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AMD CEO Lisa Su to give the Institute’s 2026 Commencement address

On May 28, 2026, Lisa Su ’90 SM ’91 PhD ’94 will deliver MIT’s 2026 Commencement address at the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony.

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Undergraduate Association unanimously votes to replace former president Enoch Ellis ’26 as SGFC representative

On Dec. 3, 2025, the MIT Undergraduate Association (UA) convened to discuss Enoch Ellis’s unapproved use of UA funds for “coffee chats” among other issues.

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Institute Professor Paula Hammond appointed next School of Engineering dean

Paula T. Hammond ’84 PhD ’93 will serve as the next dean of the School of Engineering, Provost Chandrakasan announced on Friday, Dec. 5. She will be the first woman to serve as dean of MIT’s largest school.

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AMD CEO Lisa Su '90, SM '91, PhD '94 will deliver the 2026 MIT commencement address. Photo courtesy of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
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Undergraduate Advising Center to restructure leadership for more faculty involvement

On Dec. 2, Graduate and Undergraduate Education Vice Chancellor David Darmofal SM ’91 PhD ’93 emailed staff and student leaders of the Undergraduate Advising Center about the creation of a new Faculty Director role.

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Approximate trees per acre for various peer universities with urban campuses. For schools with multiple campuses, only the main campus is considered. Samuel Yuan–The Tech
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MIT Facilities seeks to enhance campus green space, sustainability as it looks towards future

Over the past few years, MIT has actively tried to “strengthen the campus tree canopy” and improve sustainability while still being “cost-conscious,” shared Monica Lee, Communications Director for Campus Services and Stewardship.

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Course 6 and 18 faculty members share mixed perspectives on AI in the classroom

A recent emphasis on AI fluency is shaping the way undergraduate computer science programs are approaching their curriculum.

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Sloan Dean Richard M. Locke warns of AI automation and asserts need to reimagine education

MIT Sloan Dean Richard M. Locke PhD ‘89 bluntly warned that AI automation is set to reshape white-collar jobs and called on universities to reimagine education in an address and panel at the MIT Human Insight Collaborative event on Monday, Nov. 17.

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Enrollment for 6.100A/L, 6.1010, and 6.1020 has declined since 2022-2023

Enrollment for the major Course 6 programming classes – 6.100A/L, Fundamentals of Programming (6.1010), and Software Construction (6.1020) – has decreased over the past three years, following an overall increase from 2018 to 2022.

Science

Turning to the text box: How LLMs are used by first-years taking 8.01

Students and instructors in Physics I (8.01) discuss how AI has impacted how the class is taught.

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SHASS professors share wide-ranging views on AI in the classroom

Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in Nov. 2022, the chatbot has generated trillions of words, upending traditional modes of humanistic education in the process.

Science

Making a computer solve your math problems

Chase Norman describes the technology and design of his automated theorem prover.

Arts

MIT Symphony Orchestra’s second fall concert is a veritable display of technique

Adam Boyles conducts MITSO through Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, with Justin Yamaguchi ’28 as violin soloist.

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When DALL·E is prompted with "be creative," whose notion of creativity does it represent? Karie Shen with DALL·E–The Tech
Arts

When algorithms create, who’s the artist?

MIT scholars Dr. Ziv Epstein and Professor Justin Khoo comment on AI art.

Arts

‘Kim’s Convenience’: A heartwarming comedy

Kim’s Convenience humorously tells the story of a Korean immigrant family in Canada, with themes of family obligation and reconciling cultural differences.

Opinion

Where allegations become facts and free speech is selective

Why was my essay on academic freedom and freedom of expression censored while Ian Hutchinson’s defamatory attack was published?

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In current events, signing a compact with the US government to decide who defines MIT would have been passing.

Free speech needs defenders, not gatekeepers

Free speech faces new challenges in all corners of America, and we call on MIT to fight to protect it.

Campus Life

Kip Clark Convos

MIT students are always in motion, but what do we miss when we never pause? A conversation with Kip Clark, known for his “Free Listening” sign, reveals what’s at stake.

Patrick Mang and Katherine Panebianco: dual perspectives on physics at MIT

Not one, but two perspectives on physics at MIT.

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The art of the side quest, and why time is ticking by faster