Siqi Zheng and Kairos Shen to emphasize innovative research and interdisciplinary connections for global impact.

Ten multi-disciplinary teams join MIT’s design entrepreneurship accelerator. 

Ten teams seeking to launch highly innovative ventures ranging from technology to connect bicyclists in safety “swarms”, to bespoke classrooms-in-a-box, to reimagined retail solutions for transit stations have been selected for the 2020 cohort at MITdesignX, the entrepreneurship accelerator of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P).

Gabriella Carolini, Paula Hammond, and David Trumper honored as Committed to Caring graduate student mentors. 

Prize supports powerful collaboration among diverse constituencies in Malden, Massachusetts.

Malden, Massachusetts, is a city of neighborhoods, with a patchwork of public open spaces such as parks and historic squares. With a proposal that extends beyond these neighborhood spaces to activate an industrial area along the Malden River, Malden Works for Waterfront Equity and Resilience, an urban coalition, has been named the winner of the first Norman B. Leventhal City Prize.

System could help with diagnosing and treating noncommunicative patients.

MIT team places first among U.S. universities at 2019 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.

Now SA+P’s head of HR, she brings 30 years of service across the Institute.

MIT spinout Superpedestrian has developed a smart electric scooter to improve urban mobility.

Emerging scholar assists in expanding the College’s history and theory curriculum
This fall, the University of Houston Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design welcomes Architecture alumna Azra Dawood SM '10, PhD '18 (HTC) as its first visiting Emerging Scholar. Her research engages with themes of internationalism, philanthropy, and religion across the “Islamic world” and the US. Learn more.

Architecture alum featured in Art Insiders New York podcast
Richard Dattner ’60 talks about the beginnings of Dattner Architects and why the Spring Street Salt Shed, “A giant saltshaker without the shaking!” is one of the most fascinating stories of his career. Listen.

Report catalogs, analyzes available open-source publishing software; warns open publishing must grapple with siloed development and community-owned ecosystems.

Researchers hope the system can zero in on the right patients to enroll in clinical trials, to speed discovery of drug treatments.

Apps developed by MIT spinout Tulip help manufacturers augment employee production rather than automating it away.

Manufacturers are constantly tweaking their processes to get rid of waste and improve productivity. As such, the software they use should be as nimble and responsive as the operations on their factory floors.

“First and foremost we’re a community-builder,” says Habib Haddad, a managing partner of the venture fund.

“I’m interested in the peaceful coexistence of communities,” says PhD student Babak Manouchehrifar, who left his home country of Iran to study at MIT.

Advanced functional fabrics workshop, held jointly with AFFOA and industrial partner New Balance, develops concepts for biodegradable footwear, active textiles.

Open access journal to promote the latest research, educational resources, and commentary from leading minds in data science. 

Mobile motor could pave the way for robots to assemble complex structures — including other robots.

Years ago, MIT Professor Neil Gershenfeld had an audacious thought. Struck by the fact that all the world’s living things are built out of combinations of just 20 amino acids, he wondered: Might it be possible to create a kit of just 20 fundamental parts that could be used to assemble all of the different technological products in the world?

How can architects design housing for intergenerational families?
Shane Reiner-Roth SM '18 explores “Grandfamilies,” a housing proposal by recent SA+P alumni Daniel Marshall MArch ’19 and Sera Tolgay MCP '18, SM '18. Archinect. 

Urban studies research from MIT sheds light on the ways low-income riders use mass transit.

Ranked at the top for the eighth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 48 disciplines.

Alexis Sablone makes history with her first sneaker
Architecture alumna Alexis Sablone MArch ’16 launched her first pro model sneaker, a sleek, customized white suede low-top One Star Pro with an ochre star, with Converse on June 1. Read a profile in Vogue about Sablone’s skateboarding and design careers.

Study quantifies how much of Manhattan 10 taxis cover in a day — to better measure air pollution, traffic, and more.

J-WAFS Fellow and DUSP PhD student Andrea Beck examines the success factors behind water utility partnerships in Africa.

SA+P recognizes staff for exceptional contributions to their academic units, the school, and the Institute.

