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Energy efficiency efforts aim for an estimated 35 percent reduction of energy use for MIT Building 46. Image courtesy of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Image courtesy of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
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Tackling the MIT campus’s top energy consumers, building by building

A full-building energy efficiency project aims to reduce total campus emissions by 2 percent.

The Civil Discourse project to launch this fall at MIT will include a speaker series and curricular activities in MIT’s Concourse program for first-year students. Image: Brad Skow/MIT via DALL-E
Civil discourse project to launch at MIT

Through a speaker series and activities in the Concourse learning community, the project's leaders aim to promote the value of open discussion on campus.

MIT junior Anushree Chaudhuri is MIT's first Udall Scholar since 2008. Photo: Gretchen Ertl
MIT junior Anushree Chaudhuri named 2023 Udall Scholar

Udall Foundation Scholarship honors public service commitment to environmental issues.

Onlookers gathered at the site of the interactive Climate Machine art installation on April 19. Photo: Caitlin Cunningham
Six ways MIT is taking action on climate

A variety of recent events highlighted efforts by faculty, staff, and students to make a difference today.

“I study how people move and why people move,” says the MIT associate professor of city and transportation planning. Photo: David Sella/MIT Corporate Relations
Taking the congestion out of commuting

Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao studies how and why people move, and designs multi-modal mobility systems.

For the final session of Jinhua Zhao’s MIT Mobility Forum, Charles Fine of Sloan, pictured, gave a talk titled “Entrepreneurship Returns to the Automotive Industry: Electric Vehicles as a case study.” Image: Fin...
Will the charging networks arrive in time?

MIT Mobility Forum considers whether startups can provide the infrastructure for electric vehicles, or if more automakers must step in.

Abandoned croplands represent an opportunity for carbon sequestration, but more research is needed to identify the most promising areas. Photo: Tangopaso/Wikimedia Commons
3 Questions: Can disused croplands help mitigate climate change?

Assistant Professor César Terrer and recent visiting student Stephen Bell describe how agricultural lands that are no longer productive could play an important role in carbon sequestration.

The 2023 J-WAFS seed grant recipients are: (top row, l-r) Sara Beery, David Des Marais, Aristide Gumyusenge, Rohit Karnik, Darcy McRose; (middle row, l-r) Carlos Portela, Ariel Furst, Alexander Radosevich, Timothy Swager, Rajeev Ram...
J-WAFS announces 2023 seed grant recipients

Fifteen principal investigators from across MIT will conduct early work to solve issues ranging from water contamination to aquaculture monitoring and management.

Globally recognized artist Beatie Wolfe commences Solve at MIT in Kresge Auditorium. Photo courtesy of MIT Solve.
Solve at MIT 2023: Collaboration and climate efforts are at the forefront of social impact

Over 300 social impact leaders from around the world convened on MIT’s campus to discuss global challenges and how to solve them together.

At the MIT Energy Initiative’s Earth Day Colloquium, Massachusetts state Senator Mike Barrett discussed Massachusetts’s ambitious 2030 goals for cutting carbon dioxide emissions and the challenges the state has faced in meetin...
Mike Barrett: Climate goals may take longer, but we’ll get there

At MIT, the Massachusetts state senator describes the commonwealth’s progress on tackling global warming, remains optimistic despite short-term delays.