Bad Ideas Weekend 2023 takes place and features 27 student-organized events
Daniel Reyes ’26 enjoyed the Taco Bell challenge, explaining that they found “the events wonderfully relaxing and fun,” and that little beats free food.
Spring registration week, Festival of Learning, MLK celebration, Inauguration of President Sally Kornbluth
Spring registration week begins on Jan. 30 and ends Feb. 3.
MIT Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis urges vigilance with COVID-19 and other respiratory illness
Stuopis said that “MIT is continuing to monitor the situation closely,” and that MIT Medical maintains “close communication with both local and state health officials.”
Grayscale weather is gathering, in general
Campus has been covered in white, with snow totals accumulating as more storms pass through.
Strong unions are a force for economic and racial justice
Dr. King understood the need to unite working class people across racial lines in order to fight back against discrimination and harassment in the workplace and beyond it.
Stratton Student Center closed indefinitely
The Stratton Student Center has closed following a series of water pipe explosions, Vice President and Dean for Student Life Suzy Nelson announced in an email to the MIT community Tuesday, Feb. 7.
MIT hosts first in-person Mystery Hunt in three years
MIT’s 43rd annual Mystery Hunt was held on-campus over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend from Jan. 13 to 16. The annual puzzle hunt was organized by Brad Schaefer in 1981 as a one-day event; it since has evolved into a multi-day challenge with more than a hundred puzzles...
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Stratton Student Center closed indefinitely
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MIT hosts first in-person Mystery Hunt in three years
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MIT updates intellectual property policy
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Approaching the end of the fall season
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Kornbluth greets MIT community after assuming presidency
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MIT researchers develop AI education program for U.S. Air Force and Department of Defense
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A one-time payment can’t address an ongoing crisis
Over the last 32 years, many essential living expenses in this area have increased at a rate far exceeding overall inflation.
IDHR alone won’t protect us: Creating an MIT that works for us all requires a fair contract
The current process for recourse secures all power in the hands of the administration. We, as student-workers and victims in these situations, deserve a clearly laid out procedure where we are empowered to speak out about our grievances and supported throughout the process to reach a fair resolution.
MIT’s lack of safety provisions nearly left me dead. But graduate workers are not disposable!
Over the years at MIT working with countless chemical and physical hazards in my lab, I have come to learn first hand how MIT systematically neglects graduate worker health and safety. This all came to a head when I found myself in an ambulance after a chemical exposure, unsure if...
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A one-time payment can’t address an ongoing crisis
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IDHR alone won’t protect us: Creating an MIT that works for us all requires a fair contract
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MIT’s lack of safety provisions nearly left me dead. But graduate workers are not disposable!
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Fossil fuel companies fall short on climate pledges
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Cambridge’s own Green New Deal
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Freedom of expression for all, minus students
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MIT must protect campus communities against hate speech and hostility
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A grand cinematic experience with a tepid storyline
The brilliantly imagined world of Pandora brought to life through its visual effects makes Avatar a movie that is meant to be experienced on the biggest of screens in IMAX 3D.
‘The Art of the Brick’ transports us into a whole new art world of LEGO
Nathan Sawaya erases the boundaries between art and engineering through his renditions of famous artworks using LEGO bricks. This exhibition not only introduces you to a new kind of art but also kindles a passion to create art using LEGOs, waking up the “Nathan Sawaya” inside of you!
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A grand cinematic experience with a tepid storyline
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Boats, bacon, and buns
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‘The Art of the Brick’ transports us into a whole new art world of LEGO
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A perfect blend of action and folklore rooted in Indian culture
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Feeling brunch-ish at Faccia a Faccia
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For the love of bubble tea!
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Blue Man Group splashes into rhythm
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Women’s Wrestling team started at MIT
MIT is starting a Women’s Wrestling team, with the goal of catering to both experienced wrestlers and beginners willing to learn the sport.
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MIT Wrestling finishes a historic season with one national champion and two additional All-American wrestlers
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Women’s Wrestling team started at MIT
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MIT alumna Christina Birch qualifies for Tokyo Olympics 2021
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Men’s Volleyball coach highlights a season cut short
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Sailing seniors appreciate their time on and off the water
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Women’s tennis coach honors her team’s efforts
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Men’s Tennis reflects on its shortened season
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Il dolce far niente: the art of doing nothing
Summer ended only a few months ago, yet that time feels so far away and foreign.
Data-driven policy for a better world
Blueprint Labs works on two major research areas within data and economics: market design and research design.
Nuclear thermal propulsion: a key technology for space exploration
Research and development of nuclear thermal propulsion was stagnant between the end of the Space Race and the 2010s.
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Data-driven policy for a better world
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Nuclear thermal propulsion: a key technology for space exploration
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Discovering nature’s properties through nonlinear solid mechanics
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What’s it like to design a meal that floats?
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For the love of broccoli
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Biosensing with fluorescent emulsions
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How the leopard gets its spots
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