A New Academy, a New Dawn for Design
Faculty leaders of the interdisciplinary Morningside Academy for Design discuss how the Academy will elevate design at MIT and beyond
Fall 2022
At MIT, design work runs the gamut from guiding the interactions of proteins to developing new ways to construct housing. By combining creativity, innovation, and synthesis to reveal new pathways forward, design draws mind and hand together, providing a strong foundation for efforts across the Institute to confront society’s most complex challenges.
Design for Anything and Everything
Across MIT, researchers apply disciplined approach to form and function
Associate Professor Larry Sass Wants a Tech Upgrade for Housing
Architectural designer and researcher envisions construction components that can be printed and shipped
From Major to Minor, Design Proves Key at MIT
Students see the benefits of adding a creative skillset to their repertoire
Latest stories
Norhan Bayomi, Inspired by Hollywood Icon, Takes on Climate Change
Entrepreneur-DJ pushes boundaries in technology, art
Q&A: Fueling Design at MIT
Julie A. Lucas, vice president for resource development, discusses how philanthropy and faculty commitment are contributing to design excellence on campus and beyond
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MIT System Design and Management Alum Makes Productivity Portable
Founder of Mobile Pixels credits MIT with giving him the skills to launch his company and thrive through the pandemic
Discovery Science
Shape-Shifting at the Molecular Level in the Wendlandt Lab
Organic chemist designs molecules from the atoms up, with the goal of synthesizing useful substances faster and more efficiently
A Big Change for the Home of MIT.nano
Alumna Lisa T. Su ’90, SM ’91, PhD ’94 lends her name to Building 12
MIT PRIMES = A Plus for Youth
Math program mentoring helps high schoolers advance in research
Foundations Provide Crucial Support for Novel Ideas
Funding helps researchers follow a hunch or a passion
Health of the Planet
CREWSnet Project Forecasts a Climate Early Warning System for All
Climate Grand Challenges flagship project aims to empower underserved communities by providing tools they need to plan for the future
Elsa Olivetti and Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli Develop New Recipes for New Materials
Faculty lead a collaboration that pairs computational design techniques with machine learning to invent and improve materials
MIT’s Leventhal Center Explores How Communities Can Weather Relocation
Researchers address issues of the 150 million people worldwide who will be forced to uproot due to climate change in the next 30 years
At MIT, Lessons from Space for Handling Waste
With support from J-WAFS, AeroAstro team applies systems thinking and analysis to vital recycling issue
Human Health
Helping Organizations Learn from Turmoil
Dynamic work design takes a focused approach to tackling challenges
Biologist Amy Keating Designs Proteins to Thwart Disease
Lab draws on advances in computational tools to explore creating proteins from scratch
Inspired to Heal the Human Heart
Ellen Roche combines robotics, biologics to design cardiac devices
Ritu Raman Is an Architect of Muscle and Nerve
Mechanical engineering professor designs motor control components to heal wounds and animate “soft” robots
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
In the Pioneering MIT Department of Economics, Researchers Turn a Scientific Lens to Policy
Economists offer insights and interventions for health care, education, and work
Tata Center: 10 Years of Sustained Impact
MIT faculty and students target innovations for the developing world
In Support of Innovation at MIT
MIT donors help accelerate design entrepreneurship and advance innovation in Hong Kong
Startup Grows from Sandbox
MIT seed fund helps Ivu Biologics improve agriculture
Teaching Learning and Living
A Scroll Through Class Offerings in Design
In fields as diverse as aerospace, theater, and neurobiology, classes reveal logical, practical, and rigorous approaches to design
In Support of Teaching, Learning, and Living
MIT donors help advance pK–12 learning, student wellness, and the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center
Wildly Popular UROP Is About “Learning How You Want to Learn”
Research program supports nearly 6,000 projects yearly for undergraduates
MIT Integrated Learning Initiative Project Focuses on Focus
AttentivU smart glasses designed to help wearers tune into a task and tune out the world