In the Media

As part of an overall effort to help prevent head injuries, the MIT football team has implemented the use of helmets that have an extra layer of padding to reduce the impact of hits to the head, reports Esteban Bustillos for GBH. Engineers Head Coach Brian Bubna notes that MIT athletics staff are regularly updating their helmets to ones with the highest safety ratings, adding that after introducing the new helmets, coaching staff have seen a downward trend in head injuries, based on their day-to-day observations.