New officer team, COVID-19 operations, and edX transaction presented at first fall faculty meeting
Nobles reported that 98% of the campus community was vaccinated against COVID-19. Additionally, Nobles said that “last week, we administered over 33,834 tests, and our positive rate was 0.08%.”
MIT Museum to open new Kendall Square location in Spring 2022
The museum will occupy the first through third floors of Site 5, which is also home to a café and the new MIT Press Bookstore. The upper 14 floors of the building will be leased out.
Foggy fall mornings make way for autumn days!
Watching fall foliage in Boston (which I’ve heard is especially popular September through October) is pretty infallible, but so is remembering to take breaks.
Final exam schedule, flu shots, HEERF funds
Final exam schedules are now available at finalexams.mit.edu.
ASEs administered online again, math diagnostic returns to campus
The annual math diagnostic exam was offered in person Aug. 30 during orientation week after being administered online in Fall 2020. 862 first year students took it.
BibimBox, Carolicious, Las Palmas open in Lobdell Dining
A sign in Lobdell Dining reads that the goal of the partnership is to “bring diverse, authentic flavors” to MIT while also “creating powerful opportunities for local BIPOC-owned food businesses.”
FPOPs conducted on campus after virtual events last fall
First-Year Pre-Orientation Programs (FPOP) were held on campus Aug. 23–28 or 29. All FPOP events were virtual last fall.
Guests of MIT Staff may access campus via new Tim Tickets
A Tim Ticket invitation is valid for seven consecutive days. Upon expiry, the MIT host may send a new invitation.
Showers shaping summer’s shadow
If you enjoy a good rainstorm, this is the perfect time for you — personally, I recommend rain as the perfect backdrop to a productive psetting, as long as you don’t keep your window too wide open.
Half-term add date, HackMIT, career week
Sept. 17 is the last day to add half-term subjects taking place in the first half of the term.
Fall 2021 COVID-19 policies, summarized
All campus residents — and students not residing on campus — must take COVID tests twice a week, and must adhere to either a Monday-Thursday or Tuesday-Friday testing schedule.
63 first years and 137 sophomores switch residences through FYRE and SYRE
Of 1,076 members of the Class of 2024, 175 participated in virtual SYRE for a rate of 16%, and 108 successfully switched residence halls.
Hayden Library reopens after renovations
Renovation of the Hayden Library began in January 2020, following a design phase that included input from the MIT community and was guided by the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Future of Libraries.
Registration, HASS forms, PE classes
The first day of first quarter PE classes is Sept. 13.
Rapid rain, soon sunny
Another burst of storms is set to dump rain on Cambridge on Thursday before following up with some warm, sunny weather.
New MIT Welcome Center to open Sept. 7
The center has a 200-seat auditorium where information sessions for prospective students will take place and where campus tours will begin.
Sabatini resigns from Whitehead over sexual harassment
According to Lehmann’s email, a “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion survey commissioned and conducted last winter” that “collected data and comments on the culture” across the Whitehead “identified issues of particular concern in the Sabatini Lab.”
PE, move-in, Registration Day
First quarter physical education class registrations begin Sept. 1.
Remnants of Ida dump rain on orientation
As the gray clouds continue rolling in, though, we can warily look forward to the sunnier days ahead.
New on-campus event guidance announced
Attendees must wear face coverings if attending events held indoors, though a speaker may deliver a presentation unmasked if the audience is masked.