For campus “porosity hunters,” climate resilience is the goal
With the MIT campus as a test bed, a citizen science effort provides lessons well beyond MIT.
MIT brings Campaign for a Better World to a successful finish
The effort raised more than $6 billion to spark innovation on global challenges.
New bionics center established at MIT with $24 million gift
Interdisciplinary research center funded by philanthropist Lisa Yang aims to mitigate disability through technologies that marry human physiology with electromechanics.
Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health
Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries.
MIT appoints members of new faculty committee to drive climate action plan
Professors Noelle Selin and Anne White will co-chair the Climate Nucleus, charged with managing and implementing MIT’s new plan.
End-to-end supply chain transparency
Leonardo Bonanni MA ’03, SM ’05, PhD ’10 is founder and CEO of Sourcemap, an MIT Media Lab spinoff helping multinationals gain unprecedented insights into their supply chains.
MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2021-22
Record number of honorees will engage in the life of the Institute through teaching, research, and other interactions with the MIT community.
Renovated Hayden Library and courtyard open to the MIT community
Transformational projects bring inclusive, welcoming spaces to the MIT campus.
360-degree transparency for construction sites made simple
Jeevan Kalanithi SM ’07 is CEO of OpenSpace, a company founded by three Media Lab graduates using computer vision to benefit the construction industry.
Study: Ending an eviction moratorium increases Covid-19 hazard
Results show infection rates increase across communities; individuals in low-income areas and those in poor health are at highest risk.
Jordan Harrod: Brain researcher and AI-focused YouTuber
The PhD student uses machine learning as a tool for studying pain and consciousness — and as subject matter for her popular videos.
A serious plea for playful design
In their new book, “Urban Play,” MIT researchers advance the idea of using technology to make urban life creative and unpredictable.
Climate and sustainability classes expand at MIT
MIT offers over 120 undergraduate classes related to sustainability, a sign of growing student and faculty interest in the environmental impacts of their fields.
Making machines that make robots, and robots that make themselves
PhD student Martin Nisser wants to democratize hardware by making it easier to build and customize.
Magnets could offer better control of prosthetic limbs
System uses tiny magnetic beads to rapidly measure the position of muscles and relay that information to a bionic prosthesis.