The cover of Spectrum’s Winter 2017 issue zooms in on bio-inspired design. After visiting a Taiwanese wetsuit manufacturer, mechanical engineering and mathematics faculty member Anette (Peko) Hosoi returned to campus
From the President
President's Letter: Inventing Excellent Answers
To outsiders, MIT can appear to be a place where people are good at “getting the right answers.” But I believe a more revealing distinction is that the people of
Designing the Future
New Intersections for Design, Science, and Publishing
In early 2016, the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Press launched the online, open-access Journal of Design and Science (JoDS). Media Lab Director Joi Ito points to JoDS as
Designing the Future
Neri Oxman's Krebs Cycle of Creativity
The Krebs Cycle of Creativity, by designer, architect, and MIT Media Lab faculty member Neri Oxman PhD ’10, was featured in the Journal of Design and Science (JoDS) in January
Growing Knowledge
Using cancer cells to study neural development
The Lens of Design
New initiatives from the School of Architecture and Planning sharpen MIT’s focus on design-based learning
Constraints and Viewpoints
The Integrated Design and Management Program blends creativity, analysis, and empathy
Weaving through the Action
MIT Theater Arts: performance and design, under one roof at last
A roster of experts steers students through the inner workings of the airline industry
Designing Robotic First Responders
The bounding, four-legged machine known as MIT Cheetah II does wear a few spots in homage to its wild muse. But Sangbae Kim, associate professor of mechanical engineering, isn’t aiming
Year Two: MIT’s Climate Action Plan
Report outlines MIT’s progress, next steps in the fight against climate change
A Bright New Beginning for the Samuel Tak Lee Building
A rejuvenated home for MIT’s urban development and real estate programs
Attracting and Supporting the Best
The Daniel and Gail Rubinfeld Fellowship in the Department of Economics
Students Piece Together the Impact of Annual Giving
Community of committed donors strengthens the core of MIT
Digging into Design
Engineering students create new products from the ground (and molecule) up
Cooper and Casey at MIT
The legacy of two graphic designers who made Cambridge their creative home
