MIT explores plans for enlivening Kendall Square
MIT has initiated preliminary conversations within the Institute community, as well as with Cambridge officials and representatives of Kendall Square and the surrounding neighborhoods, to discuss early...
View ArticleMIT continues outreach regarding Kendall Square redevelopment
Preliminary ideas and planning principles for revitalizing MIT-owned parcels in Kendall Square were presented to the Cambridge Planning Board on July 20, prompting members of the board to note that the...
View ArticleInstitute to host community brainstorming sessions on Kendall Square
Community brainstorming sessions to explore ideas and opportunities to enliven the publicly accessible spaces in Kendall Square will be held at the end of September. Hosted by MIT as part of its...
View ArticleSlideshow: the Koch Institute transforms East Campus environs
By the end of the year, about 600 researchers should be moved and settled into their new headquarters at the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. And with the building's recent...
View ArticleDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research feted
Hundreds of members of the MIT community gathered Friday afternoon to celebrate the dedication of the new headquarters of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, a...
View ArticleMIT moves forward with rezoning petition for Kendall Square
MIT has formally filed a rezoning petition for properties it owns near the Kendall Square MBTA station, reflecting a commitment to invigorate the street level experience and support the continued...
View ArticleMIT 2030 website launched
On May 16, MIT launched the MIT 2030 website, which is meant to serve as a workspace for communicating plans for campus development in order to engage the MIT community in envisioning the Institute’s...
View ArticleInside an innovation ecosystem
On Monday, on the edge of the MIT campus, representatives of MIT and Pfizer Inc., along with elected officials, participated in a groundbreaking ceremony around what will become a 180,000-square-foot...
View ArticleDigging for answers
Aiming for breakthroughs in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and other major illnesses, MIT and the pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc. held a formal groundbreaking on Monday morning for a...
View ArticleNext stop: Kendall Square
In 2010, researchers from MIT and Harvard University found that while new communication technologies have transformed the way collaborations can be made around the world, physical proximity “continues...
View ArticleInstitute launches revamped MIT 2030 website
This week, MIT has launched a redesigned and more comprehensive MIT 2030 website to communicate the framework for campus development and engage the MIT community in envisioning the Institute’s future....
View ArticleProvost releases faculty task force report on Kendall Square
Today, MIT Provost Chris Kaiser released a report of an MIT faculty task force he charged with giving advice on MIT’s plans to develop property in Kendall Square. In the report, the members of the task...
View ArticleProvost Chris Kaiser updates faculty on Kendall Square
MIT Provost Chris Kaiser emailed the MIT faculty today about MIT's proposal around the development of Institute-owned property in Kendall square: his email, reproduced below, follows one he sent to the...
View ArticleMIT presents Kendall Square zoning concepts to Cambridge Planning Board
On Tuesday night, MIT officials presented a preview of the Institute's rezoning petition for the redevelopment of Kendall Square to members of the Cambridge Planning Board, who responded very...
View ArticleMIT files new Kendall Square rezoning petition
Today, MIT formally submitted its rezoning petition for a 26-acre parcel of Institute-owned property in the Kendall Square area to the City of Cambridge. The petition is expected to be referred by the...
View ArticleMIT presents new Kendall Square zoning proposal
MIT officials provided an overview of the Institute’s proposed Kendall Square Initiative at a public hearing of the Cambridge Planning Board on Jan. 15. The presentation, led by Executive Vice...
View ArticleCambridge Ordinance Committee reviews MIT's Kendall Square zoning petition
About 30 members of the public attended the City Council's Jan. 24 Ordinance Committee hearing on MIT's proposed Kendall Square Initiative. The Ordinance Committee, which comprises the entire City...
View ArticleCambridge Planning Board cites satisfaction with Kendall proposal
MIT officials continued their dialogue with the Cambridge Planning Board on Feb. 19 at the second public hearing on the Institute’s new zoning petition, which was submitted to the City in December.In...
View ArticleFostering an innovation ecosystem
As Kendall Square gains altitude as a tech and biotech epicenter, its neighbors — including MIT — are finding educational and entrepreneurial opportunities there. The Kendall Square Association’s (KSA)...
View ArticleKaiser, Grimson launch Graduate Student Housing Working Group
Provost Chris A. Kaiser and Chancellor W. Eric Grimson have implemented one of the key recommendations that emerged from the report of the Task Force on Community Engagement in 2030 Planning. The Task...
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