Protestors march from Cambridge City Hall to MIT calling for end to Israeli intervention in Gaza
The nationwide event, titled “Hands Off Rafah,” came after the Israeli government announced that its forces would move into Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip.
An introduction from Karl W. Reid ’84, SM ’85: MIT’s new Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
In an Institute Community & Equity Office newsletter, Karl W. Reid ’84, SM ’85, MIT’s first Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, introduced himself to the MIT community with a note titled, “Coming Full Circle.” Reid highlighted his long ties to the Institute, from his past leadership positions to his upbringing.
President Kornbluth Announces $75 Million Funded Climate Project
President Sally Kornbluth announced the Climate Project at MIT, a $75 million effort to power initiatives in decarbonization, climate renewal, and community and policy advancement.
Ukraine@MIT holds memorial for Ukrainian students
On Feb. 26, Ukraine@MIT held a memorial at Lobby 13 for Ukraine students who lost their lives during the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began over two years ago.
Graduate Junction Licensing Center opens at MIT
Graduate Junction Licensing Center opens at MIT
In Memoriam: Edward B. Roberts ’58 SM ‘58 SM ‘60 PhD ‘62
Professor Edward Roberts ’58, SM ’58, SM ’60, PhD ’62, of the Sloan School of Management, passed away on Feb. 27.
McCormick Hall due for renovation in summer 2025
McCormick Hall due for renovation in summer 2025
March showers… bring April flowers?
Don’t be tricked by recent warm weather — despite temperatures nearly reaching the sixties earlier this week, make sure to keep dressing warm and dry as the next few days cool down again. Expect a variety of precipitation this weekend all the way from intermittent snow flurries tonight to warm(ish) showers on Sunday. High winds accompany the onslaught of midterms coming up this and next week, so try your best to keep both feet on the ground and not blown away in the current. Hopefully, after enduring a variety of ups and downs in our weather recently, we’ll be able to enjoy an early spring to save us from more gloomy weather. Fingers crossed!
From the River to the Sea to Every Mountain Top
Some of my fellow MIT students take issue with the chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” But do you know what actually exists from the river to the sea? A fractured patchwork of different political jurisdictions, within which about seven million Palestinians live without the same basic rights as seven million Jews.
A Bavarian MIT?
Despite its size, with over 45,000 students as of 2023, making it the largest technical university in Germany, TUM's demonstration is that even the biggest "tankers" in the higher education sector can navigate swiftly.
MLK Jr. Gala Action & Remarks
Let us remember the words of Dr. King: “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”
A Bavarian MIT?
In Fall 2023, Bavaria attracted over 7.2 million visitors, solidifying its status as a dream destination. These figures set a new milestone for the Munich Wiesn, the internationally acclaimed Oktoberfest. Equally record-breaking, and a hot topic for study abroad programs, is the ascendance of Bavaria's Technical University of Munich (TUM). For several years, TUM has been heralded as Germany's leading university, consistently securing top spots in the Shanghai Ranking, QS, and THE, with its graduates being ranked 13th worldwide in employer esteem. Despite Germany's innovation economy having a hard time, TUM students have consistently produced successful high-growth startups, prompting a question: What's going on in the land of Dirndl, Lederhosen, and why does it matter to MIT?
In Kiss the Future, we find a U2 that’s much less corporate and crusty than today’s
With only the context of their auto-downloaded album and Sphere residency, I was pleasantly surprised by the more youthful, relatively revolutionary U2 in this new film, a thoughtful, serious piece of historical journalism on a largely forgotten war.
Anyone but You would have been loved more by anyone but me
People who like rom-coms would have probably loved this movie, but I stand by my belief that when you watch one rom-com, you have watched all of them.
Translation, colonialism, and nothing happening: Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang
Babel reads like a world-building reference that Kuang will use to write a better, more interesting novel later.
Isaac Dobie ’27 captures NEWMAC Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year
Isaac Dobie ’27, from Kitty Hawk, N.C., was named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year for the 2023-34 season, making him the seventh Engineer to claim the honor.
New genetics of the inactive X chromosome reveals its surprisingly active role in the cell
The sex chromosome has been misunderstood for nearly sixty years. Researchers at the Whitehead Institute are working to restore its reputation.
E. coli doesn’t just cause Doom and mayhem in your guts
From microwaves to pregnancy tests, Ramlan is just continuing the tradition of “Doom running on everything.”
