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City Council Approves MIT Petition for Rezoning
The Cambridge City Council voted 7-1-1 Monday night in favor of approving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s rezoning petition, paving the way for the university’s plans for development of lab, office, housing, and research space in Kendall Square.
EdX To Seek New Revenue Models
As edX approaches its one-year anniversary, the rapidly growing online venture is looking to become economically self-sufficient, said edX President Anant Agarwal at a virtual education conference on Monday.
Cambridge Police Release New Details On MIT Gunman Hoax
The Cambridge Police Department has released new details about a Saturday morning report of a gunman on MIT’s campus that authorities now believe was a hoax.
Authorities: MIT Gunman Report Was a Hoax
A Saturday morning report of a gunman at MIT that prompted a campus-wide lockdown was a hoax, authorities said.
EdX Goes International as Six New Schools Join Partnership
EdX, the nonprofit online learning venture started by Harvard and MIT last May, announced Wednesday that it is doubling in size and expanding internationally with the addition of six new schools to its consortium.
Macklemore: Everywhere But Here
Mark your calendars, because on April 26th, Macklemore is coming to a campus near you! But, as always, you can't have your cake and eat it too—the "Thrift Shop" sensation isn't coming to Harvard, but to MIT's Springfest, before scrambling down to New Haven for Yale's Spring Fling. Yardfest better step it up this year.
Speakers Discuss Possibilities for Greek Recovery
A group of student and faculty presenters from the Boston area advocated investing in the brainpower of the Greece’s citizens to improve the troubled country’s economic outlook at an event Tuesday evening.
State of the City
Thomas M. Menino, the mayor of Boston, announces a new partnership between Harvard, MIT, and Boston at his State of the City address. He siad that the edX initiative will enable Boston community centers to become campuses themselves.
EdX Adds Physics Course to Spring Course Roster
Renowned MIT physics professor and virtual education veteran Walter Lewin has added his popular course on electricity and magnetism to this spring’s edX class offerings, announced the online educational platform on Tuesday.
TOP 12 NEWS STORIES OF 2012
While some stories of the past 12 months captivated the attention of people outside of Cambridge for a moment, others had a sustained and meaningful impact throughout the year on Harvard’s campus. On the last day of the year, The Crimson looks back at the 12 stories from 2012 that mattered the most at Harvard.
Innovation in Kendall Square
Kendall Square has become a magnet for the global information technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries. Use the interactive map to see some of the big names of Kendall.
Kendall Square: An Incubator for Allston
Once a post-industrial wasteland, the now-vibrant Kendall area could provide a model for Harvard as it reboots plans to transform the underdeveloped Allston neighborhood into the University’s research hub.
In Test of Student Bodies' Cognitive Abilities, Harvard Comes in Second to MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology edged out Harvard in a study comparing cognitive skills released earlier this month. Unlike other college ranking systems, this study analyzed results from online games that use neuroscience to measure five aspects that contribute to intelligence: speed, attention, flexibility, memory, and problem solving.
The Game Boasts A Colorful History of Pranks
Every year, the hard-working students of Harvard and Yale shut their books for a weekend and loosen up by tailgating, ...
Gangnam, MIT-style
A rapidly spreading viral sensation is debunking negative stereotypes of MIT students as boring. In a matter of days, MIT has received more than four million hits on their version of the popular "Gangnam Style."
MIT > Harvard? Flyby Investigates.
Last week’s earthquake marked the start of tectonic changes in the Cambridge area—U.S. News and World Report just released their 2012 "World's Best Universities" rankings and MIT has leapfrogged over both Cambridge and Harvard to claim glory in the form of a #1 ranking.
MIT Professor: Exoplanet Research Is a Burgeoning Field
In a lecture hosted Wednesday by the Origins of Life Initiative, an interdisciplinary center focused on the development of life on Earth and the possibility of life on other planets, MIT professor Sara Seager listed conditions necessary for an extraterrestrial habitable planet and noted the speed at which other such planets are being discovered.
University of Texas Joins Harvard-Founded edX
The University of Texas announced its participation in the Harvard- and MIT-founded online education venture edX at a press conference Monday morning.
First Day of School for Harvard Online
Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” attracts 722 students to Sanders Theater. Its online equivalent, Computer Science 50x, has drawn more than 100 times that number of students.
Coffee and Eyesight, Kissing and Swine Flu, and More
If you're straining to read this, put down the Starbucks—Harvard researchers recently found a link between glaucoma incidence in adults and consumption of more than three cups of coffee a day. Between squinting and sipping, Harvard researchers have made multiple discoveries in the past few weeks, from using genetics to figure out when the Neanderthals were most likely to have mated with modern humans to discovering that Mexicans are more likely than Britons to abstain from kissing to prevent the spread of swine flu.
‘Tis the Season for College Rankings
It's the most wonderful time of the year for elite institutions of higher education: the release of college rankings. And Harvard has much to be jolly about as top accolades roll in once again.