MIT J-WEL logo and MIT logo on a dark blue background with a green arrow

The MIT Jameel World Education Lab unveils new visual identity

The MIT Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) is proud to unveil a new logo and visual identity that symbolizes academic innovation.

Part of MIT Open Learning, J-WEL was founded in 2017 by Community Jameel and MIT as a connection point and collaborative lab anchored in academic research and practice. The J-WEL community of educational leaders, faculty, and staff from across the world and across the MIT campus share a vision of education designed for everyone to thrive.

“Over the years our focus has evolved as educational imperatives have shifted,” said Anjali Sastry, J-WEL faculty director. “In 2023 we aligned our work with three frontiers of innovation in higher education derived from our research and experience: Campus as Catalyst, Pathways for Talent, and Architecting Learning. Through these lenses we explore cutting-edge topics like AI for education, campus innovation pipelines, sustainability, curriculum design, and more. We also continue to explore how higher education can better link to K-12 education and workforce learning, including through our pioneering MIT Emerging Talent program, which invites talented learners from underserved communities into MIT courses and opens doors to new educational, professional, and entrepreneurial opportunities.”

“To convey this sharpened focus along with the innovations we aim to co-create, we needed a refresh. Today we’re thrilled to unveil our new visual identity,” continued Sastry.

J-WEL’s new logo evokes a stack of books or an approachable, climbable tower. Either interpretation invites exploration and suggests the start of a journey that J-WEL aims to inspire, support, and collaborate in creating. The greens and blues signal trustworthiness and confidence and hint at the environmental challenges that education must tackle. To link to MIT’s iconic identity, touches of bright red will accompany the logo.  

Thank you to our members, supporters, and the MIT community for their continued involvement and support of our work. Keep up with the work that J-WEL and our members are doing at jwel.mit.edu.


Originally published at jconnector.mit.edu.

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