Vice Chancellor for Student Life Suzy Nelson to retire in fall 2026
On Feb. 26, Chancellor Melissa Nobles announced that MIT Vice Chancellor for Student Life Suzy Nelson will retire in the fall.
Rep. Seth Moulton talks Senate campaign and science policy
On Sunday, March 1, The Tech conducted an in-person interview with the Massachusetts congressman on his campaign, platform, and positions.
Pentagon to cut senior officer fellowship programs at MIT, other top schools
In a memo released on Friday, Feb. 27, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Department of Defense to cut its academic ties to MIT by discontinuing graduate-level fellowship programs for senior officers at the Institute.
Brief warm up ahead but winter is not over yet
Tonight’s system will bring some more mixed precipitation, similar to Tuesday night. Light rain breaks out in the early evening, changing to sleet around midnight, and then to snow through Friday morning.
Eastern Edge Food Hall opens in Kendall Square on Feb. 13
Located next to the Kendall/MIT station, the 11,000 square-foot food hall has nine food and drink vendors, seating 275 guests.
Faculty discuss new TFUAP curriculum proposal at February meeting
On Feb. 18, MIT faculty gathered in 10-250 for the first faculty meeting of 2026, a 90-minute session that focused on the recent TFUAP proposal.
BREAKING: Major blizzard to bring up to 30 inches of snow to the Northeast
In Boston, snow will break out at around 10 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22. By early Monday morning, we will be experiencing a full-on blizzard, with snowfall rates ranging from two to three inches per hour, winds gusting to 60 mph, and zero visibility.
MIT ORCD to bolster computing cluster with over 200 NVIDIA B200 GPUs
MIT’s Office of Research Computing and Data is set to deploy over 200 NVIDIA B200 GPUs following a $31 million matching grant from Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey.
Nicholas Burns discusses U.S.-China relations and the energy transition in a talk at MIT
On Feb. 10, former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns gave a talk at MIT about the future of U.S.-China relations and the importance of advancing the energy transition for both countries.
MIT holds 52nd annual MLK celebration luncheon on Feb. 11
On Feb. 11, MIT held the 52nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration luncheon in Walker Memorial.
MIT Buddhist Chaplain Tenzin Priyadarshi corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein about donations in 2017
MIT Buddhist Chaplain Tenzin Priyadarshi and former Media Lab Director Joi Ito corresponded with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 2015 to 2017 regarding donations for the Prajnopaya Institute, a Buddhist nonprofit organization.
MIT to “monitor” the release of Epstein files before probe decision, President Kornbluth says
MIT President Kornbluth said in an interview that she “recoiled” at new revelations regarding Epstein’s ties with current and former MIT affiliates, but added that the Institute was still “waiting and seeing” before launching a probe.
New emails show Epstein’s ties to MIT donations from Bill Gates, Leon Black, previously missed by 2020 investigation
Documents released by the DOJ as part of the Epstein Library appear to contradict Bill Gates’s account that Jeffrey Epstein had nothing to do with his donations to MIT in the 2020 Goodwin Procter report.
More snow on the way this weekend
We are in an active storm pattern this week that will bring multiple chances for snow over the coming days. On Friday, a low pressure system over the Midwest will transfer offshore, spreading snow across the Northeast.
Volume 145: Year in Review
Letters from the V145 Editor-in-Chief, News Editors, Campus Life Editor, Arts Editor, Science Editor, and Editorial Board Member.
MIT kicks off 52nd annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with Feb. 5 speaker panel
On Feb. 5, MIT opened the 52nd annual celebration of Dr. King with a speaker panel hosting three MLK Scholars: L’Merchie Frazier, Dr. Patrick Njoroge, and Djamila Tais Ribeiro dos Santos.
Katie Spivakovsky ’26 named 2026 Churchill Scholar
Katie Spivakovsky ’26, a biological engineering (Course 20) and artificial intelligence (Course 6-4) double major, recently won a 2026 Churchill Scholarship.
TFUAP proposal poses vision for future of undergraduate education at MIT
On Feb. 5, 2026, the Task Force on the Undergraduate Academic Program (TFUAP) sent an email to the MIT community sharing their draft proposal, which details potential changes to the GIRs, academic policies, and Institute curriculum requirements.