Building a framework for remote making
Making is central to MIT’s identity. It is the embodiment of MIT’s motto, "mens et manus" — "mind and hand." For many students, making is more than designing, engineering, arts, and crafts; it is an...
View ArticleHow MIT built its own Covid-19 testing trailer
In mid-March, in response to the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic, MIT Medical quickly set up testing tents where essential workers and others who remained on campus could be safely screened for the novel...
View ArticleFeatured video: Lifeblood of the MIT community
When MIT moved many of its operations online last March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of employees rose to the challenge of remote work. Meanwhile, hundreds of others showed up each...
View ArticleBuilding 14 courtyard to undergo renovation
The courtyard at the center of Building 14 is being renovated concurrently with Hayden Library, the MIT Libraries announced today. Longtime hopes for renovating this underutilized outdoor space have...
View ArticleNew Semilab SE-2000 Spectroscopic Ellipsometer at MIT.nano
In nanofabrication, it is important to characterize and understand the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of the various thin-film materials used to build devices. Ellipsometry is a...
View ArticleMIT begins testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19 on campus
This week, MIT began piloting a wastewater testing program as a new tool to help keep the campus community safe this semester. In a project that will run through the fall semester, wastewater from...
View ArticleMIT.nano receives LEED Platinum certification
MIT.nano, the Institute’s central, shared-access research facility for nanoscience and nanotechnology, has received the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Platinum certification for sustainable...
View ArticleMIT opens childcare center in Graduate Tower at Site 4
On Nov. 9, the Institute welcomed some of its youngest students to the new MIT Technology Childcare Center (TCC) Kendall in the Graduate Tower at Site 4 (Building E37), in accordance with...
View ArticleMIT labs win top recognition for sustainable practices in cold storage...
In its fourth year, the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) International Laboratory Freezer Challenge drew 218 laboratory participants from around the world, from 88 research...
View ArticleWith campus as a test bed, climate action starts and continues at MIT
In 2015, MIT set a goal to reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 32 percent by the year 2030. Five years later, the Institute has reduced emissions by 24 percent, remaining on...
View ArticleDesign progresses for MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building on Vassar...
Last fall, the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing embarked on a project to design and construct a new building on Vassar Street in Cambridge, at the former site of Building 44. Working with...
View ArticleSchool of Architecture and Planning creates climate action plan
The MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) has announced the adoption of a school-wide climate action plan designed to advance Institute efforts to address climate change and model local-level...
View ArticleDonated instrument provides undergraduate chemistry students high-level...
Beta defensins are a class of antimicrobial peptides that vary in size from 61 to 183 amino acids. More than 3,000 beta defensins had been identified prior to this year — until undergraduates in a lab...
View ArticleTwo new student residences open their doors
With the launch of the new year, MIT is taking significant steps to expand on-campus residence options for its graduate and undergraduate communities. The New Vassar Residence Hall for undergraduates...
View ArticleVisualizing a climate-resilient MIT
The Sustainability DataPool, powered by the Office of Sustainability (MITOS), gives the MIT community the opportunity to understand data on important sustainability metrics like energy, water use,...
View ArticleSaving the radome
Perched atop the MIT Cecil and Ida Green Building (Building 54), MIT’s tallest academic building, a large, golf ball-like structure protrudes from the roof, holding its own in the iconic MIT campus...
View ArticleVELION focused ion beam scanning electron microscope expands MIT.nano...
MIT.nano has acquired a Raith VELION focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) as a demonstration unit in its characterization facility. The instrument, which arrived on campus last...
View ArticleNew plasma etching system significantly expands MIT.nano process capabilities
To expand the types of materials that researchers can process, MIT.nano has acquired a new SAMCO inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactive-ion etching (RIE) system. The instrument has been installed...
View ArticleDriving commuters toward sustainable options
When organizations like MIT transitioned to remote work and learning last year in the interest of health and safety, one impact of this change was immediately visible to many people — a large decrease...
View ArticleCustom-made MIT tool probes materials at the nanoscale
An MIT physicist has built a new instrument of interest to MIT researchers across a wide range of disciplines because it can quickly and relatively inexpensively determine a variety of important...
View ArticleMIT.nano receives American Institute of Architects’s Top Ten Award for...
MIT.nano, MIT’s open-access facility for nanoscale science and engineering, has been awarded the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2021 Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Award for...
View ArticleVapor-collection technology saves water while clearing the air
About two-fifths of all the water that gets withdrawn from lakes, rivers, and wells in the U.S. is used not for agriculture, drinking, or sanitation, but to cool the power plants that provide...
View ArticleRenovated Hayden Library and courtyard open to the MIT community
The newly renovated Hayden Library and Building 14 courtyard opened to the MIT community Aug. 23. The spaces were re-envisioned to provide areas for collaborative work, exploring collections, a...
View ArticleA new hub for MIT innovation and entrepreneurship
MIT’s innovation and entrepreneurship community just got 50,000 square feet of new space to work with.The Institute’s new InnovationHQ encompasses five floors in the recently renovated Suffolk...
View ArticleThe MIT Press Bookstore reopens in a new location in Kendall Square
The MIT Press Bookstore is re-opens today in its new location at 314 Main Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Part of the reimagined MIT Kendall Gateway, the bookstore will soon share a home with the...
View ArticleMIT Welcome Center opens in Kendall Square
The MIT Welcome Center opened this month in Building E38, just steps from the Kendall/MIT MBTA subway station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Visitors and MIT community members can stop by the center for...
View ArticleManaging Covid-19 at MIT this fall: “So far, so good”
Despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, nearly 20,000 people are now studying, working, or living at MIT on any given day. Thanks to a robust plan to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 on campus — masking,...
View ArticleMIT ID cards go digital
MIT community members have a new and easier way to navigate campus life at the Institute: the MIT Mobile ID, a digital version of the MIT ID card for iOS and Android devices. Developed prior to the...
View Article3 Questions: Tolga Durak on building a safety culture at MIT
Environment, Health, and Safety Managing Director Tolga Durak heads a team working to build a strong safety culture at the Institute and to implement systems that lead to successful lab and makerspace...
View ArticleMIT community in 2021: A year in review
During 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic continued to color much of the year, as MIT saw both the promise of vaccines as well as the rise of troubling new variants. The Institute also made new commitments to...
View ArticleInvesting in a stronger MIT
MIT plans to make significant investments in the next fiscal year to support the Institute community, strengthen its research enterprise, and enhance its digital and physical infrastructure.The...
View ArticleMIT unveils new Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel
When Mark Drela first set foot in Cambridge to study aerospace engineering at MIT in 1978, he was no stranger to wind tunnels. Just two years before, he constructed a 1-foot-by-1-foot wind tunnel for...
View ArticleCharting the landscape at MIT
Norman Magnuson’s MIT career — culminating in his role as manager of grounds services in the Department of Facilities for the past 20 years — started in 1974 with a summer job. Fresh out of high school...
View Article3 Questions: John Durant on the new MIT Museum at Kendall Square
To the outside world, much of what goes on at MIT can seem mysterious. But the MIT Museum, whose new location is in the heart of Kendall Square, wants to change that. With a specially designed space by...
View Article3Q: How MIT is working to reduce carbon emissions on our campus
Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade, launched in May 2021, charges MIT to eliminate its direct carbon emissions by 2050. Setting an interim goal of net zero emissions by 2026 is an...
View ArticleMIT accelerates efforts on path to carbon reduction goals
Under its “Fast Forward” climate action plan, which was announced in May 2021, MIT has set a goal of eliminating direct emissions from its campus by 2050. An important near-term milestone will be...
View Article“Whoever you are, this is your place.” Reimagined MIT Museum encourages...
MIT’s research and innovation has been described as magic by many. But that magic can sometimes seem obscure and intimidating to outsiders.Now the MIT Museum, which opens to the public on Oct. 2, is...
View ArticleMIT.nano adds new instruments to create and analyze at the nanoscale
MIT.nano has added several instruments to its tool set, expanding the facilities’ capabilities at the nanoscale. The tools, located in MIT.nano’s cleanroom and characterization spaces, can be used...
View ArticleThere’s something for everyone at the “front porch of campus”
There’s a long list of reasons why MIT’s sailing pavilion is unique. For one, it’s home to the oldest collegiate sailing program in the world. It’s also completely free and open to the MIT community —...
View ArticleTackling the MIT campus’s top energy consumers, building by building
When staff in MIT’s Department of Facilities would visualize energy use and carbon-associated emissions by campus buildings, Building 46 always stood out — attributed to its energy intensity, which...
View ArticleMeet the tight-knit technical staff who help MIT.nano handle any challenge
When MIT.nano opened in 2018 in Building 12, now the Lisa T. Su Building, it became the new home at MIT for suites of nanoscale characterization and fabrication equipment, including those previously...
View ArticleSally Romero: Grateful for opportunities at MIT and eager to pay it forward
To say that Sally Romero, a member of the Housing and Residential Services team at MIT's Ashdown House, is proud and grateful to work at the Institute would be an understatement.Over the last six...
View Article“We don’t give assignments here”
For 85 years, MIT’s Hobby Shop has provided a space for MIT’s community members to build their passion projects. For the last 65 of those years, that work has taken place in a low-ceilinged, windowless...
View Article“Move-in day is kind of like our Superbowl”
The academic year has officially begun at MIT, and the halls are once again filled with the energy and excitement that only students can bring. But MIT’s campus does not come to life automatically.The...
View ArticleAI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus
Smart thermostats have changed the way many people heat and cool their homes by using machine learning to respond to occupancy patterns and preferences, resulting in a lower energy draw. This...
View ArticleMIT campus goals in food, water, waste support decarbonization efforts
With the launch of Fast Forward: MIT’s Climate Action Plan for the Decade, the Institute committed to decarbonize campus operations by 2050 — an effort that touches on every corner of MIT, from...
View Article3 Questions: A new home for music at MIT
More than 1,500 students enroll in music classes each year at MIT. More than 500 student musicians participate in one of 30 on-campus ensembles. In spring 2025, to better provide for its thriving...
View ArticleNew MIT.nano equipment to accelerate innovation in “tough tech” sectors
A new set of advanced nanofabrication equipment will make MIT.nano one of the world’s most advanced research facilities in microelectronics and related technologies, unlocking new opportunities for...
View ArticleA crossroads for computing at MIT
On Vassar Street, in the heart of MIT’s campus, the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing recently opened the doors to its new headquarters in Building 45. The building’s central location and...
View ArticleA home where world-changing innovations take flight
In a large, open space on the first floor of 750 Main Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a carbon-capture company is heating up molten salts to 600 degrees Celsius right next to a quantum computing...
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