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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amid security concerns, MIT to spend over $3 million on over 500 new surveillance cameras across campus
The project is unrelated to the shooting at Brown University in December and had already been underway at the time, according to a statement from MIT spokesperson Kimberly Allen.
Students can now use meal swipes at Dean’s Beans in Stata
On April 10, DormCon Dining Chair Eugenie Cha ’28 announced on dormspam that students would be able to use meal swipes to obtain grab-and-go meals at Dean’s Beans in Stata.
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.
Research raises concerns about the effects of weight loss drugs on bone density
With campaigns featuring Serena Williams appearing across cities like Boston, experts warn the consequences may extend beyond weight loss to long-term health and body image pressures.
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.
MIT animal rights group draws attention, but students question its impact
The people behind the “try our dog cookie” signs have a message, but is it getting through?
Women’s and Gender Studies researchers work to hold AI accountable
From healthcare to government, machine learning models are changing how decisions are made. This is what can go wrong.
Nate Soares makes the case against artificial superintelligence
The author of ‘If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies’ speaks at the Harvard Science Center.
The search for eco-friendly energy: MITxGE Vernova alliance unveils novel climate-positive energy research
Five months after the announcement of a five-year partnership, MIT and GE Vernova came together to showcase the newest breakthroughs in renewable energy.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Bob Odenkirk and Derek Kolstad on ‘Normal’
The creatives behind ‘John Wick’ and ‘Nobody’ sit down for an insider look into their newest collaboration.
Broadway’s ‘The Outsiders’ captures the heart of S. E. Hinton’s beloved novel
‘The Outsiders’ musical, on a North American tour, was performed at the Citizens Opera House in Boston from March 31 to April 12.
Jordan Harrison’s ‘The Antiquities’: What do we leave behind?
Jordan Harrison’s ‘The Antiquities,’ performed at SpeakEasy Stage’s Roberts Studio Theatre from March 6 to 28, is unsettling: humanity is extinct, and what remains of us is a museum.
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.
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Cool and rainy weekend before nice weather returns next week
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4/30 In Short
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CPW to be cool and wet, with colder weather to return next week
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4/13 In Short
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Delve, AI start-up founded by MIT dropouts, accused of fraud
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Abdelbarr-Garfi talk food insecurity, first-year outreach, and engagement
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Meet The Standard’s ninth cohort: a program designed to support undergrad men of color
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Fighting for fellows: MIT works because we do, too
MIT grads have made it clear — we want equal protections for equal work! Sign our Fellows Petition to show MIT that fellows should be treated the same as RA/TAs!
Open letter on TFUAP’s changes to the science requirement
The reduction of the science breadth requirement could inadvertently disincentivize exploratory learning and interdisciplinary thought.
As thousands are killed in Iran, MIT remains silent
Students in Tehran are risking everything to protest this week. At MIT, the administration has not said a word.
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Fighting for fellows: MIT works because we do, too
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Open letter on TFUAP’s changes to the science requirement
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As thousands are killed in Iran, MIT remains silent
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Sanctuary campus now
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Where allegations become facts and free speech is selective
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Passing
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Free speech needs defenders, not gatekeepers
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Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his solo debut at Boston’s Symphony Hall on March 20
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Andris Nelsons to leave Boston after 13 seasons as music director of the BSO
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‘Daughters’ documentary directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae talk about the emotional toll of parental incarceration at WBUR CitySpace
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‘A Terribly Nasty Business’ is as much of a romp as its predecessor
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The BLO’s ‘Das Lied von der Erde’: immense tragedy in slim form
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Fredrik Backman’s new novel ‘My Friends’ is heartfelt, funny, and beautiful
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Brahms at his loneliest
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Previewing MIT Baseball in Coach Morris’s first year
Morris returns to MIT with championship conviction, eying the program’s first conference title since 2019.
Seahawks defense dominates Drake Maye and Patriots to win Super Bowl LX
The Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29–13 to win Super Bowl LX this past Sunday.
High-powered offense and stout defense leads football to 2-0 start
MIT has outscored opponents 101-13 through two games to start the 2025 season
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Previewing MIT Baseball in Coach Morris’s first year
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Seahawks defense dominates Drake Maye and Patriots to win Super Bowl LX
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High-powered offense and stout defense leads football to 2-0 start
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Women’s soccer 5-1 to start 2025 season
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A summer of woe lies ahead for the Celtics
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Women’s Track and Field Wins Program’s First NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship
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Spring Varsity Sports Review
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I, too, am dying
Whatever I accumulate, achieve, or protect in this lifetime — regardless of how safe a bank it is in or the insurance I have on it — none of it will come with me when I die. I will leave as I came: with nothing.
Major new NIH investment in women’s health science arrives at MIT
A new $3-million-per-year grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund a Technology Development Center for women’s health at MIT, supporting the development of advanced techniques to study diseases that disproportionately affect women.
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Dr. Yiqiao Zheng uses her multidisciplinary expertise both inside and outside of the lab
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Science journalist Matt Kaplan presents historical cases of pushback against scientific breakthroughs, from Galileo to Karikó
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Major new NIH investment in women’s health science arrives at MIT
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Cysteine may be the secret to repairing gut damage
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What’s in a number?
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Give peas a chance (they could bring your community together)
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Science journalist Michael Pollan talks about the science of consciousness at First Parish Church
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