BREAKING: Professor Nuno Loureiro shot and killed in Brookline home
Nuno Loureiro, the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics, died Tuesday morning
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The MIT Women’s League Maker Fair is from Wednesday, Dec. 10 to Thursday, Dec. 11 in Lobby 10.
Institute Professor Paula Hammond appointed next School of Engineering dean
Paula T. Hammond ’84 PhD ’93 will serve as the next dean of the School of Engineering, Provost Chandrakasan announced on Friday, Dec. 5. She will be the first woman to serve as dean of MIT’s largest school.
MIT Facilities seeks to enhance campus green space, sustainability as it looks towards future
Over the past few years, MIT has actively tried to “strengthen the campus tree canopy” and improve sustainability while still being “cost-conscious,” shared Monica Lee, Communications Director for Campus Services and Stewardship.
Undergraduate Advising Center to restructure leadership for more faculty involvement
On Dec. 2, Graduate and Undergraduate Education Vice Chancellor David Darmofal SM ’91 PhD ’93 emailed staff and student leaders of the Undergraduate Advising Center about the creation of a new Faculty Director role.
‘The Atlantic’ discusses America’s upcoming 250th anniversary
On Tuesday, Dec. 2, Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, and Meghna Chakrabarti, host of NPR’s On Point, held a conversation about the United States’ 250th anniversary.
Undergraduate Association unanimously votes to replace former president Enoch Ellis ’26 as SGFC representative
On Dec. 3, 2025, the MIT Undergraduate Association (UA) convened to discuss Enoch Ellis’s unapproved use of UA funds for “coffee chats” among other issues.
Controversial right-wing pundit Ann Coulter comes to MIT
On Thursday, Dec. 7, controversial right-wing commentator and author Ann Coulter gave a talk at MIT about immigration, the current state of the Republican party, and the Trump administration.
Academic misconduct cases double between 2019–2020 and 2024–2025 school years
According to the Committee on Discipline (COD) annual reports, academic misconduct cases significantly increased since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Frank Gehry, architect of MIT’s Stata Center, dies at 96
Frank Gehry, a world-renowned architect, died on Dec. 5 at the age of 96. Gehry was famous for his postmodernist architectural style, which manifested itself in buildings like the Guggenheim Museum and MIT’s very own Stata Center.
AMD CEO Lisa Su to give the Institute’s 2026 Commencement address
On May 28, 2026, Lisa Su ’90 SM ’91 PhD ’94 will deliver MIT’s 2026 Commencement address at the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony.
Cold to stick around
After a brief warmup yesterday, we are plunging back into below average temperatures. Today, campus will be blasted by strong westerly winds as a clipper system pulls out of New England.
MIT to close multiple libraries in budget rebalancing
Facing a $300 million annual budget shortfall, MIT looks to rebalance its budget through department cuts, revenue increases, and salary freezes.
MIT Vocal Jazz Ensemble performs their fall collection
Before the performance began, VJE director Laura Grill Jaye encouraged the audience to whistle, clap, jazz moan along, and lean fully into the looseness of jazz.
The Handel and Haydn Society delivers a convincing version of Handel’s ‘Messiah’
The Messiah is an annual tradition of the Handel and Haydn Society.
The Huntington’s ‘Fun Home’ is devastating, joyful and necessary
The Huntington Theatre’s production of Fun Home asks how one can find joy in the most serious moments.
Kip Clark Convos
MIT students are always in motion, but what do we miss when we never pause? A conversation with Kip Clark, known for his “Free Listening” sign, reveals what’s at stake.
Patrick Mang and Katherine Panebianco: dual perspectives on physics at MIT
Not one, but two perspectives on physics at MIT.
The art of the side quest, and why time is ticking by faster
It’s not a good idea to go out alone hiking at night. There might be bears. But maybe the only bear that night was me. (And trust me, this has everything to do with time flying by!)
I went to the museum
In an age of often vapid and insular internet islands, it makes you sound so intellectual and sophisticated when you respond nonchalantly to the question of “What did you do this weekend?” with “I went to the museum.”
Fail loudly, dream louder
If you never climb, you never fall. But if you were told you were guaranteed to fall…
Crashing out: MIT culture or a sign of something deeper?
Has “crashing out” become too normalized at MIT?
Have we forgotten the joy of creation?
The joy of holding your creation in your hands – have we forgotten that in our relentless pursuit of the ‘right’ answer?
Paper folding blends math, art, and science at OrigaMIT 2025
On Saturday, Nov. 15, the 2025 Annual OrigaMIT convention took place at the Stratton Student Center, letting MIT students access a wealth of origami displays by the MIT Origami Club and visiting guests.
When the image is not the disease
Exhibit at the List Visual Arts Center takes a magnifying glass to the metaphors of multiple sclerosis