On Wednesday, June 5, three exceptional staff members of the MIT community were honored with Infinite Mile Awards. The awards were presented at a celebratory event to Priscilla Capistrano, MIT Media Lab; Helene Kelsey, MIT Media Lab; and Tonya Miller, Department of Architecture.

The Disobedience Award recognizes individuals and groups who engage in ethical, nonviolent acts of disobedience in service of society.

DUSP's Eran Ben-Joseph co-chairs the working group studying options for creating a new set of faculty hires for MIT’s new college.

Designer of the Louvre pyramid and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art left distinctive mark on MIT campus

Celebrated architect I.M. Pei ’40 died on May 16 in New York City. He was 102. Over the course of a long international career, he designed notable buildings that included museums, cultural and research centers, civic buildings, and office towers. A dedicated modernist, he received the architecture world’s highest honors for his large body of work.

Project will use new ways of collecting and analyzing data to make Stockholm more livable and sustainable.

Teams from the MIT Media Lab, European Space Agency, and World Economic Forum will create a rating system and global standards for space waste mitigation.

MIT Media Lab's Ed Boyden, leader of the Synthetic Neurobiology Group, is one of three professors from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2019.

Three MIT professors — Edward Boyden, Paula Hammond, and Aviv Regev — are among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences on April 30. Forty percent of the newly elected members are women, the most ever elected in any one year to date.

In MIT talk, Beverly Daniel Tatum urges direct discussion about racial issues at a “polarized” moment in U.S. history.

Researchers from the MIT Media Lab and across the Institute have joined nine universities to form the Digital Credentials collaboration to create a global infrastructure for issuing, storing, displaying, and verifying academic credentials online.

Seed fund will support venture-design education and entrepreneurship in the School of Architecture and Planning.

Connecting art and architecture in surprising ways
Describing himself as a “connector rather than a divider,” whose work explores new and surprising ways to think about memory, culture, and change, HTC alum Jorge Otero-Pailos ‘02 attributes his diverse career to MIT’s open culture. Read a profile. 

Researchers are developing a so-called "daisy-chain" gene-drive system that provides controls for genetic engineering of certain populations.

Genetic engineering tools that spread genes within a target species have the potential to humanely control harmful pests as well as eradicate parasitic diseases such as malaria.

The tools, known as gene drives, ensure that engineered organisms transmit desired genetic variants to their offspring. These variants could ensure, for example, that the organisms only produce male offspring, or sterile females.

How open is “too” open for your office?
Architecture alumna Diane J. Hoskins, BArch ’79 ends the debate about whether offices should be an open or closed with answers from Gensler's 2019 U.S. Workplace Survey. LinkedIn.

MIT Professor Jennifer Light digs into the history of the idea that students aren’t part of the labor force.

Where are we as a nation in having honest conversations about race and racism?

Researchers say new facilities in space should be available to scientists from any country.

Meet Lydia Kallipoliti, special guest at Archinect Outpost
Building Technology alumna Lydia Kallipoliti SM ’04 is profiled in Archinect for her work leading up to her recent publication “The Architecture of Closed Worlds.”

Jack Burnham, former CAVS fellow dies at 87

More than 100 middle school students compete at the fourth Northeast Regional Science Bowl, hosted by students at MIT and sponsored by the School of Science.

Stemming the rise of Latino homelessness
A new report from DUSP alumna Melissa Chinchilla PhD '18 identifies challenges and opportunities to address Latinos housing & service needs. Read the report.
 
Civic innovation: Our futures with city and technology

New prize honors legendary developer and philanthropist Norman B. Leventhal.

Alumnus and founding dean of Cornell Tech in New York City will return to MIT this summer.

Skylar Tibbits speaks to NYC alumni
At a March 12 gathering, Skylar Tibbits SM ’10 (MAS), cofounder of the MIT Self-Assembly Lab and Assistant Professor of Design Research in MIT Architecture, will join fellow alumni to discuss his work and research. Learn more and register for the event sponsored by the MIT Club of NY and MITArchA.

MIT designers, researchers, and students collaborate with The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Microsoft to improve the connection between people and art.

Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds.

