Two new student residences open their doors | MIT News

With the launch of the new year, MIT is taking significant steps to expand on-campus residence options for its graduate and undergraduate communities. The New Vassar Residence Hall for undergraduates (Building W46 on Vassar Street on the West Campus) and the Graduate Tower at Site 4 (Building E37 on Main Street in Kendall Square), both newly constructed, have opened their doors and are now welcoming students within the Institute’s Covid-19 response framework. Renewal of the iconic Burton Conner undergraduate residence (Building W51 on the West Campus) has just begun, and the design phase is underway for the proposed West Campus Graduate Student Dormitory along Vassar Street adjacent to Simmons Hall.
 
“MIT has a really distinctive residential system,” notes David Friedrich, senior associate dean, housing and residential services. “The Institute…