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.
Pooling MIT’s resources to ‘rethink’ water
Workshop assesses scope of water research currently underway at Institute, eyes work that lies ahead.
Wanna come out and play? Introducing the Department of Play
Researchers with MIT's Center for Future Civic Media develop ways to use play to engage youth in their communities.
Slideshow: Mapping the oil spill
MIT student leads project using balloons and kites to provide aerial documentation of the Gulf oil slick’s extent and effects
Moving in circles
MIT scholar’s new book scrutinizes the successes and failures of a unique government experiment meant to help America’s urban poor.
Junior wins inaugural campus furniture-design competition
Winning bench will be installed at the student center
Merging arts: ACT program inaugurated
Day-long celebrations looks back at CAVS, Visual Arts and toward the future
$3.5 million grant for bus rapid transit awarded to MIT, IST-Lisbon and global partners
Center of Excellence on Bus Rapid Transit is eighth such center funded by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation