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William F. Brace, professor emeritus in EAPS, dies at 86

Geologist helped develop systematic descriptions of key physical properties of rocks.

May 8, 2012

Architects for the space were Mimi Love, Chris Genter (SMArchS ’98) and Silvia Illia-Sheldahl of Utile, Inc., of Boston; fundraising efforts were spearheaded by former Managing Director Marion Cunningham and Center Chairman Tony Ciochetti; design and construction was overseen by MSRED Lecturer Peter Roth (MArch/MSRED’85).

A new development in real estate

MIT center moves into its new digs.

May 7, 2012

Edited by Joan Ockman, educator, historian, writer and editor, <i>Architecture School</i> opens with six chronological essays, each devoted to a major period of development from pre-1860 to the present.

SA+P hosts collegiate architecture schools

The culminating event of ACSA’s centennial celebration

May 7, 2012

Robert Lepage accepts The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT during a gala held in his honor.

Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26, 2012

Robert Lepage dazzles MIT community during spectacular campus residency April 24-26.

May 2, 2012

Robert Lepage with a student after the Q&A session

McDermott Award recipient Robert Lepage collaborates and converses with students during campus residency

April 26, 2012

Lois Craig, former associate dean of the School of Architecture + Planning

Lois Craig, former associate dean in the School of Architecture + Planning, dies at 82

A trusted and valued adviser and colleague

April 19, 2012

Nancy Lynch, the NEC Professor of Software Science and Engineering

Lynch named Athena Lecturer

Professor honored for advances in distributed systems that enable dependable Internet and wireless network applications.

April 18, 2012

Detail of spiral stair from the Hinman Research Building at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture; designed by Nader Tehrani with Lord Aech & Sargent/Office dA team, and winner of an ever-growing string of prizes.

Architects on parade

Several members of the architecture faculty have received distinctive recognition lately.

April 18, 2012

Sky Event by Otto Piene and Seth Riskin, MIT Museum.

MIT establishes Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST)

$1.5M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will launch CAST.

April 12, 2012

MIT researchers have found that energy use does not always correspond to occupancy in the Institute's Sloan Building (E52, top) and the Ronald M. McNair Building (37, bottom)

The heat is on

New study of MIT buildings suggests additional approaches to energy efficiency.

March 30, 2012

Some in attendance at the reception included:MIT professor Helen Elaine Lee; MIT SHASS Dean Deborah Fitzgerald; PEN NE chair Richard Hoffman; MIT professor Tom Levenson; PEN Executive Director Karen Wulf; novelist Alexandra Marshall; editor and columnist Renée Loth; Beacon Press publisher Helene Atwan; novelist/<i>Globe</i> columnist James Carroll; MIT poet Erica Funkhouser; MIT Corporation mem...

MIT SHASS welcomes PEN New England to new home on campus

March 22, 2012

Professors Linda Griffith and Moungi Bawendi toss out icy and hot packs as a demonstration of free energy.

MacVicar Day celebrates the chemistry of collaboration

Speakers honor Margaret MacVicar and Robert Silbey.

March 19, 2012

Marwan Hussein SDM '12: Complexity and Interplanetary Space Systems

March 18, 2012

REACH: Architecture of The Freelon Group

On exhibit at the Wolk Gallery now through April 13.

March 13, 2012

Lots of trouble

In a new book, an MIT urban planner rethinks the mundane, ubiquitous parking lot.