Hundreds of MIT students attend first-ever UROP Mixer in the Stratton Student Center
On Oct. 28, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the first-ever MIT UROP Mixer took place on floors two and three of the Stratton Student Center.
Seven incumbents and two challengers win seats to Cambridge city council
At 12:28 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, the City of Cambridge’s election commission announced the preliminary results of the 2025 city council and school committee elections.
MIT’s yield rate increases from 73% in 2015 to all-time high of 86.6% in 2025
From 2015 to 2025, MIT’s yield rate has increased by more than 10%, from 73.0% to an all-time high of 86.6%, according to data from the MIT Registrar’s Office and MIT Admissions Office.
Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photographer Moises Saman gives a talk at MIT
In 2025, Saman won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his powerful black and white images of the Sednaya prison in Syria.
Wind gives way to brief bout of warmth
This week brings above average temperatures, with Saturday getting up to around 62°F, but early next week significantly cooler temperatures are expected.
Brent Ryan to step down as Vice Provost for Campus Space Management and Planning
On Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Provost Anantha P. Chandrakasan announced that Professor Brent Ryan, PhD ’02 will step down as Vice Provost for Campus Space Management and Planning, effective Dec. 31, 2025.
Finding local solutions to a global problem
MIT Economics PhD Student Aaron Berman ‘26 on combating climate change, one case study at a time
‘One of Those Days When Hemme Dies’ delights moviegoers at Boston Turkish Film Festival
What stands out the most about this movie is its slow pace, which both heightens and diminishes frustration at various points.
Seven incumbents and two challengers win seats to Cambridge city council
At 12:28 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 5, the City of Cambridge’s election commission announced the preliminary results of the 2025 city council and school committee elections.
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Seven incumbents and two challengers win seats to Cambridge city council
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East Campus holds annual Pumpkin Drop at Tang Hall to celebrate fall
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Pulitzer Prize-winning conflict photographer Moises Saman gives a talk at MIT
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MIT’s yield rate increases from 73% in 2015 to all-time high of 86.6% in 2025
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Hundreds of MIT students attend first-ever UROP Mixer in the Stratton Student Center
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Brent Ryan to step down as Vice Provost for Campus Space Management and Planning
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Wind gives way to brief bout of warmth
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Passing
In current events, signing a compact with the US government to decide who defines MIT would have been passing.
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
Members of the MIT Council on Academic Freedom speak on the assassination of Charlie Kirk
A night at the MFA with Daveed Diggs
On Thursday, Oct. 9, actor, producer, and musician Daveed Diggs opened the 2025–2026 season of the Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Celebrity Lectures at the Museum of Fine Arts in an evening framed around celebrating community, art and creativity.
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‘One of Those Days When Hemme Dies’ delights moviegoers at Boston Turkish Film Festival
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Beethoven’s mass marks 125th anniversary of Symphony Hall
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A night at the MFA with Daveed Diggs
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PopUp Bagels ‘pop up’ in Harvard Square
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The Handel and Haydn Society opens the 2025–26 season with a captivating rendition of Handel’s Saul
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MINCE unveils Untitled, a mysterious first event of the year
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The BSO offers fresh takes on Debussy and Mahler
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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
Women’s soccer 5-1 to start 2025 season
The Engineers opened 2025 as road warriors, with five of their first six games being away… and two being in Texas!
A summer of woe lies ahead for the Celtics
One year after winning the chip, the Celtics are looking to make moves.
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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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MIT Club Frisbee: Grim Beavers and Munchers Compete at Sectionals
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MIT women’s swimming and diving claim first national championship; men finish ninth
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Finding local solutions to a global problem
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee speaks on the importance of designing human systems at Brattle Theater
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Tequila isn’t good for you, but the derivatives of this byproduct might be
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35th Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony features ten improbable scientists and three Nobel laureates from MIT
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Meet Professor Danielle Wood, a Trailblazer in MIT’s AeroAstro Department
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Explain like I’m five: 18th edition of the Cambridge Science Carnival makes tough science accessible
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LIGO celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first direct gravitational wave observation
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