3 Questions: Lawrence Vale on rebuilding Haiti
An MIT urban design expert explains why devastated cities are nearly always rebuilt — but why Haiti faces special challenges to reconstruction.
SA+P team wins major urban design competition
Interdisciplinary proposal awarded top prize of $50,000
SA+P wins a third of MIT’s Fulbright scholarships
Students will travel to Mexico, Syria and Switzerland
MIT global web site seeks visions for Jerusalem
Site is loaded with interactive tools and resources to help foster dialogue, ideas, and solutions for cities of conflict
Planning students sweep affordable housing awards
Take first-, second- and third-place honors as well as honorable mention
Good food nation
MIT researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via ‘foodsheds,’ in which healthier, more affordable food is produced and consumed regionally.
Q&A with William Wheaton on the housing recovery
The slow and painful recovery under way in the beleaguered U.S. housing market probably won't be complete for another two years, says Professor of Economics and Urban Studies William Wheaton, director of MIT's Center for Real Estate.