Hashim Sarkis named dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
Practicing architect, also a prominent scholar of architecture and urbanism, joins MIT from Harvard.
No more crying over spilled milk
“Make The Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon” brings tech out of the bubble and into the bottle.
Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Calestous Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Soft design for a sustainable world
Sheila Kennedy pioneers soft design techniques and materials to meet pressing global challenges in housing and energy.
3 Questions: Calestous Juma on African development
MIT event spotlights new approaches to economic growth on the continent.
Sheila Kennedy awarded $100K Berkeley-Rupp Prize
Second major award in two months for the Professor of the Practice in MIT's Department of Architecture
Media Lab to launch wellness initiative with $1 million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant
New program, Advancing Wellness, combines academics with on-the-ground initiatives to promote better health at MIT and beyond.
Manual control
Oblong Industries brings gesture-control technology from Hollywood to corporate conference rooms.
Ride-sharing could cut cabs’ road time by 30 percent
A new analytic framework enables analysis of GPS data on 150 million cab rides in New York City.
Our connection to content
Using neuroscience tools, Innerscope Research explores the connections between consumers and media.
Sheila Kennedy honored for design innovation
Exploring intersections of architecture, digital networks and public space
Planning differently
Inspired by Los Angeles, graduate student John Arroyo takes a new approach to urban planning.