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More than half of Bostonians spend more than 30% of their income just to keep themselves housed. Students in Interactive Data Visualization & Society worked in teams to build digital tools to tackle the housing affordability challenge in Boston.

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Awards and honors for case studies, work, community building and influence in the Boston area; three student-teams recognized for urban design excellence; and more in this month's roundup of DUSP community news: bit.ly/duspItm425

How do peacekeeping missions plan for their withdrawal from a conflict zone & why it is so difficult to make peace sustainable? @MIT_alumni Silvia Danielak (PhD ‘23) explores in the context of the end of the AU-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

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Learn how the MIT Renewable Energy Clinic utilizes a nonpartisan approach to work with communities considering offshore wind infrastructure to help uncover & address potential challenges.

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IC: William Jones via @WikiCommons

How might the #policy, #urbanplanning, & #architecture help design interventions for issues surrounding the City of Baltimore's housing vacancy challenge? A joint MIT/MSU class uses these fields to seek pathways to a more just & thriving Baltimore.

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