Six faculty members elected AAAS fellows
In an email to The Tech, Lauffenburger wrote, “To me the central significance of this honor is its recognition of contributions to the advancement of science broadly, in my case predominantly the creation of biological engineering here at MIT.”
Ali Daher receives Rhodes Scholarship
Daher advises students to take their time when deciding on a research interest. “You only get to really know your passions once you get out of your comfort zone [and] start taking a couple of classes and [doing] projects that ... you might not necessarily stick to. If you’re not going to explore at MIT, where and when are you going to explore?”
New Vassar Street Residence Founder’s Group to ‘lay foundation’ for new dorm’s character, government
New Vassar will include a marketplace, community kitchen, dining hall, and makerspace.
New music building to be built next to Kresge by 2022
The new building will include spaces for performance, practice, professional-level recording, research, and instruction, as well as a performance lab.
MIT-Imperial College London exchange program begins
MIT has launched a two-year pilot for a multi-departmental exchange with Imperial College London, in an effort to fill the gap left by the termination of the Cambridge-MIT Exchange (CME) in 2017.
MIT launches all-gender bathroom pilot
MIT has launched a pilot project designating four multi-stalled, non-residential bathrooms as all-gender.
Unfounded bomb threat near Hayden
Reports of a bomb threat in Building 14 Aug. 25 were unfounded.
MIT Solve holds annual flagship meeting
Solve issues four challenges each year, with this year’s being Work of the Future, Frontlines of Health, Teachers and Educators, and Coastal Communities.
Working group recommendation on computation thinking requirement discussed at faculty meeting
One proposal is to create a “six-plus-six” unit computational thinking module. The first six-unit class would provide an introduction to computational thinking, while the second six-unit class would be a department-specific follow-on.
Designing the First Year class aims to restructure freshman experience
“There is a clear dissonance between the advertised expectations of the course and the reality of the course,” Kelvin Green II ’21 and Mimi Wahid ’21, two students in the class, wrote in a document sent to their classmates.
Office of Minority Education launches new program for men of color
The creation of The Standard was inspired by growing awareness of disturbing national trends concerning the implications for men of color as a result of community policing and the Black Lives Matter movement.
ZBT floods due to sprinkler pipe burst
Water destroyed most of the triple and spread to other areas of the house, including the kitchen, dining area, common space, basement, and hallway.
New House floods again, due to sprinkler
The floodwater affected six dorm rooms housing seven students.