When the chemical industry met modern architecture
PhD student Jessica Varner traces the way synthetic building materials have transformed our environment.
Israeli and Palestinian architects and planners seek common ground on innovation, entrepreneurship
Visiting fellows engage with students in the School of Architecture and Planning to create startups aimed at social impact.
Strong current of energy runs through MIT
Research, education, and student activities help create a robust community focused on fueling the world's future.
Can artificial intelligence learn to scare us?
With Shelley, the world’s first artificial intelligence-human horror story collaboration, MIT researchers aim for goosebumps.
Missed opportunities
Health problems for children prevent families from moving to higher-income neighborhoods.
Visualizing the abstract: A life in computer science
Senior Walter Menendez applies dynamic visuals to conceptual datasets.
MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology receives $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Combined grants provide eight years of funding, among largest gifts received by the arts at MIT.
Thumbnail track pad
Unobtrusive wearable sensor could operate digital devices or augment other device interfaces.
Brian Forde joins the MIT Media Lab as director of digital currency
Former White House senior advisor for mobile and data innovation to coordinate a broad research initiative focused on digital currencies
Deans announce new Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
MIT-wide effort aims to bring the power of data to the people.
Norman B. Leventhal ’38, visionary developer and philanthropist, dies at 97
Corporation member helped create Boston’s urban revival and was a noted contributor to MIT.
Cerebral curiosity
Graduate student Steven Keating takes a problem-solving approach to his brain cancer.
Wear your social network
Media Lab students aim to take common interests offline to encourage real-life connections.