Departments
Urban Studies and Planning
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Tracking contagion in cities, using mobile phone data
Study shows how commuting and other forms of everyday travel help spread mosquito-borne disease in urban settings.
November 20, 2019 -
High school students learn about commercial real estate through the Center for Real Estate
Residential course provides immersive experience for 28 juniors and seniors from around the United States.
November 19, 2019 -
Strong mentorship through great decision-making
Gabriella Carolini, Paula Hammond, and David Trumper honored as Committed to Caring graduate student mentors.
October 3, 2019 -
Malden Works for Waterfront Equity and Resilience awarded Norman B. Leventhal City Prize
Prize supports powerful collaboration among diverse constituencies in Malden, Massachusetts.
September 24, 2019 -
Bridging the information gap in solar energy
PhD student Elise Harrington studies the ways rural communities in Kenya and India learn about solar energy products and their options as consumers.
September 19, 2019 -
Collaboration adds an extra dimension to undergraduate research
Students on UROP teams agree that teamwork speeds up the research.
September 18, 2019 -
MIT report examines how to make technology work for society
Task force calls for bold public and private action to harness technology for shared prosperity.
September 4, 2019 -
MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift
New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.
August 29, 2019 -
Health, wealth, and cities
MIT associate professor of urban studies Mariana Arcaya examines health disparities within metro areas.
August 27, 2019 -
A more intelligent system for the scooter wars
MIT spinout Superpedestrian has developed a smart electric scooter to improve urban mobility.
August 22, 2019 -
Optimus Ride’s autonomous system makes self-driving vehicles a reality
MIT startup’s unique approach to improving human mobility is helping it gain traction in a competitive landscape.
August 9, 2019 -
Tekuma Frenchman designs new marine city in China
School of Architecture and Planning alumni and faculty team up to create an ecologically restorative urban waterfront.
July 24, 2019 -
When religion meets secularism in urban planning
“I’m interested in the peaceful coexistence of communities,” says PhD student Babak Manouchehrifar, who left his home country of Iran to study at MIT.
July 24, 2019 -
Why urban planners should pay attention to restaurant-review sites
Study finds online restaurant information can closely predict key neighborhood indicators, in lieu of other data.
July 15, 2019 -
3 Questions: An experiment illuminates the value of public transportation
Urban studies research from MIT sheds light on the ways low-income riders use mass transit.
June 19, 2019 -
PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for water solutions
J-WAFS announces graduate fellowships for Sahil Shah and Peter Godart, both of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
June 17, 2019 -
Taking a city’s pulse with moveable sensors
Study quantifies how much of Manhattan 10 taxis cover in a day — to better measure air pollution, traffic, and more.
June 11, 2019 -
Untangling the social dynamics of water
J-WAFS Fellow and DUSP PhD student Andrea Beck examines the success factors behind water utility partnerships in Africa.
June 10, 2019 -
Autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other
Fleet of “roboats” could collect garbage or self-assemble into floating structures in Amsterdam’s many canals.
June 5, 2019 -
3 Questions: Faculty appointments and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Working group studies options for creating a new set of faculty hires for MIT’s new college.
May 24, 2019