Highlights & Initiatives

Projects, initiatives and news.

Students play Bohuslav Martinů
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Featured video: A musical encore for a re-imagined library

Graduate students perform Martinů’s “Piano Trio in D Minor,” originally commissioned for Hayden Library's 1950 dedication.
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Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

MIT makes strides on climate action plan

Online events highlight progress with new climate planning bodies, campus improvements, and involvement of all parts of the MIT community.
The final report from Task Force 2021 and Beyond offers 17 recommendations to strengthen and streamline MIT
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Task Force 2021 and Beyond submits final “blueprints for building...

Recommendations from the Institute-wide effort aim to benefit all segments of the community.
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

MIT to put unexpected gains to work immediately

Rise in endowment will enable greater support for undergraduate and graduate students, and a stronger MIT.
The community space of the Volpe plan pictured in MIT’s master plan.
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Volpe project prepares for design phase

Substantive community benefits, strong equity and inclusion practices, and ample public open space garner city and community support for ...
PhD student Katarina Boukin and junior Eva Then were instrumental to the Porosity Hunt
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

For campus “porosity hunters,” climate resilience is the goal

With the MIT campus as a test bed, a citizen science effort provides lessons well beyond MIT.