Seven incumbents and two challengers win seats to Cambridge city council
At 12:28 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, the City of Cambridge’s election commission announced the preliminary results of the 2025 city council and school committee elections.
East Campus holds annual Pumpkin Drop at Tang Hall to celebrate fall
A total of 153 pumpkins were dropped from a height of 248 feet from Tang Hall, one of the tallest buildings in Cambridge.
Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photographer Moises Saman gives a talk at MIT
In 2025, Saman won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his powerful black and white images of the Sednaya prison in Syria.
MIT’s yield rate increases from 73% in 2015 to all-time high of 86.6% in 2025
From 2015 to 2025, MIT’s yield rate has increased by more than 10%, from 73.0% to an all-time high of 86.6%, according to data from the MIT Registrar’s Office and MIT Admissions Office.
Hundreds of MIT students attend first-ever UROP Mixer in the Stratton Student Center
On Oct. 28, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the first-ever MIT UROP Mixer took place on floors two and three of the Stratton Student Center.
Brent Ryan to step down as Vice Provost for Campus Space Management and Planning
On Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Provost Anantha P. Chandrakasan announced that Professor Brent Ryan, PhD ’02 will step down as Vice Provost for Campus Space Management and Planning, effective Dec. 31, 2025.
Wind gives way to brief bout of warmth
This week brings above average temperatures, with Saturday getting up to around 62°F, but early next week significantly cooler temperatures are expected.
‘One of Those Days When Hemme Dies’ delights moviegoers at Boston Turkish Film Festival
What stands out the most about this movie is its slow pace, which both heightens and diminishes frustration at various points.
Finding local solutions to a global problem
MIT Economics PhD Student Aaron Berman ‘26 on combating climate change, one case study at a time
