New on-campus event guidance announced
Attendees must wear face coverings if attending events held indoors, though a speaker may deliver a presentation unmasked if the audience is masked.
New testing locations and at-home testing kits made available
In order to partake in unobserved self-testing, community members must pick up a testing kit and access the MIT Medical section of the Atlas mobile app.
Student center Anna’s Taqueria not reopening this fall
Hayes wrote that it is possible that Anna’s may return “at some point in the future,” but MIT will begin discussing “both temporary and permanent alternatives,” including potential non-food service uses, for Anna’s space.
Move-in, orientation, REX, FYRE, registration
Residence Exploration (REX) will take place Aug. 28–Sept. 1. First Year Resident Exchange applications open Aug. 28 and close Sept. 1.
Sunny weather greets the incoming freshmen!
Remember to call home to check in, even as we try to get (re)acquainted with the firehose of campus life.
The issue with preaching kindness: a response to Institute-wide communications
We need to go beyond “deliberat[ing] how we treat each other” and internalize the urgency of our responsibility to address the foundational issues that allow incidents such as this to occur.
Advice for a first-year college student
“Do you know what they call the person who came in last in their class in medical school? Doctor.”
