Three years of project work yield NEET students an experimental model of the human gut—and preparation for their postgraduation goals
From the President
President's Letter: Innovation Squared
President L. Rafael Reif reflect on how the innovation ecosystems in Silicon Valley and Kendall Square have evolved over the years
Kendall/MIT
Kendall's Key Ingredient
How BioTech evolved over the course of the early history of Cambridge's Kendall Square
Inside the MIT Campaign for a Better World
Better World Events in China and California
Global tour continues to bring together MIT’s alumni and friends
The Medium Is the Meditation
Behind the scenes of a student-created VR experience
Welcome to Kendall Square
The flourishing innovation district takes its place as a destination and a gateway
The Long View
Inspired by the Infinite Corridor, the MIT Museum’s spacious new home will connect visitors with the Institute’s past, present, and future
A NEET New Approach to Engineering Education
Curriculum focuses on new machines that will address social needs of the future
A Transformative Future for the Met Warehouse
Proposed renovation would house School of Architecture and Planning
We Get Together and Sparks Fly
The first annual “Maker Break” was hosted by Project Manus at MIT’s Johnson Athletics Center in spring 2018. Organizers invited students, faculty, and staff to unwind with hands-on activities ranging
Cover illustrator Marcus Martinez SM ’12 created this view of Kendall Square’s transformation—an extension of his previous “Cities As Planets” series of drawings—especially for this issue of Spectrum. An alumnus
Life on Main Street
A new residence for grad students will offer community and connections in a hard-to-beat location
Founders Forward
By Leda Zimmerman As a graduate student at Harvard University in 1998, Angela Koehler recalls, she took the subway to attend a lecture at the Whitehead Institute. “You didn’t want
