Topic
Arts
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"Aerocene" soars at the 47th World Economic Forum
Climate-conscious sculptures influence world perspectives in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.
February 9, 2017 -
Featured video: The light fantastic in Building E52
Leo Villareal's "hypnotic" LED art installation welcomes visitors to the newly renovated Morris and Sophie Chang Building.
February 3, 2017 -
Art, engineering, and architecture
Freshman seminar inspires students to see the world with fresh eyes.
January 19, 2017 -
Featured video: Paint by numbers
Meet Glenn Silva, the man who's been hand-painting names and numbers on MIT doors for over two decades.
January 18, 2017 -
Creating “big, beautiful things”
Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.
January 13, 2017 -
Featured video: Diving into IAP
A look at MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP), a four-week term in January during which community members get creative.
January 12, 2017 -
MIT in London
The city offers an ideal home for MIT alumni whose work spans disciplines and continents.
January 12, 2017 -
Interstellate: Celebrating the the beauty of neuroscience
Caitlin Vander Weele, a graduate student in brain and cognitive sciences, launches a collaborative neuro-art pictorial magazine.
January 9, 2017 -
35 exceptional MIT students are named Burchard Scholars for 2017
Sophomores and juniors who excel in the HASS and STEM fields are honored.
December 20, 2016 -
Featured video: David Adjaye's appreciation of the MIT Chapel
World-renowned architect and recent McDermott Award winner describes MIT's Eero Saarinen masterpiece.
December 19, 2016 -
"Song of the Human": An origin story
New work by composer Pete M. Wyer draws inspiration from MIT linguistic scholar Shigeru Miyagawa's hypothesis on the origins of human language.
December 13, 2016 -
Thorsten Trimpop wins Golden Dove grand prize at Leipzig Festival
CMS/W lecturer and Open Doc Lab fellow wins prestigious documentary filmmaking prize for "Furusato," chronicling effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
December 9, 2016 -
Face to face with "The Enemy"
Visiting Artist Karim Ben Khelifa creates immersive experiences using virtual and augmented reality to humanize soldiers in global conflicts.
December 2, 2016 -
Wiesner Gallery relaunched
Inaugural exhibition in the newly renovated space features work from 20 MIT Arts Scholars.
November 30, 2016 -
“Uniting through Voice and Song” event celebrates values that connect the MIT community
November 22, 2016 -
New faculty, promotions, and leadership roles in the School of Architecture and Planning
Four join the SA+P faculty, while seven are recognized for work in art, architecture, and urbanism.
October 28, 2016 -
Sculpture in the Student Center encourages help-seeking
Four students helped launch a campus-wide art installation and shared personal stories of help-seeking, advocacy, and resilience.
October 27, 2016 -
Monumental new sculpture commissioned for MIT's McGovern Institute
"SCIENTIA" is the newest addition to MIT's Public Art Collection.
October 26, 2016 -
MIT to help Dubai launch a new undergraduate institution focused on design
School of Architecture and Planning will develop curriculum, courses for Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation.
October 24, 2016 -
Pianist Simon Smith finds nuance in Stockhausen’s grand vision
Smith kicks off the third season of MIT Sounding, an innovative annual performance series at MIT.
September 21, 2016