New 3-D imaging technique can reveal, much more quickly than other methods, how neurons connect throughout the brain.

Researchers have developed a new way to image the brain with unprecedented resolution and speed. Using this approach, they can locate individual neurons, trace connections between them, and visualize organelles inside neurons, over large volumes of brain tissue.

Noted urban anthropologist in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning championed advocacy and social change.

This spring, SA+P Dean Hashim Sarkis is continuing to sponsor free wellness classes with more "Yoga and Mindfulness" sessions for our School community. 

MONDAYS
Yoga & Mindfulness:  12:30pm - 1:30pm - 9-450
http://signup.mit.edu/1000062106

New optogenetic technique could help restore limb movement, treat muscle tremor.

Dean of MIT's School of Architecture and Planning will curate the global showcase for architectural work.

It’s not quite the Ant-Man suit, but the system produces 3-D structures one thousandth the size of the originals.

SA+P’s Joy Buolamwini SM ’17, Tyler Clites PD '18, Rebecca Hui MCP ’18, Achuta Kadambi PhD '18, and Jonny Sun are among the thirty-one MIT community members named to this year’s list.

Forbes calls its 2019 30 Under 30 honorees “a collection of bold risk-takers who are putting a new twist on the old tools of the trade.”

Merging different types of location-stamped data can make it easier to discern users’ identities, even when the data is anonymized.

Nine multi-disciplinary teams join MIT’s design entrepreneurship accelerator. 

Nine teams seeking to launch highly innovative ventures ranging from AI powered interior design, to “non-invasive” underground infrastructure machines, to reimagined design solutions for hospitals have been selected for the 2019 cohort at MITdesignX, the entrepreneurship accelerator of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P).

MIT Corporation members boost plan to relocate School of Architecture and Planning into historic building.

Crafting ‘ghosts’ from Iraq’s lost culture
The BBC follows artist and ACT alum Michael Rakowitz SM ’98 in Chicago, as he and his team create colorful likenesses of destroyed ancient Assyrian wall reliefs. In the studio. 

New work by Tod Machover of the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group examines ideas of heritage, politics, and artistic integrity.

The MIT School of Architecture and Planning announces the call for applications for the Bill Mitchell ++ Fund.
 
Friends and colleagues of the late William J. Mitchell, dean of SA+P from 1992-2003, have established a fund in his honor to be used to support student travel and research projects that embody Mitchell’s spirit of creativity, playfulness, and rigor, particularly those that connect different disciplines in novel ways.
 

Alumni books podcast: “Claiming the State”
Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner MCP '06, PhD '13, assistant professor at University of Virginia and author of “Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India” (Cambridge University Press, 2018) discusses her research in an interview with Slice of MIT.

Massive global survey reveals ethics preferences and regional differences.

Documenting the world's largest landfill-to-park project
Architecture alumna Mariel Villere SM '13 is part of the Freshkills Park team organizing “Capturing Change,” a photography series documenting the world’s largest landfill-to-park project. On view at the Architectural League of NY from October 24, 2018 through January 25, 2019. Learn more. 

New MIT-hosted database is open to both examiners and the wider public, and seeks to reduce the number of wrongly-issued patents.

Approaching Citizenship
Co-curators of the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, Architecture alumna Ann Lui SM ’15 and Mimi Zeiger will give insight into the curatorial practices and research which led to Dimensions of Citizenship. Part of the Fall 2018 Experiments in Pedagogy: Agit Arch Experiments, organized by Architecture's Ana Miljacki. Attend the presentation on Friday, October 12, 6 PM in 7-429. 

Opening doors
ACT Consulting Curator and SA+P alumna Laura Knott SM ’87 discusses her curatorial practice and the origins of her latest exhibition project Joan Jonas: Sources and Methods. Read the interview.   

Piracy and terror
A new book from DUSP alum Eric Jay Dolin, PhD ’95 delves into the history of piracy in America. Read more at Technology Review and visit his events page for a list of upcoming book events.
 
2018 Mohamed Makiya Prize for Architecture

Historian, curator, and designer studies architects and their quest to make a better world.

Architect and planner remembered as a man who brought people together through a combination of wisdom, optimism, and charm.

