Dennis Frenchman named head of the MIT Center for Real Estate
Architect and urban designer brings to the role decades of global expertise on the transformation of cities
3Q: Winning together in negotiation
Bruno Verdini, executive director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program, discusses his award-winning research on negotiating for mutual gains.
Natural resource negotiations for mutual gains
Through research on U.S. - Mexico hydrocarbon drilling rights negotiation, Bruno Verdini provides insights on how to resolve conflicts through proactive collaboration.
MIT researchers release evaluation of low-cost cooling devices in Mali
CITE and D-Lab study finds evaporative cooling devices show promise for helping small-scale farmers, market vendors, and families store and preserve vegetables.
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.
MIT faculty approves new urban science major
Interdisciplinary undergraduate program combines urban planning and computer science.
Featured video: How tiny houses solve a huge problem
Architecture alumna Sharon Lee MArch '81, MCP '81 thinks small to address Seattle’s growing homelessness crisis.
China Venture Workshop announces first cohort
Ten teams will collaborate with local partners, pilot solutions to urban challenges.
Spirn, Oxman win Cooper Hewitt design awards
School of Architecture and Planning professors receive national recognition for excellence, innovation, and impact through design.
Fleet of autonomous boats could service some cities, reducing road traffic
Researchers design 3-D-printed, driverless boats that can provide transport and self-assemble into other floating structures.
How many taxis does a city need?
New dispatching approach could cut the number of cars on the road while meeting rider demand.
Featured video: On alien typos and self-care, in conversation with Seth Meyers
Grad student Jonny Sun jokes on late-night TV about his alien persona and the unique challenges of working on a PhD while creating a graphic novel.
Making landmark texts in architecture and urban studies accessible to the world
National Endowment for the Humanties-Mellon Foundation Open Book Program grant will support the digitization and open accessibility of key MIT Press titles.
Introducing a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to conducting comparative product evaluations
The Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation teams up with the Technology Exchange Lab to produce a toolkit for technology evaluation in global development.