Opinion

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.

News

MIT rejects federal compact

On Friday Oct. 10, MIT President Sally Kornbluth formally rejected the Trump administration's proposed compact in an email to the U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

News

29 MIT organizations demand MIT firmly reject the Trump administration’s controversial compact

On Friday, Oct. 3, 18 MIT student organizations, including the MIT Graduate Student Union (GSU) and the MIT Coalition for Palestine, signed an open letter asking President Kornbluth to refuse the conditions of the college compact that the Trump administration released on Oct. 1.

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MIT Graduate Student Union holds a press conference on Oct. 10, 2025, following President Sally Kornbluth's rejection of the Trump administration’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. Lee Chen–The Tech
News

MIT files motion to dismiss antisemitism complaint

On Oct. 8, MIT filed a motion to dismiss a complaint from three affiliates accusing the Institute and Professor Michel DeGraff of antisemitism.

News

MIT pours billions into redeveloping Kendall Square in a long-term investment

The Institute has spent billions acquiring and redeveloping parts of Kendall, betting that the neighborhood’s good fortunes will continue long-term despite recent record-high vacancy in Cambridge.

News

New MIT Farm initiative seeks to connect community members with agriculture

Flagship programs include student volunteering sessions at local farms, a weekly community-supported agriculture popup, and a modular miniature mobile farm prototype.

weather

Relief from the recent rain ahead

After the wet and rainy days of the past week, we have a mostly dry weekend ahead.

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The Boston skyline seen from Killian Court on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Vivian Hir–The Tech
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MIT Farm organizers Aleks Banas MArch ’27, Zachary Rapaport MArch ’27, and Kahlen Wheaton ’27 pose with produce from their farm stand. Photo Provided by Zachary Rapaport
News

The Office of the Vice Provost for International Activities expands “The World at MIT” video series

In late September, MIT released a new video series called “The World at MIT,” which features 20 faculty members born outside the U.S.

News

Interphase students and alumni share DEI-related concerns regarding the replacement of OME by OACES

On Sept. 12, the MIT Faculty Newsletter introduced the Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, and Success (OACES), which replaced the former Office of Minority Education (OME).

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Nobel-winning economics professors Banerjee and Duflo to join the University of Zurich in July 2026

Prominent MIT Professors of Economics Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo PhD ’99 will join the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Informatics at the University of Zurich (UZH) in July 2026.

News

MIT Graduate Student Union holds Oct. 10 press conference on college compact

On Friday, Oct. 10 at 1 p.m., the MIT Graduate Student Union (GSU) held a press conference outside Building 7 commending MIT’s decision to reject the college compact and highlighting the potential ramifications had it signed the compact.

advice

Dealing with toxicity

Advice for filtering out the toxic past

concert review

The Handel and Haydn Society opens the 2025–26 season with a captivating rendition of Handel’s Saul

H+H opened its new season with Handel’s Saul, a monumental three-hour oratorio tracing the fall of Israel’s first king and the rise of David.

event review

A night at the MFA with Daveed Diggs

On Thursday, Oct. 9, actor, producer, and musician Daveed Diggs opened the 2025–2026 season of the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures at the Museum of Fine Arts in an evening framed around celebrating community, art and creativity.

restaurant review

PopUp Bagels ‘pop up’ in Harvard Square

The Tech was invited to participate in a VIP bagel drop. Here’s what we thought.

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The Handel and Haydn Society presents Handel’s Saul at Symphony Hall on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. PHOTO PROVIDED BY ROBERT TORRES
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The PopUp Bagels storefront in Harvard Square on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. Grace Zhang–The Tech
restaurant review

MINCE unveils Untitled, a mysterious first event of the year

The Tech reviews MINCE’s Untitled

Science

Tequila isn’t good for you, but the derivatives of this byproduct might be

Zinc-oxide nanoparticles are a ‘promising’ antibiotic with a waste-reducing source.

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Tetris

Everything starts falling into place.

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Black peppercorn white chocolate ganache with salted meringue, lemon olive oil espuma, and candied lemons served as dessert at MINCE’s event "Untitled" on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. Augusto Schwanz–The Tech
vivian’s reflections

Unpluq encourages users to unplug from their smartphones

From May to July, I used Unpluq, a phone habit tool designed for reducing screen time on smartphones.

humans of mit

It’s time to listen to Kip Clark

Ever seen that guy with the “Free Listening” sign?

Opinion

Passing

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

Opinion

We Condemn Violent Responses to Free Expression

Members of the MIT Council on Academic Freedom speak on the assassination of Charlie Kirk

Living in the age of prophets

Salman Huseynov ’26: “What we should aim for, it seems, is a world with fewer prophets”

When universities suffer, everyone loses

Hall and Ellis: “We must understand that the economic and strategic leverage the U.S. enjoys today was not achieved by accident. It came from deliberate investment in research."

Campus Life

On New York City and, more generally, food

NYC gave me Chappell Roan, bagels, and jerk chicken. What about Boston?

Lonesome traveler

I found something in Lonesome Traveler and in Kerouac — whose life and work was fueled by movement, by hitchhiking and catching trains and being On the Road — that made me start to think more deeply about what exactly it meant to travel, to ‘see the world,’ as we...

Why didn’t anyone tell me the doors would still close?

Why didn’t anyone tell me, even after I’ve managed to do the impossible and enter the big doors of MIT, that the doors inside would still slam in my face?