MIT Sloan Professor Retsef Levi takes charge of CDC COVID-19 vaccination working group
The ACIP appointed Levi as the chair for the COVID-19 vaccine working group.
MIT could pay over $10 million for H-1B visa sponsorships under new Trump order
The new order could cost MIT over $10 million every year for H-1B visa sponsorships.
2025 Advanced Standing Exams participation decreases for 5.111 and 6.100A
This year, Advanced Standing Exams (ASEs) were held online from July 24 to Aug. 6 for the 18.01, 18.02, 8.01, 7.01, and 6.100A exams.
2025 Fall Career Fair draws more than 200 firms, with activist presence
Over 200 firms — ranging from the typical Jane Street and Google to the NSA and fledgling startups — drew interest from flocks of eager students at MIT’s 2025 Fall Career Fair on Friday, Sept. 19.
Warm weekend to ease us into colder weather
October is officially upon us, pumpkin spice is in full swing at local cafes, and the leaves are starting to change; it may be time to start digging out those sweaters and light jackets for the crisp autumn air soon on its way.
The Undergraduate Advising Center announces the formation of OACES
On Aug. 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor David Darmofal SM ’91 PhD ’93 sent an email to the MIT community announcing the formation of the Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, and Success (OACES).
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu delivers Sept. 17 lecture on reducing carbon emissions
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, Steven Chu delivered the 2025-26 A.D. Little Lecture, titled “The Challenges in Getting to Net-Zero GHG Emissions.”
New House reflects on 50 years at Sept. 20 anniversary celebration
On Sept 20., dozens of alumni and current students gathered in La Sala in the Student Center to celebrate the dormitory’s 50th anniversary.
We Condemn Violent Responses to Free Expression
The MIT Council on Academic Freedom speaks on the assassination of Charlie Kirk
Mandy Gonzalez brings Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songbook to life
In this concert tribute, Mandy Gonzalez brings Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songbook to life with warm anecdotes and an uplifting energy that lights up the stage.
U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze writes in service of multiplicity
Sze’s body of work, spanning five decades and twelve collections of poems, is diverse in content and form.
Defying the laws of physics: The Passengers
The Passengers invites us to question the subjectivity of our own lives, whether viewing the passing of time on an ever-moving train or as an observer standing on the boarding platform.
On New York City and, more generally, food
NYC gave me Chappell Roan, bagels, and jerk chicken. What about Boston?
Lonesome traveler
I found something in Lonesome Traveler and in Kerouac — whose life and work was fueled by movement, by hitchhiking and catching trains and being On the Road — that made me start to think more deeply about what exactly it meant to travel, to ‘see the world,’ as we are so often told to do when we are young.
Why didn’t anyone tell me the doors would still close?
Why didn’t anyone tell me, even after I’ve managed to do the impossible and enter the big doors of MIT, that the doors inside would still slam in my face?
Boundary Testing
I want to push past the extreme ends of what I know and do a bit of boundary testing.
35th Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony features ten improbable scientists and three Nobel laureates from MIT
Ever felt that drinking alcohol improves your ability to speak in a foreign language? Well, scientists just won an (Ig) Nobel Prize for researching this.
Meet Professor Danielle Wood, a Trailblazer in MIT’s AeroAstro Department
Professor Wood’s work demonstrates how a love for aerospace can cross borders and disciplines at MIT.
Explain like I’m five: 18th edition of the Cambridge Science Carnival makes tough science accessible
Kirby Heck: “The energy is incredible. It’s totally electrifying, no pun intended”
