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Fall 2022

Norhan Bayomi, Inspired by Hollywood Icon, Takes on Climate Change

Entrepreneur-DJ pushes boundaries in technology, art

Fall 2022

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

Photograph of John Ochsendorf and Maria Yang, leaders of the Morningside Academy for Design, outside the under-construction Metropolitan Warehouse building, which be home to the new Academy and serve as a design hub for all of MIT. They are standing on the sidewalk mid-day.

Fall 2022

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

An illustration of shape, a pair of hands, snippets of computer code, and the words "Bio," "Computing," "Music," "Product," "Work," and "Urban design."

Fall 2022

Design for Anything and Everything

Across MIT, researchers apply disciplined approach to form and function

Conceptual illustration showing an abstract network of people relating to each other

Fall 2022

Helping Organizations Learn from Turmoil

Dynamic work design takes a focused approach to tackling challenges

Larry Sass sits in front of a colorful wall in the School of Architecture and Planning

Fall 2022

Associate Professor Larry Sass Wants a Tech Upgrade for Housing

Architectural designer and researcher envisions construction components that can be printed and shipped

Fall 2022

Biologist Amy Keating Designs Proteins to Thwart Disease

Lab draws on advances in computational tools to explore creating proteins from scratch

Photograph of Jack Yao,a man wearing a blue shirt, sitting in front of his extendable laptop screen.

Fall 2022

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

Fall 2022

Inspired to Heal the Human Heart

Ellen Roche combines robotics, biologics to design cardiac devices

Blurred close up view of colorful code on a computer screen

Fall 2022

Daniel Jackson Takes a Hard Look at Software Design

Professor of computer science calls for a new, more systematic approach