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) annual meeting on Wednesday — which included a keynote presentation by MIT President L...
moreMIT 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 its 10th Planning Board appearance on its Kendall Square Initiative since spring 2010,...
moreAbout 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 Council membership, is charged with reviewing changes to municipal law, including the zoning code...
moreMIT 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 President and Treasurer Israel Ruiz and Managing Director of Real Estate Steve Marsh, summarized MIT’s...
moreToday, 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 City Council to the Planning Board and the Council's Ordinance Committee, each of which is...
moreOn 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 favorably.
The meeting was attended by members of the MIT administration and faculty. Since this...
moreMIT 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 faculty last month about his release of the report of a faculty task force appointed to...
moreToday, 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 force offer support for MIT’s plans to file a new rezoning petition with the City of Cambridge...
moreThis 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. This site builds upon an earlier, informational MIT 2030 site launched last May and is the...
moreIn 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 to play a critical role in predicting the impact of scientific research.”
This bodes...
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