Dava Newman

The aerospace engineer and director of the MIT Media Lab received an honorary degree from Dartmouth during commencement 2022.

​On May 23, 2022, Wiring WIC, a virtual symposium hosted by the WIC Health and Technology Initiative—a project of New America in collaborat…

Read about the 2022 zero gravity flight and the projects that flew. This is an annual event hosted by the Space Exploration Initiative.

Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.

Arizona State University's Interplanetary Initiative podcast, Mission: Interplanetary, features Media Lab director Dava Newman.

The 3D Knit BioSuit™ is a multidisciplinary, collaborative work involving multiple groups at MIT and MIT spinoff Ministry of Supply.

Supported by a $100 million founding gift, the academy will deepen the integration of design across the Institute and beyond.

Discussion at MIT explores ways the music industry can help in the battle to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

In the Boston Globe, Media Lab director Dava Newman shares her vision for the future.

Artificial intelligence is top-of-mind as Governor Baker, President Reif encourage students to “see yourself in STEM.”

Women are developing some of the most promising technologies designed for the final frontier.

Newman is the first female director of the lab.

Dava Newman, the new head of MIT’s Media Lab, wants the lab to take on bigger problems and reach out into the community.

A blog post describing the main questions, hypotheses, and results of research on the Skinsuit conducted this summer.

Supported by the Space Exploration Initiative, the student-run HUMANS project aims to increase global representation in space.

Dava Newman is a visionary astronautics researcher, explorer, and expert on human adaptation to space.

Each new fellow continues to enhance the ISC’s focus on enabling the growth of resilient space commerce in the post-Covid world.