Media Lab conference addresses gender bias, diversity, and inclusion in STEM
Megan Smith ’86, SM ’88 and other thought leaders offer advice to students on how women in STEM fields can develop skills for navigating life and work.
Ramesh Raskar awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Imaging scientist and inventor sets sights on launching peer-to-peer invention platforms for global impact.
Judging a book through its cover
New computational imaging method identifies letters printed on first nine pages of a stack of paper.
QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
A novel approach to teaching socially responsible real estate: games
MIT’s Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab uses gaming to advance its mission in China.
Measuring exposure to pollution
Mobile-phone data helps researchers study an urban problem in greater detail.
Integrating user-collected data in city planning
Lily Bui draws upon science, art, and public advocacy to enrich urban design.
MIT-USAID program releases technology evaluation of water test kits
Study of water test kits used in Gujarat, India, assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.
Judith Tendler, professor emerita in urban studies and planning, dies at 77
With an optimistic outlook, Tendler combined development economics and organizational theory to advise governments.
Assessing health impacts of policies and plans
New class offers urban planners tools to explore the intersection of city planning and public health.
“Beijing Studio” celebrates 30 years
MIT–Tsinghua collaboration grapples with urban issues in China.
DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.1 million in second round of faculty research funding
Nine grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers.