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.
Eleven from MIT named to the 2016 TR35
Nearly one-third of MIT Technology Review’s top innovators under the age of 35 have a connection to MIT.
MIT-USAID program releases technology evaluation of water test kits
Study of water test kits used in Gujarat, India, assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.
John Fernández: Growing grassroots for sustainability on campus and abroad
Environmental Solutions Initiative’s new director discusses sustainable development, student engagement, and making Baker House his home.
Professor Emeritus Seymour Papert, pioneer of constructionist learning, dies at 88
World-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary was a founding faculty member of the MIT Media Lab.
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.
