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From left to right: Brian Anthony, principal research scientist at SENSE.nano, director of the Master of Engineering in Manufacturing Program, and co-director of the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center; Ricky Lai, Linda Tang, and Maggie Zhu, representing the Tang family; Martin A. Schmidt, MIT provost; Edward Cunningham PhD ’09; and Jesús de Álamo, director of the Microsystems Technol...

Tang family gift supports MIT.nano, MIT Quest for Intelligence

$20 million gift names imaging suite in new facility, creates catalyst fund.

October 18, 2018

The fundraising effort is the best in the history of MIT and brings the Campaign for a Better World total to $4.3 billion.

MIT Campaign for a Better World propels the Institute to best fundraising year on record

The impact of the campaign is evident in new initiatives and core support across campus.

October 9, 2018

The MIT.nano building, at the center of campus adjacent to the Great Dome, has expansive glass facades that allow natural light into the labs while giving visitors a clear view of the research in action.

A big new home for the ultrasmall

MIT.nano building, the largest of its kind, will usher in a new age of nanoscale advancements.

September 23, 2018

New energy-efficient windows have been installed throughout the New House building, along with a new roof. Six terraces facing Memorial Drive have been transformed into green roofs that absorb water and reduce water waste.

Students welcomed back to renovated New House as semester begins

Redesigned building connects living groups with improved accessibility.

September 3, 2018

Julie Newman, Ph.D., Director of the MIT Office of Sustainability.

3Q: Julie Newman on MIT’s pioneering solar purchase

MIT’s sustainability director describes how 2016 effort has inspired Boston and other cities.

July 16, 2018

MIT President L. Rafael Reif (left) and Talal Shair sign documents related to the collaboration between the Dar Group and MIT.

MIT Collaboration with Dar Group supports the future of architecture, planning, and design

June 26, 2018

MIT has identified the Metropolitan Storage Warehouse as a potential new location for the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P). The proposed move would let the Institute create a new hub for design research and education, allow the school to expand its full range of activities, and open new spaces for public use.

Metropolitan Storage Warehouse is potential new location for School of Architecture and Planning

Historic building would create “design hub” for MIT, with benefits for surrounding community.

June 14, 2018

Drop Day: After months of planning and safety checks, a donated, irreparable piano is prepared for dropping off of the MIT Baker House roof.

Just drop it: Baker House Piano Drop

In a tradition that started nearly 50 years ago, Baker House residents drop a donated, nonworking, and irreparable piano off the roof to mark “Drop Day.”

May 24, 2018

Letter regarding the Campus Sustainability Task Force final report

April 6, 2018

After 16 years as heads of house, Anne and Bill McCants to step down from Burton Conner

Search will start soon for new live-in faculty to help lead undergraduate community.

January 26, 2018

A new residence hall on Vassar Street will add 450 undergraduate beds to MIT’s inventory and will serve the Institute at large with a new community gathering space at its western end, new benches and lighting along Vassar Street, and a welcoming new dining facility.

Construction begins on a new student residence on Vassar Street

A next-generation home for MIT undergraduates is underway.

January 23, 2018

Kendall Square will soon be the home of the new Roche Brothers grocery store.

MIT’s One Broadway Building to be the future home of Brothers Marketplace

Announcement delivers on a key commitment by the Institute to the Cambridge community.

December 14, 2017

MIT is on the path to achieve at least a 32 percent reduction in campus emissions of greenhouse gases by the year 2030.

Institute on track to meet campus climate action goals

Plans are in place to meet or exceed greenhouse gas reduction targets.

November 21, 2017

For the MIT production of the 2017 play “Everybody,” the medieval banquet scene from Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s 1911 play “Jedermann” was performed as a prelude — to show the historical roots of the themes in “Everybody.” Both plays are based on the 15th century English morality play “Everyman."

New chapter for theater at MIT opens with “Everybody,” a morality play for our time

Starting with inaugural performance in new facility, students immerse themselves in all aspects of making theater.

November 20, 2017

The new Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel will be situated in the same location as its predecessor. Building 17, which is located to the right of the tunnel and contains its controls, will have a new structure added to the rear for an elevator and access bridge to AeroAstro’s Neumann Hangar.

MIT to construct new, cutting-edge Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel

Largest, most advanced U.S. academic tunnel will replace 79-year-old facility; Boeing is project’s lead donor with philanthropic commitment.

November 13, 2017

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