By making hydrophobic sections water-soluble, researchers at the Center for Bits and Atoms hope to learn more about protein structures.

This fall, SA+P is expanding its wellness program to include more free classes sponsored by Dean Hashim Sarkis. SA+P will offer additional sessions of "Yoga and Mindfulness" as well as a 4-week "Koru Mindfulness" workshop to our School community. 

MONDAYS
Yoga & Mindfulness:  12:30pm - 1:30pm - 9-450
Space is limited
http://signup.mit.edu/1245923679

Corporations and nonprofits are applying the popular MIT online tool to shape policy and set wages.

Priyanka Shah SMArchS, MCP '08 has received the 2017 Lawrence B. Anderson Award for her research proposal, "The Architecture of the Deal: Excavating forces behind architectural form in the largest urban projects in New York and Paris.” The award will support Shah’s investigation of local development deals, zoning regulations, financing mechanisms, and the difference between welfare and pro-market governance to locate relationships between these drivers and the resulting architecture of two neighborhoods: Hudson Yards and Clichy Batignolles.

Technique can capture a scene at multiple depths with one shutter click — no zoom lens needed.

MIT researchers have developed novel photography optics that capture images based on the timing of reflecting light inside the optics, instead of the traditional approach that relies on the arrangement of optical components. These new principles, the researchers say, open doors to new capabilities for time- or depth-sensitive cameras, which are not possible with conventional photography optics.

MIT class designs a prototype building to demonstrate that even huge buildings can be built primarily with wood.

The construction and operation of all kinds of buildings uses vast amounts of energy and natural resources. Researchers around the world have therefore been seeking ways to make buildings more efficient and less dependent on emissions-intensive materials.

MIT Media Lab and MIT Press announce winners of the Journal of Design and Science essay competition.

Liquid to Air: Pneumatic Objects

LCAU's interdisciplinary team of engineers, urban planners and landscape architects presents a solution for urban storm flooding.

Engineered green spaces can capture and purify stormwater while delivering ecosystem and recreational benefits, MIT researchers report.

150 Years of Course IV
This June, over 140 alumni from class years ranging from 1955 to 2018 gathered at the New Museum to celebrate the upcoming 150th anniversary of architecture education at MIT. Read a recap of the event, co-organized with MITArchA and MIT Club of New York.

Architect and urban designer brings to the role decades of global expertise on the transformation of cities

Dennis Frenchman, the Class of 1922 Professor of Urban Design and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), has been named the new faculty director of the MIT Center for Real Estate (CRE). He will assume the role on July 1.

Bruno Verdini, executive director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program, discusses his award-winning research on negotiating for mutual gains.

Our Cup: Watch the 2018 Men’s World Cup with real fans
Developed by MIT Center for Civic Media researcher and MIT Media Lab alum Rahul Bhargava SM ’02, "Our Cup" suggests which Fifa Worldcup 2018 games you might like to watch, based on the people who live in your neighborhood: ourcup.info

US architects reflect on Trumpism at the Venice Biennale
Architecture alumna Ann Lui SM ’15, co-curator of "Dimensions of Citizenship,” the US pavilion exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture talks to CNN about how the exhibition addresses questions of belonging that have emerged in the wake of the inauguration, providing a framework for discussion and moving forward.

Historic building would create “design hub” for MIT, with benefits for surrounding community.

Steve Weikal keynotes at the 2018 PropTech LatAm summit
350+ attendees from 10 countries in Latin America met at the PropTech LatAm Summit 2018, which brought together for the first time in Chile the leaders and disruptors of the Real Estate industry. LinkedIn.

New technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.

MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have developed a new way to power and communicate with devices implanted deep within the human body. Such devices could be used to deliver drugs, monitor conditions inside the body, or treat disease by stimulating the brain with electricity or light.

Architecture alumna Sharon Lee MArch '81, MCP '81 thinks small to address Seattle’s growing homelessness crisis.

Ten teams will collaborate with local partners, pilot solutions to urban challenges.

New study describes first human implementation of novel approach to limb amputation.

Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception, allows humans to precisely control their body movements.

