MIT in the media: 2023 in review

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

MIT News • mit
Dec. 21, 2023 ~18 min

AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus

A cross-departmental team is leading efforts to utilize machine learning for increased efficiency in heating and cooling MIT’s buildings.

Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability • mit
Sept. 8, 2023 ~9 min


Community Open Map Platform project supporting green transition secures major funding

A team led by Prof Flora Samuel from Cambridge’s Department of Architecture has been awarded one of four new £4.625 million Green Transition Ecosystem grants

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 4, 2023 ~6 min

Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere

Open-source tool from MIT’s Senseable City Lab lets people check air quality, cheaply.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
March 16, 2023 ~6 min

Studying floods to better predict their dangers

A fourth-generation civil engineer, graduate student Katerina Boukin researches the growing yet misunderstood threat of pluvial flooding, including flash floods.

Andrew Paul Laurent | MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
Oct. 13, 2022 ~6 min

A community approach to improving the health of the planet

Over the past four years, the mechanical engineering community at MIT has utilized their diverse skills and passions to develop solutions for the health of the planet.

Mary Beth Gallagher | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
April 21, 2022 ~7 min

With new industry, a new era for cities

In his book, “New Industrial Urbanism,” Eran Ben-Joseph looks at the evolving form and function of 21st-century cities.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
March 31, 2022 ~9 min

MIT in the media: 2021 in review

MIT community members made headlines around the world for their innovative approaches to addressing problems local and global.

MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 22, 2021 ~21 min


Facebook will drop its facial recognition system – but here's why we should be sceptical

The commitment applies to the social network, but not necessarily to the metaverse.

Stavros Shiaeles, Senior lecturer in Cyber Security, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Nov. 10, 2021 ~7 min

Counting pedestrians to make pedestrians count

Andres Sevtsuk’s new work estimates foot traffic in cities — so planners and developers can study the flow of people, not just vehicles.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 15, 2021 ~6 min

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