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The Venice Architecture Biennale, the world’s largest and most visited exhibition focusing on architecture, is once again featuring work by many MIT faculty, students, and alumni. On view through Nov. 26, the 2023 biennale, curated by Ghanaian-Scotti

MIT faculty, alumni, and students contribute as curators and exhibitors at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, the world’s most prominent stage for architecture and design.

Discover key projects on sustainability, migration, and digital building at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition.

“Distance Unknown” is an exhibition about migration to the U.S. from Central America that debuted at the UN World Food Program executive board meeting. It was created by MIT’s Sarah Williams and her Civic Data Design Lab.

A new report has identified one set that has benefited tremendously from the rise in migration from Central American countries to the U.S.: smugglers.

Migration from Central America to the U.S. is largely driven by economics, at great financial expense to migrants themselves, according to a new study led by MIT’s Sarah Williams and others at the UN World Food Program, the Migration Policy Institute and MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab.

A new report about migration, co-authored by MIT scholars, shows that economic distress is the main factor pushing migrants from Central America to

A new report about migration, co-authored by MIT scholars, shows that economic distress is the main factor pushing migrants from Central America to the

Shaking in the back of a police cruiser, handcuffs digging into his wrists, Brian Williams was overwhelmed with fear. He had been pulled over, but

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