Despite significant improvements to prosthetic devices in recent years, researchers have been unable to provide this essential sensation to people with artificial limbs, limiting their ability to accurately control their movements.

Why Sierra Leone appointed a 31-year old MIT PhD as its first chief innovation officer
Discover why Media Lab alumnus David Moinina Sengeh SM '12, PhD '16 is uniquely equipped to lead Sierra Leone’s Directorate of Science, Technology, and Innovation as the country’s first chief innovation officer. Quartz.  

New cohort brings social, scientific, and creative experience to extend the lab’s reach beyond academia.

Researchers design 3-D-printed, driverless boats that can provide transport and self-assemble into other floating structures.

The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice — where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges — may include autonomous boats that ferry goods and people, helping clear up road congestion.

New dispatching approach could cut the number of cars on the road while meeting rider demand

The rise of self-driving cars is set to dramatically alter the way we move around cities in the future.

In particular, private car ownership is expected to shift toward shared mobility services, with vehicle fleet operators offering on-demand transportation. This should help to reduce traffic in urban areas and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

SA+P recognizes staff that have made exceptional contributions to their academic units, the school, and the Institute.

On Thursday, May 17th, three exceptional staff members of the MIT community were honored with Infinite Mile Awards. The awards were presented at a celebratory event to DUSP’s Harriette Crawford; ACT’s Marion Cunningham; and Media Lab’s Marissa Marcoux.

An interdepartmental collaboration brings out the music of nuclear fusion.

DUSP's 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.

Faculty, students, alumni contribute as curators and exhibitors at the world’s premiere forum for architecture and design.

MIT faculty, students, and alumni will make significant contributions as exhibitors and curators at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. Considered one of the foremost global forums for architecture and the built environment and drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors from around the world, the Architecture Biennale takes place every two years in Venice, Italy.

MIT’s Committed to Caring Award selects third slate of dedicated professors.

The MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design recently announced eight new projects that will be supported through its annual seed fund. Projects from Architecture’s Leslie Norford and DUSP’s David Hsu were among those selected for their potential impact on the developing world. 

The Graham Foundation has announced over $530,000 in new grants to individuals around the world that engage original ideas that advance our understanding of the designed environment. Six of this year's 74 funded projects were from members of the SA+P community including: PhD candidate Michael Kubo (HTC); Can Bilsel SMarchS ’96 and Juliana Maxim PhD ’06 (HTC); Mimi Hoang ’93 (Architecture), with Eric Bunge; Gary Van Zante, MIT Museum; Ana María León PhD ’15; and Sara Zewde MCP ’10.

Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals triggered by internal verbalizations.

MIT researchers have developed a computer interface that can transcribe words that the user verbalizes internally but does not actually speak aloud.

NOODLE SOUP is the winning 2018 Ragdale Ring design
From Columbus, Ohio-based design team of Galo Cañizares Proaño SMarchS ’14 and Stephanie Sang Delgado NOODLE SOUP aims to empower the individual user to be engaged as a performer blending whimsy, playfulness and interaction into a transformable constructed landscape of fixed structures and soft, linear, pliable pieces of furniture. Archinect.

Startup’s platform crunches anonymized smartphone GPS data to understand how people shop, work, and live.

Computational photography could solve a problem that bedevils self-driving cars.

MIT researchers have developed a system that can produce images of objects shrouded by fog so thick that human vision can’t penetrate it. It can also gauge the objects’ distance.

The Dermal Abyss: When Tattoos meet Biotechnology honored at SXSW
Congrats to Media Lab alumnae Katia Vega PD ’15 and Xin Liu SM ’17 (MAS), whose project DermalAbyss won the "SciFi No Longer” award at SXSW, honoring the coolest scientific achievement or discovery that before 2017 was only possible in science fiction.

Alumni’s video-capturing drone tracks moving subjects while freely navigating any environment.

If you’re a rock climber, hiker, runner, dancer, or anyone who likes recording themselves while in motion, a personal drone companion can now do all the filming for you — completely autonomously.

Skydio, a San Francisco-based startup founded by three MIT alumni, is commercializing an autonomous video-capturing drone — dubbed by some as the “selfie drone” — that tracks and films a subject, while freely navigating any environment.

