Slideshow: Thousands gather for dedication of Collier Memorial
Ceremony marks official opening of granite structure in honor of MIT officer slain in 2013.
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.
Magnifying vibrations in bridges and buildings
Researchers apply computer vision technique to see tiny vibrations in large structures.
Collier Memorial dedication and community picnic to honor fallen MIT officer
MIT community invited to April 27 lecture and April 29 memorial dedication and picnic in honor of Officer Sean Collier.
Norman B. Leventhal ’38, visionary developer and philanthropist, dies at 97
Corporation member helped create Boston’s urban revival and was a noted contributor to MIT.
Preparing Boston for the "big one"
MIT-SUTD postdoctoral fellow Ornella Iuorio explores structural retrofits to improve earthquake preparedness in Boston’s Back Bay.
How it’s made
A seminar series on the nuts and bolts of constructing a 200,000 square-foot nanotechnology laboratory comes to MIT.
Preemptive design saving cities
Miho Mazereeuw, founder of the Urban Risk Lab, has roots in two countries that have dealt with floods, earthquakes, and typhoons.
Vargas honored in Dubai ceremony
MIT Tata Center alumna's innovative work with public space empowers residents of informal settlements.
Stamp honors MIT’s first black graduate
The 38th stamp in the "Black Heritage" series honors architect and educator Robert Robinson Taylor of the Class of 1892.
New horizons for self-assembling materials
3-D-printable materials deform to change surface area, enabling curvature rather than rigid folding.
Smoot lighting to set the mood on Harvard Bridge
An anonymous gift will pay for LED bulbs that will illuminate the bridge every 30 Smoots.
Hashim Sarkis named dean of the School of Architecture and Planning
Practicing architect, also a prominent scholar of architecture and urbanism, joins MIT from Harvard.