Topic
Housing
-
Team 2020 charts a course for MIT
Report outlines the thinking behind five proposed options for the 2020-2021 academic year.
June 12, 2020 -
3 Questions: Balakrishnan Rajagopal on recognizing homelessness as a human rights violation
Associate professor of law and development will address housing challenges in a new appointment as special rapporteur for UN Human Rights Council.
June 11, 2020 -
Town halls let students “Solve for Fall”
Student representatives, heads of house, and other MIT leaders came together to answer students’ questions and discuss a safe, gradual return to campus life.
June 3, 2020 -
3 Questions: David Friedrich on graduate student housing and financial support
Senior associate dean for housing discusses efforts to support Eastgate residents, vision for interconnected housing, and financial support strategy.
February 27, 2020 -
J-PAL North America seeks partners to research homelessness
Housing Stability Evaluation Incubator will provide funding and technical assistance to help partners build evidence on strategies to reduce and prevent homelessness.
January 13, 2020 -
New project advances commitment to expanding graduate housing
West Campus location identified for new residence.
December 19, 2019 -
Using rigorous evaluation to reduce and prevent homelessness in North America
New J-PAL North America publication highlights how rigorous research can improve policies to help people access and maintain stable, affordable housing.
September 9, 2019 -
For the women of McCormick, a new space in which to create
MIT residence hall opens a craft studio to promote creativity and belonging.
May 31, 2019 -
Translating research into impact
Fourth annual Tata Center Symposium highlights the need to invest in technologies for the developing world from a market-driven perspective.
October 17, 2018 -
Translational Research Program to help MIT researchers achieve real-world impact
Tata Center for Technology and Design program "aims to close the gap between ideas and implementation," says program director Jason Prapas.
June 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 -
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 -
3Q: Siqi Zheng on air quality and urban development in China
Author of “Blue Skies over Beijing” links Chinese air quality and urban development.
May 19, 2017 -
3 Questions: How urbanization and revolutionary innovation are shaping global real estate
The Center for Real Estate’s Albert Saiz talks about worldwide trends affecting housing, commercial real estate, and investment in the built environment.
May 3, 2017 -
Eastgate, Warehouse graduate communities seek new heads of house
Faculty are invited to learn more at an informational reception on March 8.
February 28, 2017 -
3Q: Karen Gleason on the iconic Metropolitan Storage Warehouse
MIT proposes to repurpose the historic structure into a mixed-use undergraduate residence.
September 24, 2015 -
Park to be constructed at Bexley site
Interim plan will provide opportunities for student and faculty installations.
June 26, 2015 -
At the intersection of real estate and urban economics
Albert Saiz leads research efforts looking at what's really going on in real estate and urban housing markets.
October 21, 2014 -
Soft design for a sustainable world
Sheila Kennedy pioneers soft design techniques and materials to meet pressing global challenges in housing and energy.
September 23, 2014 -
Rethinking architecture
Mark Goulthorpe teaches and practices new design and construction logics for the next generation of high-performance buildings.
July 7, 2014