Research project finds humans, not bots, are primarily responsible for spread of misleading information.

A new study by three MIT scholars has found that false news spreads more rapidly on the social network Twitter than real news does — and by a substantial margin.

Neuroengineering leader appointed to new professorship at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.

Appointment recognizes Thompson's expertise in urban politics and coalition building. 

Banking on Blockchain for Predictive Analytics
MIT Media Lab’s Sandy Pentland PhD ’82 talks social physics and how his company Endor is using blockchain technology in their next phase to predict the future. Forbes.

The collection features groundbreaking projects from pioneers working at the intersection of art, science, and technology.

“Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995”
A new MIT exhibition focuses on a body of largely overlooked monitor-based sculptures and includes work by alumni artist-fellows Ernst Caramelle, Muntadas, and Nam June Paik. On view at the MIT List Visual Arts Center through April 15. MIT News.

MIT senior Yazmin Guzman wants to change the educational landscape to provide opportunities to all K-12 students.

Examination of facial-analysis software shows error rate of 0.8 percent for light-skinned men, 34.7 percent for dark-skinned women.

Three commercially released facial-analysis programs from major technology companies demonstrate both skin-type and gender biases, according to a new paper researchers from MIT and Stanford University will present later this month at the Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency.

Linda Pizzuti Henry acquires shares of the Boston Red Sox
Pizzuti SMarchS ’05 becomes first woman to own part of Sox since death of Jeanne Yawkey. Boston Herald.
 
2018 Young Architects Award Recipient

How do lawsuits grow our understanding of the risks and harms of new technologies?
Media Lab alumnus Nathan Matias SM '13, PhD '17 takes us on a tour of the American Museum of Tort Law, an impressive collection of horrifyingly irresponsible research and design, and entreats engineers and designers to acquaint themselves with tort law. Medium.  

I Am A Man: A VR Civil Rights app
This interactive experience, set to historical events, from Architecture alum Derek Ham PhD ’15 opens at the National Civil Rights Museum on April 4, 2018. Look for a free download of the app this spring at Oculus. Learn more.

AI platform allows chatbots to draw on robust language database to better navigate human conversation. 

Using electric fields to manipulate droplets on a surface could enable high-volume, low-cost biology experiments.

MIT researchers have developed hardware that uses electric fields to move droplets of chemical or biological solutions around a surface, mixing them in ways that could be used to test thousands of reactions in parallel.

A little hope for a homeless solution
Tiny MicroPad housing units from CRE alum Patrick Kennedy MSRED ’86 could provide a solution for homelessness. San Francisco Chronicle.

Scaling Up Impact in the Face of Crises
Through Nawaya Network, Zeina Saab MCP '09 is helping Lebanese and refugee young adults build income. Slice of MIT.

New Real Estate Price Dynamics Research Platform from the MIT Center for Real Estate offers predictive power to investors.

Platform analyzes big data to answer plain-language business queries in minutes instead of months.

MIT event invites DUSP alumni, alumnae, and faculty to share their work

On Wednesday, Nov. 8th, nearly two hundred DUSP alumni/ae, faculty, and students gathered for an evening of sharing their work and ideas. “DUSPx: MIT Connections” was the fifth in a series of annual “DUSPx” events aimed at promoting connections both among alumni and also between alumni/ae and current faculty and students.

Ghost stories and digital technologies meet in the work of Rome Prize winner Brandon Clifford.

"Modernism and the Making of the Soviet New Man"
A new book from Architecture alumna Tijana Vujosevic, PhD ’10, explores the nexus between aesthetics and politics in interwar Soviet Culture.  

The 2017 Slice Holiday Gift Roundup
Holiday shopping season has officially begun. Whether you’re almost done or haven’t even started, you may want to consider adding some of these unique gift ideas, crafted by MIT alumni including Ayah Bdeir SM ’06 (MAS) of Little Bits, Gauri Nanda SM ’05 (MAS) of Toymail, Jessica Rosenkrantz ’05 (dual degree, biology/architecture) of Nervous System, and Zahir Dossa ’08 MNG ’10 PhD ’13 (DUSP) of Function of Beauty. Slice of MIT.

