Published February 14, 2025Championing a Vision of Safe Cities that Centers Women and Trans-Queer Experiences New MIT research centers marginalized populations perspectives to define and create safer cities in India News City Design and Development Urban Science
Published February 10, 2025Preserving and Envisioning a More Robust Social Housing Building on nearly a decade of research, a thesis becomes a book focused on the financial, physical, and social investment required for the future of social housing News Real Estate Housing, Community + Economic Development
Published February 3, 2025A Mass Grave, and a Poignant Window into Boston’s Past Research on the Home for Aged Colored Women offers a poignant window into a past we only thought we knew News Racially Just Research Initiative Housing, Community + Economic Development
Published January 31, 2025DUSP in the Media: January 2025 A student team's work to highlight the need for humanitarian shelter to support the world’s most vulnerable people, an alumni team's efforts to to make the crowded areas of News City Design and Development Urban Science Environmental Policy + Planning Housing, Community + Economic Development International Development Mobility
Published January 27, 2025Embracing the Human Aspect of Urban Planning Interventions MIT Spectrum spotlights Kaleigh Spears ’25 who "brings a people-first approach to her studies and her MIT campus experience" News Environmental Policy + Planning Housing, Community + Economic Development
Published January 24, 2025Enhancing Transit Accessibility for Underserved Communities Federal grant supports a MIT research project incorporating autonomous mobility and energy justice into public transit services News Urban Science Mobility
Published January 22, 2025Building Better Cities for Humans DUSP alum, Justice Mya Castañeda MCP ’13, focuses on providing access to affordable, healthy, and enriching housing News Housing, Community + Economic Development
Published January 17, 2025Modeling Possible Impacts of Large Language Models on the Geography of Work, Education, and Political Polarization Utilizing past major economic shocks, study examines likely LLM shocks and emphasizes the need for policymakers to proactively plan for economic disruptions News Urban Science Housing, Community + Economic Development
Published January 15, 2025When Girls Just Want to Have Fun, How Do They Go? New joint MIT/Morgan State study explores gender differences during night-time mobility in the Greater Boston area News Urban Science Mobility
