Set design teaches students about architecture, engineering — and self.

Set design teaches students about architecture, engineering — and self. For junior Sam Seaman, lighting design led to “my realizing that I’m not a scientist, I’m an engineer.” Junior Daniel Landez learned “how I fit into the puzzle that is MIT.”

Student designers learn about architecture, engineering—and themselves

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Setting the Scene | MIT Spectrum

set the scene/stage (ALSO the scene/stage is set)
used to mean that conditions have been made advantageous for something to happen, or that something is likely to happen:
This weekend's talks between the two leaders have set the scene for a peace agreement to be reached.
The stage looks set for a repeat of last year's final.