Boston Magazine, Why Boston Is Becoming the World’s Next Leading Longevity Hub
Wyndham Lewis explores why the city of Boston is becoming a hub for “actually living longer, better lives” citing the research and work of Joseph Coughlin’s MIT AgeLab. More…
GBH, Putting People First: The 15-Minute City
Jim Aloisi and Carlos Moreno join Christian MilNeil for a discussion about the 15-Minute City: its principles, how it works, and how urban planning can shape how all of us live and move in our communities. More…
University of California Press, Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition
David Hsu and Lia Downing’s article, Decarbonizing Affordable Housing in New York City: Options and Obstacles to Scale Up Deep Energy Retrofits, is named the winner of the annual competition. The Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition recognizes “the best environmental case study published in the journal in 2024.” More…
MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Student Spotlight: Alessandra Smith
In a video produced by Justin, Alessandra Smith shares her time at DUSP with a focus on her work with MIT CoLab, and MITdesignX. More…
Planning Magazine, New Documentary Pulls Back the Curtain on the People Who Make Cities Run
Ezra Glenn writes a review of BS/Independent Lens documentary miniseries Dallas, 2019, which “takes the time to sit with real people struggling with hard problems.” More…
Boston Magazine, The 150 Most Influential Bostonians in 2025
Several DUSP community members are named in Boston Magazine’s annual list of influential individuals, including: Nicole Obi (MCP ‘95, SM ‘95), Sylvia McKinney (MCP ‘83), and Kairos Shen. More…
Financial Times, Venice Architecture Biennale’s Carlo Ratti: ‘People talk about mitigating climate change harm but it’s too late’
Caroline Roux details curator of the Venice Architecture Biennale Carlo Ratti’s vision for an exhibition on how architecture can offer solutions by adapting itself to extreme conditions. More…
Urban Land Institute, Team Representing Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wins 2025 ULI Hines Student Competition
A team from Harvard (Maurice el Helou, Eno Chen, Joshua Udemba) and MIT (Nathaniel Chavez-Baumberg and Thomas King) win the 23rd annual ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition with their design to create a vibrant, mixed-use, mixed-income area on a former industrial site in East Cleveland, Ohio. More…
ULI Americas, Meet the Winner, Finalist, and Honorable Mention Teams of the 2025 ULI Hines Competition
Three MIT student teams achieve the four finalists and the winning team rankings for the 23rd annual ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. Students on the three teams include: Cale Wagner, Mikel Berra Sandin, Dylan Roth, Soala Ajienka, and Sam Sentongo; Mabelle Zhang, Hazel Sanghi Park, Andrew Oh, Kaicheng Zhuang, and William Minghao Du; Maurice el Helou, Eno Chen, Joshua Udemba, Nathaniel Chavez-Baumberg, and Thomas King. More…
MIT News, Six from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025
Anne Whiston Spirn and five other MIT faculty are elected to one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, which is also a leading center for independent policy research. More…
Cooper Hewitt, Making Home: Belonging, Memory, and Utopia in the 21st Century
Mona Cahlabi interviews Balakrishnan Rajagopal for "Killing Birdsong" a chapter in the new book, Making Home: Belonging, Memory, and Utopia in the 21st Century. More...
Metro Housing Boston, Champions of Housing
Champions of Housing honors Greater Boston’s biggest advocates for affordable housing development and economic mobility with one goal – to help all residents of Greater Boston to find economic security and improved quality of life. Two of the 2025 honorees are DUSP alumni, Amy Schectman (MCP '82) and Marc Draisen (MCP '80). More...
MIT Student Awards Convocation, Karl Taylor Compton Prize
Nick Allen is named the winner of the 2025 Karl Taylor Compton Prize, the Institute's highest student honor, in recognition of his "excellent achievements in citizenship and devotion to the welfare of MIT." More...
MIT Office of Minority Education, Albert G. Hill Prize
Ari Pero named the winner of the 2025 Albert G. Hill Prize, awarded to juniors or seniors from underrepresented minority backgrounds who have maintained high academic standards and have made continued contributions to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at MIT. More...
