Boston Mayor Michelle Wu asks SA+P advanced degree recipients to be forces for good in Boston and beyond
“We are proud to be doing this work, and we hope you will join us.”
MIT HUMANS project breaks down borders, empowering global voices to reach for the stars
The HUMANS nanowafer, an MIT Space Exploration Initiative student-led project, will travel to the ISS this month, and later to the moon, carrying messages in more than 64 languages from over 80 countries.
Taking the long view: The Deep Time Project
Architecture students address the urgent need to reframe the relationship between design and time.
STEAM power on the runway
Boston teen designers create fashion inspired by award-winning images from MIT laboratories.
“Ballet des Porcelaines” at MIT
A contemporary reinterpretation of an 18th century ballet reveals the fragility of orientalist fantasies.
Visualizing migration stories
“Distance Unknown,” an exhibition by MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab, documents the often challenging journeys migrants undertake to gain economic opportunity and food security.
Solve at MIT 2022: Demystifying world issues one connection at a time
Hundreds of social impact leaders from around the world convene to discuss the world’s most imminent problems and how to ethically solve them.
Architecture isn’t just for humans anymore
In the remote desert of Nevada, an MIT team designs shelter for all species.
The sound of a sunset
The Digital Humanities Lab unveils its Sonification Toolkit, which enables conversion of almost anything — from data to drawings — into sound.
How MIT students are transforming the art of narrative
A new exhibition explores the possibilities of virtual storytelling.
3 Questions: Maaya Prasad and Kathleen Esfahany on vision, perception, and the poetry of science
Students featured in public art exhibits in prominent locations throughout Boston.
MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2021-22
Record number of honorees will engage in the life of the Institute through teaching, research, and other interactions with the MIT community.
Life in space: Preparing for an increasingly tangible reality
The Space Exploration Initiative supports research across and beyond MIT in two microgravity flights this spring.
When masks reveal
Students design face masks that uncover personal and collective experiences from the Covid-19 pandemic.
3 Questions: Nadia Christidi on the arts and the future of water
The PhD student focuses on three cities and the role of the arts in helping planning institutions to imagine and plan for possible futures.