Central Square, Cambridge

MIT Housing System and Division of Student Life Team Up to Support Local Eateries

March 17, 2021

Program defrays the cost of ordering from local restaurants for COVID-safe residence gatherings.

Undergraduate Housing Dean for Student Life Dining Graduate
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Empowering First-Year Students with the First-Year Leadership Experience

January 21, 2021

This year has been full of twists, turns, and pivots from all members in the MIT community in the face of the ongoing pandemic.

First Year Students Leadership
Jeana Choi (left) and Koumani Ntowe (right) in black adidas sweatshirts with gold strips and black facemasks posing with their arms crossed

MIT Society of Women Engineers' Journey into the Virtual Semester

December 16, 2020

When the student body was sent home back in March in the face of the pandemic, the

Undergraduate Student Groups
Four people in Zoom room laptop (left) and an orange MIT EnergyHack logo on monitor (right)

Focused on innovative solutions to the world’s energy challenges

November 21, 2020

Like many things in 2020, the annual MIT EnergyHack hosted by the MIT Energy Club looked very different this year.

Undergraduate Student Groups Graduate
Green, yellow, blue tie-dye book cover titled A Sense of Belonging. Green-leafy plant in right corner.

Expression of our histories

November 13, 2020

The first issue of Rooted: A Sense of Belonging pays tribute to individual immigration stories through a collection of art, poems, and photos.

Diversity Inclusion Undergraduate Student Groups
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MIT community unites for Beirut explosion relief efforts

October 05, 2020

On August 4th, the third-largest blast the world has ever seen shook the city of Beirut, Lebanon. The city’s core was wiped out.

Undergraduate Student Groups Graduate
MIT Arab Scitech mentors and judges

MIT Arab SciTech Virtual IDEAthon rethinks learning during Covid-19

June 29, 2020

This spring, the MIT Arab Student Organization hosted a virtual IDEAthon with the theme “Learn fro

Student Groups
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The 2020 Awards Convocation recognizes and honors MIT community members

June 12, 2020

Though Covid-19 is preventing community members from gathering on campus for the annual Awards Convocation celebration, the selection committees today announced the recipients of more than 40 awards typically presented at the celebration.

Awards
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Statement on furloughs for some contract dining, fitness workers, and next steps for child care workers

May 22, 2020

In March, as life on campus was changing rapidly, it became clear that many of the contract workers who make up an integral part of the MIT community would not be able to conduct their jobs on a sparsely populated campus.