Recent News and Events

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New role for Joe Higgins
On November 1, 2019, Joe Higgins was appointed MIT’s vice president for campus services and stewardship. In this new role, Joe will oversee the Office of Sustainability, EHS, the Office of Campus Planning, and Facilities. This appointment is part of a reorganization to reassign the many responsibilities previously handled by Deputy Executive Vice President Tony Sharon, who is retiring at the end of 2019.

Read the news article.

Renowned architect I.M. Pei ’40 dies at 102
Celebrated architect I.M. Pei ’40 left a distinctive mark on the MIT campus, with the design of four campus buildings:

• Cecil and Ida Green Building for Earth Sciences (Building 54), 1962
• Camille Edouard Dreyfus Chemistry Building (Building 18), 1967
• Ralph Landau Building for Chemical Engineering (Building 66), 1976
• Wiesner Building (Building E15, original home of the MIT Media Lab), 1985

Read about his work in this news article.

Parking Office holds annual bike auction
On Friday, October 4, 2019 the MIT Police and the Parking & Transportation Office held a bicycle auction of old or abandoned bicycles. The auction began at noon at 290 Albany Street in Cambridge. The lot opened at 11:30AM for an opportunity to preview the bicycles that are up for auction.

Proceeds from the auction go towards campus bicycle initiatives.

MIT Bike Safety Day
On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, we celebrated Bay State Bike Week with some giveaways and refreshments at the Dertouzos Amphitheater at Stata.

Team MIT has been #1 on the school leader board for the MassCommute Bicycle Challenge for six years in a row. The MCBC is a week-long, free and friendly competition among Massachusetts businesses, educational institutions, and municipalities..