Department
Urban Studies and Planning
An entrepreneur aims to work in Africa
Graduate student Sarah Dimson is hatching plans for renewable energy and affordable housing in Tanzania.
Yoon honored for advancing MIT education
J. Meejin Yoon receives 2013 Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education
Teaching urban development in the global South
A five-year program to strengthen university teaching materials
Switching stances
MIT graduate student Alexis Sablone balances an athletic career and coursework in architecture.
Symposium takes on urban infrastructure challenges
Inaugural symposium of the Center for Advanced Urbanism is part of a series devoted to design issues facing cities worldwide
That ’70s show
In a new book, journalist and MIT fellow Christian Caryl recounts the epoch-shaping political, religious and economic upheavals launched in the year 1979.
MIT students, alumni awarded 2013 Fulbright grants
Selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields
Walter Torous tapped as senior lecturer
Top scholar in real estate finance to teach at MIT Center for Real Estate, MIT Sloan School of Management
The new challenges for urban planners
In MIT talk, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan emphasizes the need for creative urbanism in a time of economic strain.
'From Obsolescence to Sustainability'
Exhibit on 'A Century of Architectural Change' runs through August 16 at the Wolk Gallery
Are we purging the poorest?
In a new book, MIT urbanist Lawrence Vale examines the downsizing of public housing.