

Student volunteers at HUBweek exhibits share MIT’s creative spirit with the public.

October 18, 2017

Governor Charlie Baker speaks with conference participants after his keynote address at the 2017 Online Learning Summit.

Exploring the new world of online credentials

Summit showcases dramatic growth of online learning and explores synergy with residential education.

October 3, 2017

A rendering of The HUB in Boston's Government Center.

HUBweek shines spotlight on Kendall Square’s innovation ecosystem

MIT community plays central role in Greater Boston’s third annual festival of ideas and innovation.

October 2, 2017

MIT to host summit on climate leadership in northeast U.S., eastern Canada

Michael Bloomberg will deliver keynote address.

September 29, 2017

On Sept. 28 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in downtown Boston, more than a thousand New England alumni will join President L. Rafael Reif in celebrating the countless ways that the MIT community has contributed to the region’s vitality and unmistakable character — and to envision, together, the positive change this community can have on the entire world.

A better world, starting close to home

MIT faculty and alumni have helped to shape Cambridge, Boston, and the surrounding region.

September 27, 2017

Photo of a dozen or so people in front of a brick wall

The Engine announces investments in first group of startups

New venture launched by MIT will support “tough-tech” companies at work on transformative ideas that take time to commercialize.

September 19, 2017

Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, who negotiated the collaboration on behalf of MIT, speaks during the signing of the agreement with representatives of IBM.

3Q: Anantha Chandrakasan on new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab

Lab seeks to expand the boundaries of research on artificial intelligence.

September 7, 2017

MIT President L. Rafael Reif, left, and John Kelly III, IBM senior vice president, Cognitive Solutions and Research, shake hands at the conclusion of a signing ceremony establishing the new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab.

IBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish new MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment in new lab with MIT to advance AI hardware, software, and algorithms.