Highlights & Initiatives

Projects, initiatives and news.

President Sally Kornbluth
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

New Volpe Center opens to support the country’s most innovative t...

MIT community members gathered with local, state, and federal leaders in Kendall Square for a ceremony marking a milestone in the area’...
Pilots in MIT
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT ca...

A cross-departmental team is leading efforts to utilize machine learning for increased efficiency in heating and cooling MIT’s buildings.
A massive project to move the MIT Museum
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Moving days for MIT’s history

The MIT Museum is preparing to transfer its enormous collection — and making a few surprising discoveries along the way.
“Science and technology have such pervasive impacts
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

John Durant to step down as MIT Museum director

Durant, who led the reimagining of MIT’s museum in Kendall Square, will leave his post after 18 years of service.
Energy efficiency efforts aim for an estimated 35 percent reduction of energy use for MIT Building 46.
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Tackling the MIT campus’s top energy consumers, building by building

A full-building energy efficiency project aims to reduce total campus emissions by 2 percent.
The new “MIT Illuminations” installation
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

“MIT Illuminations,” a colorful installation and introduction t...

Located in the new MIT Welcome Center in Building E38, the installation expresses the dynamic, vibrant culture of MIT through the medium ...