Topic
History of MIT
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From cancelled to champions: The strange history of MIT Football
In the playoffs for first time, MIT's football history has included an 88-year winless streak, an ugliest-man competition, and borrowed orange uniforms.
November 19, 2014 -
Smoot lighting to set the mood on Harvard Bridge
An anonymous gift will pay for LED bulbs that will illuminate the bridge every 30 Smoots.
October 28, 2014 -
AeroAstro turns 100
Nine astronaut alumni and Elon Musk join in celebrating department’s centennial.
October 25, 2014 -
Boxes, books, and bananas: A peek at the MIT Science Fiction Society
Founded in 1949, group now maintains what may be the world’s largest open-shelf collection of science fiction.
October 10, 2014 -
How to build a biotech renaissance: MIT in Kendall Square
A look back at how Institute Professor Phillip Sharp, his startup Biogen, and MIT’s biotech community helped revive Kendall Square.
March 27, 2014 -
MIT community celebrates the life of Charles M. Vest
Actions of MIT’s 15th president have ‘grown to inspire generations,’ Reif says.
March 7, 2014 -
Charles Vest memorial service set for March 6
MIT community will gather to honor and celebrate the life of the Institute’s 15th president, who died Dec. 12.
January 28, 2014 -
3 Questions: Arindam Dutta on MIT and architectural modernism
New book, edited by MIT architectural historian, examines the evolution of modernism during its postwar heyday at the Institute.
January 9, 2014 -
Elizabeth Johnson, widow of former MIT president Howard Johnson, dies at 92
Known for her ‘warmth, kindness, and gracious good sense’ during campus upheaval in the late 1960s, Johnson helped lead MIT at a divisive time.
January 8, 2014 -
Former MIT president Charles M. Vest dies at 72
As the Institute’s leader from 1990 to 2004, he sparked a period of dynamism.
December 13, 2013 -
JFK and MIT: Honoring the connection
Hear John F. Kennedy’s message delivered for MIT's centennial, read coverage of the campus response to the assassination, and more.
November 22, 2013 -
MIT’s Lobby 10 to be renamed in honor of fallen veterans
Already home to war memorials, central campus location to get official new name: ‘Memorial Lobby.’
November 8, 2013 -
Video: Meet TIM the Beaver
October 16, 2013 -
Commemorating the LORAN
One of the MIT Radiation Lab’s first creations, a radio navigation system, recognized by the IEEE as a ‘milestone’ in engineering.
August 9, 2013 -
Cambridge Historical Commission lauds Great Dome renovation
Restoration of oculus and Barker Library Reading Room celebrated.
June 14, 2013 -
President L. Rafael Reif's Charge to the Graduates
'I am certain you will use what you have learned here to make the world a better place.'
June 7, 2013 -
MIT Corporation elects 12 term members, five life members
June 7, 2013 -
Slideshow: Doctoral hooding ceremony
June 6, 2013 -
Information on this week’s Commencement activities
MIT advises graduates, guests to expect increased security measures for ceremonies on Thursday and Friday.
June 5, 2013 -
School of Engineering honors staff with Infinite Mile Awards
13th annual ceremony recognizes outstanding employee contributions.
May 23, 2013