Tools for making imagination blossom at MIT.nano
New STUDIO.nano supports artistic research and encounters within MIT.nano’s facilities.
The art of the enzyme
Bioengineer and artist David Kastner seeks to unlock the secrets of catalysis and improve science communication through eye-catching visuals.
A bright and airy hub for climate at MIT
Together, the new Moghadam Building and refurbished Green Building form a vibrant new center to tackle pressing global concerns of sustainability and climate change.
License plates of MIT
Custom plates display expressions of scholarship, creativity, and MIT pride among Institute affiliates.
“Rollerama” roller rink opens in Kendall Square
A summertime installation by MIT’s real estate group features free roller-skating and fun activities for the broader community.
“UnrulyArt” creates joy and engagement, regardless of ability
Researchers and staff from MIT, including from the Simons Center for the Social Brain, collaborated with schoolchildren with special needs to create art, have fun, and learn from each other.
A creation story told through immersive technology
Multimedia artist Jackson 2bears reimagines the Haudenosaunee longhouse and creation story.
New MIT-LUMA Lab created to address climate challenges in the Mediterranean region
Collaborative scholarship and research will draw on conservation, design, and technology.
Using art and science to depict the MIT family from 1861 to the present
MIT.nano inscribes 340,000 names on a single silicon wafer in latest version of One.MIT.
Janabel Xia: Algorithms, dance rhythms, and the drive to succeed
When the senior isn’t using mathematical and computational methods to boost driverless vehicles and fairer voting, she performs with MIT’s many dance groups to keep her on track.
Weaving memory into textiles
For the MIT Visiting Artist Chloé Bensahel, fabric itself tells the story.
Drinking from a firehose — on stage
For more than 50 years, the MIT Music Theater Guild has put on epic performances that involve students from every part of campus.
For MIT students, there is much to learn from crafting a chair
In class 4.500 (Design Computation), Professor Larry Sass teaches the thoughtful and experimental process of design through the familiar idea of a chair, while exploring “foundational technologies.”
AI generates high-quality images 30 times faster in a single step
Novel method makes tools like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E-3 faster by simplifying the image-generating process to a single step while maintaining or enhancing image quality.
Creative collisions: Crossing the art-science divide
A collaboration between ACT and MIT.nano, the class 4.373/4.374 (Creating Art, Thinking Science) asks what it really takes to cultivate dialogue between disciplines.