Professor Stanford Anderson dies at 81
Noted scholar and founder of the History, Theory and Criticism Program led the Department of Architecture from 1991 to 2004.
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MIT presents updated Kendall Square Initiative plan to City of Cambridge
Cambridge Planning Board delves into the Kendall Square plan’s details and expresses enthusiasm; process will continue.
Love for Times Square
MIT professor, PhD candidate design Valentine’s Day pavilion for New York City.
Pushing engineering boundaries to spur infrastructure innovation
MIT hosts Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory receives three 2015 R&D 100 Awards
Three software products named among 100 most technologically significant innovations of 2015.
At COP21, finding hope for climate in the "Aerocene"
Visiting Artist Tomás Saraceno and MIT scientists join forces to confront climate crisis at United Nations conference.
Preparing MIT students to lead teams and startup ventures
Two new MIT offerings aim to leverage students’ skills to become effective founders and leaders.
Connecting, protecting, and informing the next generation of first responders
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is developing high-tech tools to improve situational awareness during emergency response operations.
Protein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture
New technique could contribute to efforts to map the human brain.
Rethinking urban life beyond the central city
Associate professor of architecture and urbanism Rafi Segal envisions “dispersed cities” designed to provide greater sociability and sustainability.
Envisioning the future of water for 900 million people
Research from an MIT Tata Center team led by Professor James Wescoat is making strategic planning of India's rural water systems possible for the first time.
Armor plating with built-in transparent ceramic eyes
Tiny sea creatures feature transparent optical systems as tough as their shells.
A school as a classroom
Students in the Program in Art, Culture and Technology perform at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art.
Buildings from the institutional investor perspective
Center for Real Estate hosts architects and engineers from the National Association for Real Estate Investment Managers.
MIT named No. 1 university worldwide for social sciences
Times Higher Education ranks MIT’s social sciences the best in the world.