Free Speech Needs Defenders, Not Gatekeepers
Free speech faces new challenges in all corners of America, and we call on MIT to fight to protect it.
We Condemn Violent Responses to Free Expression
The MIT Council on Academic Freedom speaks on the assassination of Charlie Kirk
Living in the age of prophets
Salman Huseynov ’26: “What we should aim for, it seems, is a world with fewer prophets”
When universities suffer, everyone loses
Hall and Ellis: “We must understand that the economic and strategic leverage the U.S. enjoys today was not achieved by accident. It came from deliberate investment in research."
Yes, It’s Genocide. Time to Back Divestment.
Solomon: “The Tech should stop publishing pieces that denying the reality of genocide and ongoing mass atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Instead, it should embrace divestment.”
The MIT I know
Ethan Abraham: “One can only hope that Ms. Vemuri's science is carried on a higher level of integrity and thoughtfulness than her political rant.”
Fear and Loathing in a Presidential Salute
Dershowitz: “I was upset listening to the remarks of Megha Vemuri at MIT’s commencement.”
An Open Letter to Megha Vemuri
Cohen: “Your behavior was disrespectful to the graduates, the guests, the speakers, the alumni, and everyone who heard your speech.”
Collaboration Begets Creativity in Both the Arts and Sciences
Cooper asked top scholars how they see creativity as an aspect of their work. Collaboration is a throughline in their responses.
Commencement 2025: From a 50-year perspective
Jim Zaorski ’80 reflects on the turbulence of the 2025 OneMIT Commencement Ceremony.
If MIT researchers produce cutting-edge science, who sustains the researchers?
MIT research is supported by an invisible chain of care work that is institutionalized through MIT Spouses & Partners Connect and that, after more than 50 years of community support, is now being discontinued.
Save MS&PC: MIT’s Spouses & Partners program slated for unexpected termination
Over 50 years later, Spouses & Partners Connect and Language Conversation Exchange is forced to shutter.
Coping with change at MIT
How to achieve the goals of DEI in a legal and non-discriminatory manner
A call for courage in the face of rising fascism, antisemitism and anti-Palestinian racism and genocide
Is academic freedom at MIT becoming an oxymoron?
From Moscow to Massachusetts: the chilling echoes of autocracy
Trump’s detention of international students for their dissenting opinions is shockingly familiar. In Russia, student arrests were a telltale sign of rising authoritarianism — one that ultimately led to war.
MIT must stand up to McCarthyism
MIT is not just a silent bystander to the new Red Scare. It is guilty. The road to the prison colony and detention camp was paved in leafy Cambridge. But it is not too late for us to participate in an organized struggle for justice.
A letter to MIT students from Putin’s dungeons
Professor Kate Brown shares a letter to the MIT community from a political prisoner in Russia.
Cachet in a time of crisis
Elon Musk’s DOGE is carrying out an unprecedented attack on essential federal funding and services. What can MIT affiliates do about it?
Battlecode at 25: how a whimsical idea became an enduring MIT love story
Here’s how Battlecode began 25 years ago — and why the secret to its endurance is the quiet love that the global community of nerds have for each other.