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 new, multidisciplinary research center to be built on MIT property in the Kendall Square...
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Tue, 11/22/2011
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 research hub for Pfizer’s Neuroscience Research Unit and its Cardiovascular, Metabolic, and...
moreTue, 06/07/2011
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 future. This informational website is a precursor to a more illustrative site currently under...
moreFri, 04/29/2011
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 evolution of the area’s innovation cluster.
“Cambridge plays a central role in the nation’s...
moreTue, 03/08/2011
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 pioneering cancer research center that brings life scientists and engineers together in one building....
moreTue, 11/23/2010
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 completion come added benefits: a reopened and remodeled courtyard available for community use and...
moreWed, 09/15/2010
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 planning for revitalizing MIT-owned parcels in Kendall Square, the sessions will be open to students...
moreTue, 08/10/2010
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 concepts were welcome and a good starting point.
MIT informed the community in late...
moreFri, 05/28/2010
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 concepts for invigorating the Kendall Square area.
While no specific project has yet...
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