The MIT Corporation, explained
Understanding the Corporation — its membership, function, and potential conflicts of interest.
Historic hurricane hits the Florida Panhandle
Unlike most recent Atlantic hurricanes, Michael traveled north from the Yucatan Peninsula, hitting Cuba and the Florida Panhandle on the way.
PE classes, flu shot clinics, voter registration
PE registration opened Wednesday for undergraduates. Graduate students may register starting Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 8 a.m. Registration closes for all students Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. First come, first served!
2018 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released
The MIT Police released their Annual Security and Fire Safety Report Sept. 28. The report contains crime statistics on criminal and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) offenses, arrests and disciplinary referrals, and hate crimes from 2015 to 2017.
Tom Friedman speaks about the optimism that comes with technological advancement
Tom Friedman, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, spoke at MIT’s Compton Lecture Oct. 1 about his most recent book, ‘Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations.’
Foundations are in place for three of six Kendall Square sites
The latest updates on the Kendall Square Initiative include complete foundations and concrete and steel structures at three sites: two on both sides of the Kendall Square T Station and one at 1 Broadway, across the street from building E62.
New House’s culture has changed due to renovation process, residents say
The pre-existing culture of New House before its renovations has largely been lost, according to Burhan Azeem ’19, a four-year member of iHouse, a living group in New House, in an interview with The Tech.
Add date, blood drive, Maker Break, Hacking Arts
The deadline to add a full-term subject is tomorrow. This is also the deadline to designate subjects as sophomore exploratory or junior-senior P/D/F.
A beautiful fall weekend ahead
A cold front will move in Thursday night, bringing cold temperatures to kick off the long weekend. The chilly weather isn’t here to stay, though, as a warm front will follow it and temperatures will return to the 70s ºF by Sunday.
MIT endowment totaled $16.4 billion at end of fiscal year 2018
A large portion of MIT’s monetary returns were accrued through research, with 27 percent from Lincoln Labs and 19 percent from on-campus research.
City of Cambridge redesigns Massachusetts Avenue lanes
The City of Cambridge held a town hall in 32-155 last Thursday to discuss the new plans to redesign the lanes of Massachusetts Avenue from Sidney Street to Memorial Drive.
MIT.nano to celebrate grand opening today
MIT.nano, a facility devoted to nanoscale measurement and engineering, will have its grand opening Oct. 4. The building contains roughly 100,000 square feet of laboratory space, making it the largest facility of its kind in the United States.
Students take part in innovation competition inside glass cube
Five students were confined to a glass cube outside Stata last weekend to rethink the ambulance of the future.
Blood drive, add date, flu shots
There will be a flu shot clinic Oct. 3 from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. in Walker Memorial.
Student leads protests alleging that MIT allowed rapist to return
Several pieces of chalkboard art in the Stata Center over the past few weeks have claimed that MIT allowed a rapist to return to campus.
MIT launches all-gender bathroom pilot
MIT has launched a pilot project designating four multi-stalled, non-residential bathrooms as all-gender.
MIT Yes on 3 urges students to vote to protect transgender rights
The current law prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in places of “public accommodation, resort, and amusement,” along with race, sex, religion, and other grounds.
Boston Juggling Festival features workshops, juggling shows, games, and more
The 5th Annual Boston Juggling Festival (formerly JuggleMIT) took place last weekend. These photos showcase some of the festival’s events.
TechMart opens in Walker Memorial
Milk at TechMart costs $2.26, an apple costs $0.49, bread costs $1.50, and a carton of eggs costs $1.79.
MIT welcomes its first-ever humanist chaplain
MIT’s Office of Religious Life is welcoming Greg Epstein as its first-ever humanist chaplain at the Institute. The other chaplains are enthusiastic about the new hiring, since they recognize that there is a large group of secular and nonreligious people at MIT, Epstein said in an interview with The Tech.