MISTI Global Seed Funds: 2015-16 call for proposals
Funds support MIT's global engagement by promoting collaborations between MIT faculty and their counterparts abroad.
Putting people before buildings
Architecture major Tiandra Ray designs spaces with a focus on community, not just aesthetics.
Sustainability of the built environment
Professor Oral Buyukozturk has catalyzed multidisciplinary ventures to advance sustainable designs for infrastructure in Kuwait and elsewhere.
Kendall Square Initiative ready to take next steps
Proposed building designs presented at two community meetings.
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying of Hong Kong visits MIT
University-driven innovation a key focus of Institute meeting.
Connecting the masses
Startup’s advertising platform provides free mobile data to prepaid cellphone users in developing countries.
Advancing "lean research" for improved international development
To help alleviate poverty, representatives from MIT D-Lab and Tufts Fletcher School focus on respectful, human-centered research practices in global development.
Real estate and reality
MIT economist Albert Saiz studies real estate and its many links to urban life.
New memorial a labor of love
Architects and engineers detail their novel design for MIT’s Collier Memorial.
Visualizing the abstract: A life in computer science
Senior Walter Menendez applies dynamic visuals to conceptual datasets.
MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology receives $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Combined grants provide eight years of funding, among largest gifts received by the arts at MIT.
Thumbnail track pad
Unobtrusive wearable sensor could operate digital devices or augment other device interfaces.
Brian Forde joins the MIT Media Lab as director of digital currency
Former White House senior advisor for mobile and data innovation to coordinate a broad research initiative focused on digital currencies