MIT DUSP

Congratulations to DUSP students, Gabby Bashizi, Laura Dallabrida Leite e Silva, Temuulen Enkhbat, and Adeposi Adeogun on being named recipients of the 2026-2027 MIT Climate Project Student Innovator Award for the Langa Food Sovereignty Network.

The Student Innovator Awards support the bold and creative ideas of MIT undergraduate and graduate students to advance climate solutions or deepen understanding of the complex challenges shaping our planet’s future.🌱

🔗Learn more: climateproject.mit.edu/announcing-2026-2027-student-innovator-award-recipients

Congratulations to our students on this incredible achievement! On April 28, 2026, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston announced the winners of its Affordable Housing Development Competition, bringing together graduate students across architecture, planning, real estate, finance, and policy to tackle real-world housing challenges.

The winning proposal, Gilman Junction, was led by DUSP students Kavish Gandhi, Phoebe Meyerson, Ben Paltiel, and Henry Walther, alongside collaborators from MIT Architecture and Harvard. Working closely with community partners Just A Start and the Somerville Community Land Trust, ICON Architecture, and finance mentor David Aiken, the team developed a visionary approach to affordable housing in Somerville.

Special thanks to faculty mentors Will Monson, Leslie Reid, and Gabrielle Aitcheson for their guidance and support.
🔗Click here to learn more about the competition and winning proposal: https://www.fhlbboston.com/proposal-
to-build-affordable-housing-in-somerville-wins-affordable-housing-competition/

Jason Jackson of MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning was recently featured in The Boston Globe, offering expert insight on Boston’s new food delivery permit rules and their potential unintended consequences for workers in the platform economy. His commentary highlights the complex relationship between innovation, regulation, and urban labor systems.

🔗Click Here to read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/23/metro/unintended-consequences-of-bostons-food-delivery-permits-for-uber-eats-doordash/

🔗Click Here for Paywall Free Version: https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx? artguid=4aa48ebb-5037-4bOa-a4af-
e2a16cd86c66&appcode=BOSUAT&eguid=1c1db545-c246-433f-94be-3cea878be68f&pnum=2