Andrew Altman has joined the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) as Senior Advisor and Director of Global Partnerships.

Startup’s system captures particle matter from diesel exhaust and turns it into inks and paints.

Visiting Artist B. Stephen Carpenter II examines issues of access, privilege and the global water crisis. 

In today’s social climate, which is often characterized by polarization and intolerance, visiting artist B. Stephen Carpenter II believes that art can enable people to have civil conversations about difficult topics such as race, segregation, and poverty in the U.S.

Study of solar pump technology use in India assesses technical performance and explores innovative business cases to increase user adoption.

Focused laser beam could help scientists map connections among neurons that underlie behavior.

When MIT graduate student Maggie Dunne was in high school, she witnessed the harsh realities of life for many Native American Nations in the US and she was compelled to act. The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, home to the people of Oglala Lakota Nation, is considered by the UN human rights and poverty investigations to be one of the most historically wronged and marginalized groups in the world.

Bruno Verdini leads a popular new class on negotiation skills.

With Shelley, the world’s first artificial intelligence-human horror story collaboration, MIT researchers aim for goosebumps.

Projects by School of Architecture and Planning faculty, researchers, and alumni explore the exhibition's theme of “Imminent Commons.”

High Desert Test Sites 2017

Ideas Global Challenge winner videos

Andorra funds MIT Media Lab technologies that, in turn, help improve the nation’s cities.

Q&A with Seth Riskin

MIT Media Lab's Ed Boyden ’99 MNG ’99 Synthetic Neurobiology and Kevin Esvelt are among 10 MIT researchers to receive National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards for high-risk, high-reward research.

Alumni modernize Boston architecture

SA+P alumni have been at the forefront of the movement to make Boston a more modern, sustainable city, creating some of its most modern, integrated spaces. Explore a slideshow of alumni projects featured in Slice of MIT.

MIT Architecture program rated highly for research and overall excellence based on surveys of practitioners. 

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On Sept. 19, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City and the surrounding region, demolishing buildings, killing hundreds, and trapping and injuring many more. More than 3,000 structures were damaged in Mexico City alone, according to news reports.

Future City Innovation Connector to support projects addressing rapid growth of Chinese cities.

Full house at breakfast event presenting MIT’s new accelerator for design innovation.

On September 13, 2017, the MIT Alumni Club of New York, MITArchA, the MIT Architecture Alumni Affinity Group, and the MIT Alumni Association, together with SA+P, hosted a breakfast to introduce alumni to DesignX–the venture accelerator for design innovation in the School of Architecture and Planning. The event was held at Gensler’s NY offices in Midtown Manhattan.

Research from MIT's CITE program leverages a procurement process to identify opportunities for improving food aid supply chains. 

MIT Media Lab professor considers the trust gap between people and autonomous vehicles.

PhD student works at the intersection of urban planning and computer science.

Elizabeth Close: "Minnesota’s midcentury pioneer"
As part of a series highlighting "often-forgotten regional architects," Curbed has profiled Elizabeth “Lisl” Scheu Close '35; the article also mentions her husband and partner Winston Close SM ’35. Read the profile. 

MIT alumna is establishing a new research group aimed at harnessing space engineering to improve life on Earth.

A Sneak Peek of the Bronx River House, the Future Home of the Bronx River Alliance
The Bronx River Alliance will soon move into a new home under the leadership of executive director and DUSP alumna Maggie Greenfield's MCP '03. See renderings of the new building and learn more at Untapped Cities.

Successful programs aren’t limited to well-off towns with strong environmental movements.

Six from MIT, including HTC PhD candidates Jesse Feiman and Albert Lopez and MIT DUSP PhD candidate Jessica Gordon will spend the 2017-2018 academic year conducting research abroad.

ACT's Futurity Island project received an Art Works Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts! Futurity Island, a large-scale, land-based outdoor art installation, will be a major contribution to ACT’s upcoming year-long celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Learn more.

Smart, soil-free microgarden lets users optimize growing conditions while cutting water and resource use.

MIT Media Lab summer event explores responsible dissent, embodied in its new Disobedience Award.