Putting heads together
New study: groups demonstrate distinctive ‘collective intelligence’ when facing difficult tasks
Two winning proposals for sustainable construction
Students receive High Commendation from the Holcim Foundation.
Scott, Yoon tapped to direct academic programs
Will evaluate and develop master's, bachelor's curricula in the Department of Architecture
Disembodied performance
Tod Machover’s Death and the Powers, which features robots as performers, premieres this month. Is this the future of opera?
NSF award funds Media Lab researchers work on Autism spectrum disorders
Collaboration is the first large-scale effort of computer and behavioral scientists to jointly address ASD.
New design-build class weaves nature into rural Cambodian school
Students take part in “Design for a Sustainable Future”
MIT graduate transportation researchers reflect on work with Portugal
City planning, civil engineering graduates supported by MIT-Portugal Program talk about long-term connections to Portuguese students, faculty, stakeholders in transport
Helping cities adapt to climate change
Field-based graduate training program releases new publication
Local competition inspires creative use of public-private space
Atlantic Ave. installations prove community value of pedestrian-friendly elements.
In the World: Easy on the eyes
Simple, low-cost device that affixes to a cell phone could provide quick eye tests throughout the developing world.
Bill Mitchell, former dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning, dies at age 65
He was an outspoken advocate for radically transforming infrastructure to create responsive sustainable cities, and played an instrumental role in transforming MIT's physical campus.
