MIT admits 721 early action applicants to the Class of 2029
On Dec. 17, MIT admitted 721 early action applicants to the Class of 2029 out of 12,053 students, which is an acceptance rate of 6.0%.
Search for suspect on campus concludes with arrest in Somerville
Police arrested Fabio Armelio after a string of break-ins.
Lara Ozkan ’25 named 2025 Marshall Scholar
Ozkan: “MIT has been the most transformative experience of my academic career.”
Prof. Rosalind Picard apologizes for comments at the 2024 NeurIPS conference
Picard: “Our students and colleagues who are Chinese or Chinese American frequently contend with deliberate ethnic stereotyping that feeds an atmosphere of mistrust.”
West Coast vs East Coast: Fire vs. Ice
The Boston Winter has arrived with the start of 2025! If the Fall semester weather convinced you that Boston Winters are not bad, let’s see if that is true after IAP. Living up to the New England Weather expectations, brace yourself for chilling temperatures and forceful gusts of wind as temperatures drop to the 20s and wind speeds vary from 10-20 mph this week.
Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel reflects like infinite mirrors
The complex emotions that the composition captures, from yearning to introspection, allows it to have endless interpretations.
Notes from a Hope(less/ful) Romantic
“For what it’s worth, I think the act of writing and creating from a dark place is just as cathartic and reconciliatory to one’s self and others as it can be devastating.” — Em
Forging ahead in alloy design using machine learning
Predicting atomic behavior in advanced alloys paves the way for targeted material design.
