Highlights & Initiatives

Projects, initiatives and news.

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.
The artwork
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

MIT Welcome Center opens in Kendall Square

New center provides information and services to MIT visitors, while the adjacent open space offers community-building events and activities.
The new MIT Press Bookstore is located at 314 Main Street
Campus Buildings + Architecture (MIT News)

The MIT Press Bookstore reopens in a new location in Kendall Square

Part of the reimagined MIT Kendall Gateway, the bookstore will sell a curated selection of publications by the MIT Press and other publis...