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Third assault reported at MIT this month

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FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, students walk past the &quot;Great Dome&quot; atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Monday, May 7, 2018, that MIT cannot be held responsible for the 2009 death of graduate student Han Nugyen who killed himself. His family's lawsuit said that the school knew he was a suicide risk and could have prevented his death. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Court says schools can be liable for suicides but clears MIT

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Saudi crown prince visits MIT as part of US tour

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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma to speak at MIT about the role of culture

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Wilson Foundation working with MIT on tech competition

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

This Oct. 26, 2016 file photo shows a Twitter sign outside of the company's headquarters in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu), File

Study finds false stories travel way faster than the truth

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Rideshare drivers mostly earning less than minimum wage: MIT report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This undated image provided by researcher Canan Dagdeviren in January 2018 shows an implant that can precisely drip medications deep into the brain by remote control. The device could mark a new approach to treating brain diseases _ potentially reducing side effects by targeting only the hard-to-reach specific sections that need care. (Canan Dagdeviren/Massachusetts Institute of Technology via AP)

Tiny implant opens way to deliver drugs deep into the brain

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 26, 2004 file photo, John Donovan, head of Cambridge Executive Enterprises, stands in his office in Cambridge, Mass. The prominent former MIT professor, who once staged his own shooting, was indicted Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, on charges of forging part of his dead son's will to gain possession of several properties in Massachusetts. (Mark Garfinkel /The Boston Herald via AP, File)

Teacher convicted of staging shooting now accused of forgery

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2015, file photo, students walk on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass. The state's Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in a lawsuit filed against MIT by the family of graduate student Han Nguyen, who killed himself in 2009. The family claims his death was preventable and that the school had a legal duty to act with reasonable care to protect him from harm. The school said it can't be blamed for his death. MIT and 18 other universities are urging the court to reject the family's case. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Case stirs question of school liability for student suicides

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announces the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in Physics are pictured on a screen, with from left, Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barrish and Kip S. Thorne, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden Monday Oct. 3, 2017. (Jessica Gow / TT via AP)

The Latest: Nobel-winning scientists laud each other, team

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Suspect in custody after shooting at festival on MIT campus

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Cops: Frat party cited for indoor waterfall, minors drinking

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MIT gets $140 million donation from anonymous alumnus

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Apple chief Tim Cook picked to give MIT commencement speech

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In this Nov. 2, 2015 file photo, Finnish Professor Bengt Holmstrom of Massachusetts Institute of Technology attends a business seminar in Helsinki, Finland. Bengt Holmstrom and Oliver Hart on Monday Oct. 10, 2016, win the Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

The Latest: Nobel winner: US economy ‘doing well’

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In this Sept. 18, 2016, photo, Joel Goldberg, of Newton, Mass., browses MIT's Radio Society flea market on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Every third Sunday, MIT's Radio Society hosts a parking-lot flea market that's part yard sale and part curio museum from the world of electronics. Vendors come to hawk radio equipment, but also vintage Macintosh computers, castaway musical instruments, baubles of all kinds and the occasional space capsule. The storied market is part of a circuit of flea markets hosted by radio clubs across New England, but this one is known for attracting the strangest of wares. (AP Photo/Collin Binkley)

MIT’s flea market specializes in rare, obscure electronics

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

MIT building dedicated to studying the small stuff

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FILE - This undated photo provided by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office shows Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier, 26, of Somerville, Mass. Investigators said Collier was shot to death Thursday, April 18, 2013 on the school campus in Cambridge, Mass., by Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a botched attempt to obtain his gun several days after the twin explosions. Collier will be remembered on the first anniversary of his death in a ceremony at MIT Friday morning, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Middlesex District Attorney's Office, File)

MIT honors officer slain after bombs went off

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press