On Monday, June 17th, we celebrated the grand opening of the new Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard in Kendall Square. The Ragon Institute is a unique union of Mass General, MIT and Harvard at the forefront of infectious disease research, such as HIV-AIDS and COVID-19. Its new home is located on a freestanding triangular site along Main Street at the edge of Kendall Square and the MIT Campus.
The ribbon cutting was attended by the Institute’s benefactors Phillip T. (Terry) and Susan Ragon as well as Governor Maura Healey and the heads of Mass General, MIT and Harvard. The Institute also held an employee ribbon-cutting event on June 14th, where members of the Ragon community had a first look at their new home.
Bruce D. Walker, MD, Director of the Ragon InstituteToday’s celebration marks a historic milestone in the history of the Ragon Institute and we are humbled by and grateful for the support and vision of Terry and Susan Ragon. Most importantly, we are excited by the work that will take place here and the global impact it will have on those who suffer from disease.
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.