Highlights & Initiatives

Projects, initiatives and news.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco performs works from his project
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Highlights from MIT’s first-ever Artfinity festival

Offerings included talks, concerts, and interactive installations.
Phillip Khoury
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Philip Khoury to step down as vice provost for the arts

The professor of history expanded MIT’s arts infrastructure and championed its arts faculty, while providing new opportunities for stud...
Performance in the new Thomas Tull Hall in the Edward and Joyce Linde Music building by Assistant Professor of MIT Music and Theater Arts and violinist Natalie Lin Douglas and four students. The musicians performed the new piece Madrigal composed by Keeril Makan
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building opens with Sonic Jubilance

An exuberant performance included five premieres by MIT composers, a fitting tribute to open the new home of MIT Music and launch the MIT...
Artist Tianyuan (Margaret) Zheng (in red) engages with participants during Bright Spot: Pie with Wide Tim
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Scene at MIT: Artfinity brings artistic celebration to campus

Events connected the MIT community through exhibitions, performances, interactive installations, and more.
Sebastian Man ’79
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Gift from Sebastian Man ’79, SM ’80 supports MIT Stephen A. Sch...

Alumnus is the first major donor to support the building since Stephen A. Schwarzman’s foundational gift.
With the help of IS&T employee John Morgante (right)
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

How telecommunications cables can image the ground beneath us

By making use of MIT’s existing fiber optic infrastructure, PhD student Hilary Chang imaged the ground underneath campus, a method that...