Students in 4.500 begin their journey by considering the experience they want to design for their chairs. For example, second-year student Wonu Abiodun (right) envisioned a unique lounging chair inspired by yoga poses. Also pictured: Marco Arias (top left) and Brenda Hernandez. (Photos courtesy of the students.)

Studying Amsterdam, MIT researchers found the optimal system for reusing construction materials has many local storage “hubs” that keep materials within a few miles of where they will be needed. The findings could help policymakers and urban planners develop circular economies of reused materials. (Image: iStock)

Art-Tek Tulltorja (translated from Albanian as “Art-Tech Brick Factory”) is imagined as a dynamic, environmentally forward hub where creative industries, artists, performers, musicians, and tech entrepreneurs converge. By helping close Pristina’s education and opportunity gap, Art-Tek Tulltorja will incubate the next generation of artistic and technological advances in Kosovo. (Image courtesy Rafi Segal A+U)

PhD student Lavender Tessmer has devoted herself to several projects throughout grad school, but all share a common thread: an emphasis on fiber development and textile programming. “At MIT, my interest in textiles really exploded and became the center of everything,” she says. Photo: Gretchen Ertl

Kwesi Afrifa, a senior majoring in urban planning and computer science, wants to create cultural hubs that are inviting to everyone.

The prevalence of remote work since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed urban transportation patterns in the U.S., according to new study led by MIT researchers. Image: iStock

With academic training in ecology and evolutionary biology, Aubrie James blends those passions with art in the ACT program.

Research in Southeast Asia quantifies how much wildfire smoke hurts peoples’ moods; finds the effect is greater when fires originate in other countries.

With the growing use of AI in many disciplines, the popularity of MIT’s four “blended” majors has intensified.

DUSP Professor Carlo Ratti named curator of 2025 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition

MIT’s program for first-year students helps develop hands-on maker skills, with tools, socializing, and safety training.

The MIT Self Assembly Lab and the high-tech fashion company Ministry of Supply debuted their 4D Knit Dress at the latter's store in Boston, complete with a robotic arm working its way around a dress as customers watched. (Image courtesy of MIT Self Assembly Lab)

Two students engage with an artwork created in 4.373/4.374 (Creating Art, Thinking Science).  Photo courtesy of MIT CAST.