http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/urban-studies.html Urban studies and planning headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/urban-studies.html 88 31 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/airports-0618.html The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/airports-0618.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/dean-santos-tt0611.html An interview with Dean Adele Santos, dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, in which Santos discusses the school's goals and challenges and the role it can play in the future of sustainable cities across the world. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/dean-santos-tt0611.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/massimpact-0610.html The MIT School of Architecture and Planning and the Boston Society of Architects this week held its second symposium uniting leading urbanists from around the world and focusing on the challenges facing the modern city in a period of global climate change. Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/massimpact-0610.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/awards-dusp-tt0604.html Awards given in MIT Urban Studies and Planning for the academic year 2007-2008. Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/awards-dusp-tt0604.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/booklet-essay-0529.html Essay by MIT student Angelica Weiner, excerpted from "America in the World: MIT Speaks," a booklet of 25 essays by a diverse group of student leaders to describe what they think the United States must do to make the world a better place in 2008. Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/booklet-essay-0529.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fema-trailer-tt0521.html A little bit of hurricane history has come to MIT. A FEMA trailer, one of thousands of mobile homes the Federal Emergency Management Agency purchased to shelter victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, is now parked in an MIT rental space. Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fema-trailer-tt0521.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gulak-tt0514.html Teenager Ben Gulak got a bit of a head start on his training in mechanical engineering. As an incoming freshman at MIT, he's already been featured on the cover of Popular Science magazine for having come up with the year's top invention. Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gulak-tt0514.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-peru-tt0430.html Students and faculty from MIT's CityScope class visited a small Peruvian town over spring break to learn about the earthquake-stricken city's needs and how they might help restore water supplies, health-care and a sense of community. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-peru-tt0430.html