Campus buildings and architecture

Ceremonial groundbreaking, left to right: City Councillor David Maher, MIT Director of Construction Richard Amster, MIT Graduate Student Council officer Krithika Ramchander, MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart, MIT Real Estate Managing Director Steve Marsh, City Councillor Tim Toomey, Mayor E. Denise Simmons, City Councillor Craig Kelley, CAC student Brandy Altidor, City Councilor Marc McGovern, CAC E...

Art and dirt: Bringing the Cambridge and MIT communities together

MIT’s graduate student housing groundbreaking and a Community Art Center mural installation are cause for celebration.

October 23, 2017

MIT representatives attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a major new graduate student residence hall along Main Street in Kendall Square. Left to right: Peter Cummings, executive director for administration in the Division of Student Life; David Friedrich, senior director of housing operations and renewal in the Division of Student Life; Krithika Ramchander, treasurer of the Graduate Student Counc...

3Q: Ian Waitz on graduate housing, other priorities

Vice chancellor reflects upon his first few months on the job, progress to date, and future plans.

October 18, 2017

Letter regarding Campus Sustainability Task Force report

September 28, 2017

“The new museum will be an experimental place," says John Durant, director of the MIT Museum and a faculty member of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. "We are committed to the idea that the MIT Museum can operate along the same principles as the Institute as a whole. We want to try new ideas, test them, and report our findings.”

John Durant plans a new era for the MIT Museum

A new purpose-built museum will be an experimental place for wider conversations.

September 27, 2017

Associate professors Julie Shah, Sertac Karaman, and Amos Winter, in front of the newly renovated Building 31.

Building 31 powers back up

Members of AeroAstro and MechE are returning to a dramatically renovated building, with robots, drones, and even a Corvette in tow.

September 24, 2017

Of the new building MIT President L. Rafael Reif says, "Like the main group buildings at the heart of campus, W97 embodies and encourages MIT’s signature openness, flexibility, and boldness."

MIT Theater Arts: The next act

Performing arts building ushers in a new era of theater at the Institute.

September 5, 2017

The Tech announced Walker Memorial’s opening in 1917.

Celebrating Walker Memorial’s 100th year

Designed as MIT’s first student center, the campus landmark initially housed World War I military personnel.

August 29, 2017

Conceptual sketch of the upgraded Central Utilities Plant, as viewed from Albany Street

MIT is set to upgrade its cogeneration plant, improving campus resiliency

Construction expected to begin this month.

August 7, 2017

Letter regarding timeline of the Senior House decision

July 27, 2017

“We are overusing natural resources. Why not be efficient with the climate?” Alpha Yacob Arsano says. “It is a misconception that building energy-efficient structures is more expensive. In the long-term it is much cheaper.”

Lessons from pre-industrial climate control

Graduate student Alpha Yacob Arsano wants to bring natural ventilation to the forefront of modern architecture.

July 24, 2017

The Varanasi research group visits the MIT Central Utilities Plant cooling towers, where they will test their water-recapture technology with support from the new Campus Sustainability Incubator Fund.

New fund makes MIT a living sustainability lab

MIT Office of Sustainability announces awards to multi-departmental projects that test management, design, and operations solutions on campus.

July 21, 2017

Nested cubes are assembled on a lab shelf in Buliding 18, nestled among snorkel fume hoods. The display was part of a thesis project by Angel Chen MS '17.

The art of construction: Chemistry lab takes center stage in an artist’s exhibition

In search of a space under construction in which to stage an art installation, grad student Angel Chen was drawn to Building 18’s fourth floor lab renovation.

July 10, 2017

“If you work near someone, you’re more likely to have substantive conversations more frequently,” says doctoral student Matthew Claudel.

Proximity boosts collaboration on MIT campus

Study: Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents.

July 9, 2017

The West Garage, located on Vassar Street across from the Steinbrenner Stadium, will close this fall and is scheduled for demolition to make way for a new undergraduate residence.

West Garage scheduled to close September 2017

Closing will make way for undergraduate residence; permit holders are being assigned to new parking areas on campus.

June 29, 2017

A lively streetscape extending Broad Canal Way into the Volpe site, with active uses and retail leading pedestrians and bicyclists into the open space.

MIT files rezoning petition for Volpe site

Submittal of mixed-use proposal launches public hearing process.

June 21, 2017

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