MIT hosts University of Puerto Rico students after Hurricane Maria
In the wake of the devastating 2017 hurricane, MIT hosted five Puerto Rican undergraduates to help them continue their path toward graduate school.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2018-19
Ranked at the top for the seventh straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 48 disciplines.
Featured video: How tiny houses solve a huge problem
Architecture alumna Sharon Lee MArch '81, MCP '81 thinks small to address Seattle’s growing homelessness crisis.
Spirn, Oxman win Cooper Hewitt design awards
School of Architecture and Planning professors receive national recognition for excellence, innovation, and impact through design.
MIT alumni curate pavilions at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale
Exhibitions tackle global questions with research-based approaches.
MIT returns to the Venice Architecture Biennale
Faculty, students, and alumni contribute as curators and exhibitors at the world’s premier forum for architecture and design.
What will we eat in the year 2050?
Climate Changed Symposium combines art and science to envision the global food system under climate change.
Making landmark texts in architecture and urban studies accessible to the world
National Endowment for the Humanties-Mellon Foundation Open Book Program grant will support the digitization and open accessibility of key MIT Press titles.
Tata Center adds eight new projects to its 2018-2019 portfolio
MIT principal investigators will receive funding and support for projects seeking an impact in the developing world.
Featured video: Celebrating the arts at MIT
A mercurial snapshot of the myriad ways in which MIT community members can express themselves through the arts
Garden of ideas
With a new multimedia website, landscape architecture professor Anne Whiston Spirn makes a secret garden public and explores how ideas create form.
MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2018 QS World University Rankings
MIT ranked within top 5 in 19 out of 48 subject areas.
Digital archive showcases work from the Center for Advanced Visual Studies
The collection features groundbreaking projects from pioneers working at the intersection of art, science, and technology.
Urban heat island effects depend on a city’s layout
The way streets and buildings are arranged makes a big difference in how heat builds up, study shows.
Future Heritage Lab devises creative responses to humanitarian crises
Artistic collaboration between MIT, German-Jordanian University is designed to reduce trauma for refugees in the Al Azraq Camp in Jordan.