massachusetts institute of technology

Latest Stories

A line of police in riot gear walk past police dismantling pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, before dawn Friday, May 10, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Police arrest more than 40 as they clear pro-Palestinian protest camps at Penn, MIT and Arizona

By MIchael Casey and Bruce Shipkowski - Associated Press

Protesters stand on the University of Pennsylvania campus, in Philadelphia, on Friday, May 10, 2024. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Police arrest dozens as they break up pro-Palestinian protests at several U.S. universities

By Bruce Shipkowski and Michael Casey - Associated Press

Sally Kornbluth smiles while addressing a group at a community gathering, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Cambridge, Mass. Kornbluth, a cell biologist who has spent the past eight years as provost at Duke University, was elected president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

End of the road for race-hustling

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Sally Kornbluth speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

MIT drops DEI-pledge requirements in hiring after concluding ‘they don’t work’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Education and the Workforce Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx R-N.C., speaks during the hearing on "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Republicans grill Columbia University president over rampant campus antisemitism

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. Two Jewish students on Thursday, March 7, 2024, filed a federal lawsuit against MIT accusing the university of allowing antisemitism on campus that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and assaulted. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

MIT scientist Afif Aqrabawi attacks House antisemitism probe with anti-Israel harangue

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. Two Jewish students on Thursday, March 7, 2024, filed a federal lawsuit against MIT accusing the university of allowing antisemitism on campus that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and assaulted. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Lawsuit filed against MIT accuses the university of allowing antisemitism on campus

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Media identifies villains in Harvard president’s downfall: Conservatives, of course

By Tim Murtaugh

A late-19th century photo provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows Francis Amasa Walker, the third president of MIT. Walker helped usher the struggling school into national prominence, but the former Civil War general and former head of the U.S. office of Indian Affairs also authored &quot;The Indian Question,&quot; a treatise on Native Americans that helped cement the young nation's system of forcibly removing tribes from their native lands to live on far flung, remote reservations. Native American students and their supporters want the university to rename Walker Memorial, a classical-style building named in his honor. (MIT via AP)

MIT grapples with early leader’s stance on Native Americans

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

Man sentenced in New Jersey crash that killed MIT student

Associated Press

FILE - Baltimore Ravens lineman and math scholar John Urschel teaches a lesson at Dundalk High School to launch Texas Instruments' STEM Behind Cool Careers series in Baltimore, in this Tuesday, July 18, 2017, file photo. John Urschel has found that a master's degree in mathematics, his stature as an accomplished author and his pending PhD at MIT isn't necessarily enough to sell young students on the benefit of crunching numbers.What really makes him interesting to most kids is that he's a former NFL player who opted to immerse himself in math. (Steve Ruark/AP Images for Texas Instruments, File)

Former NFL player Urschel sells virtue of math to youngsters

By DAVID GINSBURG - Associated Press

In this March 14, 2019, file photo, students walk on the Stanford University campus in Santa Clara, Calif. Even with a fresh victory on behalf of international students, U.S. universities fear they’re losing a broader fight over the nation’s reputation as a place that embraces and fosters the world’s best scholars. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Colleges win immigration battle but fear for US reputation

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign students

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, pedestrians walk through the gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, July 8, 2020, challenging the Trump administration's decision to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take classes entirely online this fall. Some institutions, including Harvard, have announced that all instruction will be offered remotely in the fall during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The Ivy League school announced Monday, July 6, 2020, that as the coronavirus pandemic continues its freshman class will be invited to live on campus this fall, while most other undergraduates will be required learn remotely from home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard, MIT sue to preserve foreign students’ access during coronavirus pandemic

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ex-professor found liable for misusung startup’s funds

Associated Press

Military hero McRaven chosen to give MIT commencement speech

Associated Press

MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

MIT: Hackers could alter ballots in widely used voting app

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein donated more than $700,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visited campus at least nine times after being convicted of sex crimes in 2008, according to new findings from a law firm hired to investigate Epstein's ties with the elite school. MIT President L. Rafael Reif called the findings “a sharp reminder of human fallibility and its consequences.” (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

MIT professor denies misleading school over Epstein funding

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press