Highlights & Initiatives

Projects, initiatives and news.

“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.
A core team of MIT technical staff moved along with tools and instruments to MIT.nano when it opened in 2018
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Meet the tight-knit technical staff who help MIT.nano handle any ch...

All together, a core group of MIT.nano staffers has more than 400 years of technical experience in nanoscale characterization and fabrica...
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 pavilion offers tech dinghies with their distinctive red MIT sails
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

There’s something for everyone at the “front porch of campus”

The MIT Sailing Pavilion, the oldest collegiate organization of its kind, offers community members a chance to sail for free — or just ...
A panel at the 2023 Sustainability Connect event featured Director of Sustainability Julie Newman (left)
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

Celebrating a decade of a more sustainable MIT, with a focus on the...

The MIT Office of Sustainability gathers students, staff, faculty, and researchers for annual Sustainability Connect.
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 ...