Israeli and Palestinian architects and planners seek common ground on innovation, entrepreneurship
Visiting fellows engage with students in the School of Architecture and Planning to create startups aimed at social impact.
Negotiating with infrastructure cyberterrorists
Researchers design a negotiation strategy to help cities and organizations minimize losses when their data are held hostage.
Innovating at the speed of light
Symposium speakers describe how colleges must meet the challenges of a rapidly emerging environment in which "computing is for everyone."
Yazmin Guzman named 2019 Gates Cambridge Scholar
DUSP student will pursue an advanced degree in educational policy at Cambridge University.
National competition veterans pay it forward at regional science contest
More than 100 middle school students compete at the fourth Northeast Regional Science Bowl, hosted by students at MIT and sponsored by the School of Science.
Student challenges kick off celebration of MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing
“We see an incredible future where the College of Computing channels the collaborative potential of disciplines,” says grad student Matthew Claudel.
Leventhal City Prize seeks to spark transformative urban design and planning approaches
New prize honors legendary developer and philanthropist Norman B. Leventhal.
New parameters in graduate mentoring
Professors Cullen Buie, Hadley Sikes, and Justin Steil are honored with the Committed to Caring Award.
In China, a link between happiness and air quality
Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds.
Applying physics to energy-efficient building design
Christoph Reinhart is internationally known for using natural light to illuminate interiors and his lab's design tools are used by architects and urban planners worldwide.
Lisa Peattie, professor emerita of urban studies and planning, dies at 94
Noted urban anthropologist in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning championed advocacy and social change.
“You don’t learn this in class”
Students in the MIT Energy Initiative Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program build professional skills.
Building a more inclusive future, worldwide
An avid traveler, organizer, and educator, senior Kathleen Schwind helps others develop skills in negotiation and leadership.
More than 30 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
Forbes calls its 2019 30 Under 30 honorees “a collection of bold risk-takers who are putting a new twist on the old tools of the trade.”
The privacy risks of compiling mobility data
Merging different types of location-stamped data can make it easier to discern users’ identities, even when the data is anonymized.