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Jason Jackson, associate professor in political economy and urban planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, explains that foreign and domestic economic policy decisions in India often generate moral debates over how businesses should conduct themselves, and who they serve.
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Urban planning students engage with communities through the Freedom Summer Fellowship.
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Architecture Associate Professor Skylar Tibbits discusses a new technology that uses granular convection to deliver individualized performance.
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Electrofluidic fibers mimic how natural muscle fibers bundle, and could enable compact, silent robotic and prosthetic systems.
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MIT and Hasso Plattner Institute establish collaborative hub for AI and creativity
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MIT researchers measures traffic emissions, to the block, in real t ime
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How Joseph Paradiso’s sensing innovations bridge the arts, medicine, and ecology. From early motion-sensing platforms to environmental monitoring, the professor and head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences has turned decades of cross-disciplinary research into real-world impact.
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LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
May 1 | MIT Mobility Forum Spring 2026
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Registration required
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)
May 4 | ACT Spring Lecture Series
Cannupa Hanska Luger: Artist as Social Enngineer
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E15 (Bartos Theater)
6:00 pm (ET)
May 4 | Opera of the Future: Student Performances
Machine Symphony & After AGI : Two Visions of Creation in the Age of AI
Two Opera of the Future students, Treyden Chiaravalloti and Antonis Christou, present a double bill that brings together two original works exploring the question, “What does it mean to create in the age of AI?”
Free and open to all. More information.
6:00-7:30 pm (ET)
May 8 | MIT Mobility Forum Spring 2026
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Registration required
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)
May 15 | MIT Mobility Forum Spring 2026
Weekly seminar series showcasing the groundbreaking transportation research taking place across the Institute. Lectures are online and open to all.
Registration required
12:00-1:00 pm (ET)
May 21 | MITdesignX Pitch/Demo 2026
Join in-person or online for a showcase and pitch presentations by the 12 new start-ups for the 10th MITdesignX cohort.
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MIT Media Center (6th floor)
May 23 | Critical Historiography as Method
A symposium in honor of Nasser Rabbat.
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E14-633
9:00 am-5:00 pm (ET)
May 28 | SA+P Advanced Degree Ceremony
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Kresge Auditorium
11:00 am-12:30 pm (ET)
EXHIBITIONS
Through May 10 | "Persona: Photography and the Re-Imagined Self"
ACT director Azra Akšamija's work is presented in an exhibition that examines how photography has served across time as a tool for self-expression and reinvention, enabling artists to question and challenge notions of personal identity.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Through May 23 | Azra Akšamija in "Rug Life"
Showcasing the work of 14 artists from around the world, including ACT Director Azra Aksamija, the exhibition explores themes of identity, displacement, and cultural memory through innovative textile techniques.
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Pratt Manhattan
Through Spring 2026 | Future Type
Research from the MIT Media Lab's Future Sketches group aims to help us “see” code by using it to make artistically controlled, computer-generated visuals.
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MIT Museum
Through August 2026 | The Equator Has Moved: Renée Green at Dia Beacon
ACT's Renée Green's major solo presentation.
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Dia Beacon
Beacon, NY
Through Spring 2027 | Janet Echelman: Remembering the Future
This large-scale installation by 2022-2024 MIT Distinguished Visiting Artist Janet Echelman, was developed during her residency at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST). Architect, engineer and MIT Associate Professor Caitlin Mueller collaborated on the development of the piece.
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MIT Museum
Ongoing | Case Studies for Truly Public Housing
Chris Moyer MCP '22, MArch '22 and Suzanne Schindler, a former SA+P visiting lecturer, focus on the Cambridge Housing Authority in Massachusetts examining how the CHA performed a series of contradictory maneuvers to completely overhaul their deteriorating housing stock.
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National Public Housing Museum
Chicago, IL
Ongoing | HOOPcycle
A mobile art installation conceptualized by Architecture's Rafi Segal and artist Marisa Morán Jahn (SMVisS '07).
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National Public Housing Museum
Chicago, IL
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Virtual exhibitions and activities
SA+P Wellness Program: Yoga and Mindfulness
Tuesday 5:30-6:45 pm in-person (9-255) and online via Zoom
Apr. 14-May 26
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