Cool and rainy weekend before nice weather returns next week
Temperatures this week have been running a bit below average with highs in the mid 50s, as opposed to the usual low 60s this time of year. This will begin to change next week.
MIT announces Co-op Planning Committee
On April 23, an email sent by Provost Anantha Chandrakasan, Chancellor Melissa Nobles, and Executive Vice President and Treasurer Glen Shor announced the formation of the MIT Co-op Planning Committee.
New Kendall/MIT station entrance opens
Serving the Red Line toward Central, Harvard, and Alewife, the new headhouse will replace a temporary entrance located under Google’s Cambridge office.
1,016 admitted students attend Campus Preview Weekend 2026
Throughout the weekend, prefrosh were able to attend performances, activities, and workshops from a selection of around 700 events run by volunteers from clubs, dorms, and FSILGs.
MIT Spokes cyclists bike cross-country to teach in rural America
Now in their 12th year, MIT Spokes plans to embark on a cross-country bike trip from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco, stopping along the way to hold STEM workshops for children in rural America.
Green Building Tetris hack returns after 10 years
If you wandered onto the east side of campus on April 18, you likely saw giant Tetris blocks cascading down the 153 colored windows of the Green Building.
MIT List Visual Arts Center celebrates 40 years
The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum, marked the opening of its 40th anniversary celebrations on Friday, April 10.
A collage of Baroque dances and celebrations
On April 12, the Handel and Haydn Society returned from an unusually long silence with an afternoon of royal pageantry, court dances, and polished playing, but the program’s identity proved more elusive than its execution.
Bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe presents ‘London Falling’ at WBUR CitySpace
On April 21, bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe presented his new true-crime book ‘London Falling’ at WBUR CitySpace in Boston.
Bob Odenkirk and Derek Kolstad on ‘Normal’
The creatives behind ‘John Wick’ and ‘Nobody’ sit down for an insider look into their newest collaboration.
Call a boomer
In this era, the digital divide leaves many people feeling isolated. Matter Neuroscience is a group that aims to increase happiness across all generations; they believe that bridging this gap requires people to talk to and connect with each other.
An ode to the SAB
At best, the food was mediocre; at worst, each visit brought us one step closer to a disastrous, inevitable food poisoning episode.
An unrigorous investigation into food chain consistency
Is Blank Street consistent? Alor investigates!
For the love of the game
The phrase ‘love of the game’ is often employed in the context of sports, used to describe the player who would play for free, who needs no contract to give everything. I think it applies just as well to the games of life.
A brighter future for the people of Africa: MIT Africa Innovate Conference pushes new plans for uplifting the African continent
Students and industry leaders from across the African diaspora came to MIT for a day of evocative discussions and technology-inspired business proposals for the future of the African continent.
Sleeping cancer cells hijack the wound healing pathway to wake up
New research shows that the awakening of disseminated cancer cells is caused by inflammation in the tissue microenvironment.