MIT, Conservation International announce collaboration on climate adaptation and mitigation
Collaboration will explore ways of working with natural systems to address climate change.
Smart city fixtures
Startup brings solar-powered, phone-charging park benches and digital signs to cities worldwide.
LEGO Foundation endows Media Lab fellowships in honor of Seymour Papert
New graduate student fellowship program announced at Media Lab event celebrating the life and work of Seymour Papert.
What can we learn from lottery spending?
“City Digits: Local Lotto” teaches Brooklyn high school students how to work with data by analyzing lottery spending patterns.
StartMIT’s Innovation Night
Innovators from a range of fields discuss their pioneering work and their founders’ journey.
Energy-efficient design
MIT researchers are helping architects optimize both design and energy efficiency.
Art, engineering, and architecture
Freshman seminar inspires students to see the world with fresh eyes.
Joy Buolamwini wins national contest for her work fighting bias in machine learning
Media Lab graduate student selected from over 7,300 entrants, awarded $50,000 scholarship in contest inspired by the film "Hidden Figures."
![“The whole goal of my life is to fix all the people problems. I sincerely think that the biggest problems we have are how we deal with each other, and how we treat each other. [We need to be] promoting empathy and understanding, and technology is an enormous power to influence that in a good way,” senior Garrett Parrish says.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201701/A1-MIT-Garrett-Parrish-02.jpg?itok=Dny0_GHc)
Creating “big, beautiful things”
Senior Garrett Parrish combines art and technology, with dramatic effects.
House rules
Research shows how rebuilding Britain’s Houses of Parliament in the 1800s helped create clean-air laws.
MIT Media Lab to participate in $27 million initiative on AI ethics and governance
Fund establishes a global initiative to advance artificial intelligence research for the public good.
Reducing spoilage in food aid shipments
Large-scale tests compare damage from insects and moisture using a variety of containers.
At least 30 from MIT named to 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists
Students, faculty, staff, and alumni honored in "the most definitive gathering of today’s leading young change-makers and innovators."
New collaboration explores the future of urban housing in Brazil
Initiative links MIT with São Paulo research centers to study affordability and accessibility.
Edith Ackermann, developmental psychologist and learning researcher, dies at 70
The former MIT Media Lab faculty member explored the intersections of play, learning, design, and technology.