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President L. Rafael Reif
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Effort launches to “explore how MIT might invent a thriving new future”
Task Force 2021 and Beyond aims to map a stronger Institute for the post-Covid world.
July 13, 2020 -
Universities support MIT and Harvard in legal action against ICE visa policy
Multiple institutions have joined effort to block policy that would bar thousands of foreign students.
July 10, 2020 -
MIT and Harvard file suit against new ICE regulations
July 8, 2020 -
MIT announces plans for fall 2020 semester
Extensive safety protocols will undergird the return of additional students and staff to campus.
July 7, 2020 -
Letter regarding efforts to address systemic racism at MIT
July 1, 2020 -
Letter to the community: Pausing to appreciate two Supreme Court decisions
June 20, 2020 -
Letter from President Reif: MIT marks Juneteenth
June 18, 2020 -
Letter regarding MIT's initial decisions about the fall
June 17, 2020 -
Team 2020 charts a course for MIT
Report outlines the thinking behind five proposed options for the 2020-2021 academic year.
June 12, 2020 -
In online vigil, MIT community shares grief, anger, and hope
“If you say you care about the injustice in this nation and in this world, you have a role to play,” said Associate Dean DiOnetta Jones Crayton.
June 3, 2020 -
With touches of technical wizardry, MIT holds its first online Commencement
The online ceremony featured virtual reality, crowdsourced music, a surprise visit from space, and more.
May 29, 2020 -
President L. Rafael Reif's charge to the class of 2020
"Find your calling! Solve the unsolvable! Invent the future! Take the high road," Reif urged graduates. "And you will continue to make your family, including your MIT family, proud."
May 29, 2020 -
Letter regarding Minneapolis, our nation and our community
May 29, 2020 -
Solve at MIT builds partnerships to tackle complex challenges during Covid-19 crisis
Event convened attendees from around the world to discuss impacts of the pandemic and advance solutions to pressing global problems.
May 27, 2020 -
Hacking Commencement
Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.
May 26, 2020 -
Letter regarding efforts to chart MIT’s course for the summer, fall, and beyond
May 15, 2020 -
MIT’s second virtual town hall addresses the months ahead
Decisions on when to return to campus await more information but may involve a phased process and continued precautions.
May 7, 2020 -
Letter to the community: Building a vision for MIT’s post-Covid future
May 4, 2020 -
Letter regarding decisions about summer programs
April 27, 2020 -
On Earth Day, lessons from Covid-19 pandemic offer hope
“Every emergency reveals that ‘impossible’ things are actually doable,” President Rafael Reif writes in Boston Globe op-ed.
April 22, 2020