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School of Architecture + Planning
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Missed opportunities
Health problems for children prevent families from moving to higher-income neighborhoods.
January 19, 2016 -
Visualizing the abstract: A life in computer science
Senior Walter Menendez applies dynamic visuals to conceptual datasets.
April 23, 2015 -
MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology receives $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Combined grants provide eight years of funding, among largest gifts received by the arts at MIT.
April 22, 2015 -
Thumbnail track pad
Unobtrusive wearable sensor could operate digital devices or augment other device interfaces.
April 17, 2015 -
Brian Forde joins the MIT Media Lab as director of digital currency
Former White House senior advisor for mobile and data innovation to coordinate a broad research initiative focused on digital currencies
April 15, 2015 -
Deans announce new Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
MIT-wide effort aims to bring the power of data to the people.
April 8, 2015 -
Norman B. Leventhal ’38, visionary developer and philanthropist, dies at 97
Corporation member helped create Boston’s urban revival and was a noted contributor to MIT.
April 8, 2015 -
Winning women
Study: Fielding more female candidates helps political parties gain votes.
April 6, 2015 -
TRANSFORM wins A'Design Platinum
April 3, 2015 -
Cerebral curiosity
Graduate student Steven Keating takes a problem-solving approach to his brain cancer.
April 1, 2015 -
Wear your social network
Media Lab students aim to take common interests offline to encourage real-life connections.
March 31, 2015 -
Crowdsourced tool for depression
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression, anxiety.
March 30, 2015 -
MIT CoLab launches partnership with Banco Palmas
March 24, 2015 -
Preparing Boston for the "big one"
MIT-SUTD postdoctoral fellow Ornella Iuorio explores structural retrofits to improve earthquake preparedness in Boston’s Back Bay.
March 24, 2015 -
Lessons from the MIT Water Club
Urban planning student Isadora Araujo Cruxen is a leader in MIT's Water Club, a forum for discussion and teaching about water technology, policy, and science.
March 24, 2015 -
Temple Grandin: Look at what people can do, not what they can’t
In talks at MIT, noted behavioral expert suggests encouraging skills of people with autism.
March 18, 2015 -
Teaching programming to preschoolers
System that lets children program a robot using stickers embodies new theories about programming languages.
March 11, 2015 -
Finger-mounted reading device for the blind
Audio feedback helps user scan finger along a line of text, which software converts to speech.
March 10, 2015 -
Temple Grandin to speak at MIT
Famed animal behavior expert and autism activist will give two public talks at the Media Lab.
March 6, 2015 -
Preemptive design saving cities
Miho Mazereeuw, founder of the Urban Risk Lab, has roots in two countries that have dealt with floods, earthquakes, and typhoons.
March 6, 2015