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 ...