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Letter regarding efforts to address systemic racism at MIT
July 1, 2020 -
2020 Awards Convocation recognizes and honors MIT community members
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are recognized for their outstanding contributions to MIT.
June 19, 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 -
MIT plays key role in statewide effort to produce PPE
Massachusetts Emergency Response Team helps manufacturers produce personal protective equipment and other medical devices for health care workers.
June 9, 2020 -
Taking an MIT approach to a return to campus
Data-informed efforts are contributing to the Institute’s ramp-up strategy.
June 5, 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 -
Letter from MIT police chief John DiFava: Protecting and serving at a time of great pain
June 2, 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 -
Professor Esther Duflo's salute to the advanced degree recipients
"Pick your issue [to address], and go for it with all your heart, all your mind, and all your knowledge," Duflo told graduates.
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 -
William McRaven's Commencement address
"To save the world, you will have to be men and women of great integrity," McRaven told graduates.
May 29, 2020 -
Letter regarding Minneapolis, our nation and our community
May 29, 2020 -
Letter regarding efforts to chart MIT’s course for the summer, fall, and beyond
May 15, 2020 -
Making hand sanitizer for front-line campus workers
MIT Environment, Health and Safety Office responds to national shortage by producing, testing, and distributing its own product for the MIT community.
May 14, 2020 -
Paul Thomas, MIT’s “Mr. Magnet,” dies at 77
Beloved educator and former technical supervisor at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center brought hands-on science experiences to students of all ages.
May 12, 2020 -
Yukio Okamoto, Japanese diplomat and MIT research fellow, dies at 74
The former special advisor to two Japanese prime ministers fostered US-Japan relations.
May 11, 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 -
3 Questions: Kyle Filipe on moving MIT online amid the Covid-19 pandemic
Director of IT support services for MIT Information Systems and Technology describes how his unit mobilized to prepare the MIT community for our new virtual landscape.
May 5, 2020 -
Letter to the community: Building a vision for MIT’s post-Covid future
May 4, 2020