Urban studies and planning

The SPURS Fellows of 1969-1970 pose for a class photo.

Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies celebrates 50th anniversary

SPURS Fellows serve as agents of change in international development.

April 6, 2018

Daniel Kammen, professor of energy at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke on clean energy innovation and implementation in a talk at MIT.

3 Questions: Innovating for the clean energy economy

Daniel Kammen of the University of California at Berkeley discusses current efforts in clean energy innovation and implementation, and what's coming next.

March 28, 2018

J. Phillip Thompson, MIT associate professor of urban studies and planning

J. Phillip Thompson named deputy mayor of New York City

Appointment recognizes Thompson's expertise in urban politics and coalition building.

February 28, 2018

The task force leadership team consists of (right) David Autor, the Ford Professor of Economics and associate head of the MIT Department of Economics; (left) David Mindell, the Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, and professor of aeronautics and astronautics; and (center) Elisabeth Reynolds, executive director of the MIT Industrial Performance Center...

MIT launches Task Force on the Work of the Future

Institute-wide effort will study the evolution of jobs in an age of technological advancement.

February 27, 2018

A new study found that cities with an orderly pattern, like the street grid seen in most of this map, have a much greater urban heat island effect than those with a more disorderly pattern, such as areas in the upper right.

Urban heat island effects depend on a city’s layout

The way streets and buildings are arranged makes a big difference in how heat builds up, study shows.

February 22, 2018

MIT Black History Project launches new website

Digital archive features never-before-published image of MIT's first black woman student.

February 21, 2018

With one foot in a dual bachelor’s and master’s program in urban studies and the other in an array of educational and community outreach programs, Yazmin Guzman applies the same careful coordination she perfected as a Mexican folkloric dancer to her life at MIT.

Sealing the cracks in public education

MIT senior Yazmin Guzman wants to change the educational landscape to provide opportunities to all K-12 students.

February 14, 2018

East Pacific Center Towers, Shenzhen, China.

New connector helps faculty, student startups launch in China

The new connector helps faculty, students, and alumni launch startups in China.

February 14, 2018

On Jan. 25, the MIT Climate Action Team organized a carbon-pricing panel that included (from left to right) Massachusetts State Sen. Michael Barrett, State Rep. Jennifer Benson, Climate XChange Research and Policy Director Marc Breslow, Associate Professor Janelle Knox-Hayes, Joint Program Co-director and Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer John Reilly, and Center for Energy and Environment...

Is Massachusetts ready for carbon pricing?

Panel at MIT explores benefits, costs, and political challenges.

January 30, 2018

Brent D. Ryan, an associate professor of urban design and public policy in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, has detailed his perspective on urban design in a new book, “The Largest Art: A Measured Manifesto for a Plural Urbanism,” recently published by the MIT Press.

A manifesto for designing cities

MIT professor’s new book calls for a more pluralistic, democratic vision of the city.

January 4, 2018

David Geltner (left), a professor of real estate finance, and postdoc Alexander van de Minne are helping translate masses of data into predictive tools for investors.

Turning real estate data into decision-making tools

New Real Estate Price Dynamics Research Platform from the MIT Center for Real Estate offers predictive power to investors.

December 22, 2017

Members of the MIT delegation to the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference gather outside the venue in Bonn, Germany (l-r): Jonas Knapp, Laur Hesse Fisher, Michael Casey, Kathleen Kennedy, Thomas Malone, Jessika Trancik, Stephen Lee, Morgan Edwards, Tom Kiley, and Erick Pinos.

Exploring ethical dimensions of climate negotiation

MIT researchers focus on empathy, transparency, and empowerment at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference.

December 18, 2017

MIT Associate Professor Janelle Knox-Hayes

One planet, many climate plans. Why?

MIT’s Janelle Knox-Hayes studies the cultural issues behind climate policy.

December 17, 2017

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

Adèle Naudé Santos and Débora Mesa's plan for low-income housing in Colombia includes a market square within the proposed live-work neighborhood.

MIT architects, planners honored for sustainable design

MIT faculty and alumni projects are recognized for excellence in the international LafargeHolcim Awards competition.

December 1, 2017

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