Highlights & Initiatives

Projects, initiatives and news.

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 ...
Steve Marsh
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

The lasting legacy of MITIMCo’s Steve Marsh

In his 23 years of managing MIT’s investment real estate activities, Marsh has transformed Kendall Square.
New tools installed at MIT.nano include (clockwise from left) the Hitachi HF5000 environmental transmission electron microscope
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

MIT.nano adds new instruments to create and analyze at the nanoscale

New tools can accommodate samples from small pieces up to 200 mm wafers.
Valerie Jarrett (left)
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

A diploma, a discovery, and an historic legacy

The restored diploma of Robert Robinson Taylor, MIT’s first Black graduate — presented by his great-granddaughter Valerie Jarrett —...
The all-new MIT Museum opens in its new Kendall Square location Oct. 2 with an eye toward bringing visitors into the MIT community.
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

“Whoever you are, this is your place.” Reimagined MIT Museum en...

The new museum opens Oct. 2 at the gateway between Kendall Square and campus.
Joe Higgins
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

3Q: How MIT is working to reduce carbon emissions on our campus

Vice President for Campus Services and Stewardship Joe Higgins describes how MIT is tackling its Fast Forward campus carbon-reduction goals