MIT Professor Dies in Bike Crash at Harvard Bridge Intersection

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor passed away Wednesday due to injuries sustained in a bike crash on Memorial Drive two weeks ago, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan.

MIT Police Say Man Matching Lowell House Assault Suspect Entered MIT Dorm

A man who matched the description of the suspect in a reported assault at Lowell House followed another person into an Massachusetts Institute of Technology residence hall shortly after the Harvard incident Tuesday evening, according to an alert from the MIT Police Department.

Scientific Photographer Felice Frankel Talks Learning Science from Photos at Cambridge Public Library

Frankel, a former research fellow at Harvard, said she wrote the book — a collection of her photographs of nature and scientific explanations of the scenes — to help young people understand science. The event was a collaboration between Harvard Book Store, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Sciences division, the Harvard Library, and the Cambridge Public Library.

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As Lab Property Grows Out of Reach for Kendall Square Startups, Many Shift To Leasing Coworking Spaces

The Crimson spoke to a range of commercial realtors, startup founders, and a commercial lab space owner to understand how the immense draw of Kendall Square has forced the myriad startup companies that define its ecosystem to adapt to more challenging economic conditions as they fight for a prized place in “the most innovative square mile on the planet.”

Harvard Will Purchase Power from Two Renewable Energy Projects Through Climate Consortium

Harvard announced Wednesday that it will help finance two utility-scale renewable energy projects through the Consortium for Climate Solutions, an agreement with institutions including MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Runners Go the Distance at the Cambridge Half Marathon and 5K

Nearly 11,000 runners, joined by supporters and volunteers, gathered at Cambridgeside to participate in the 7th annual Cambridge Half-Marathon and 5K.

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Lays Off 87 Workers in Restructuring Effort

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced on Oct. 10 that it laid off 87 employees as part of a strategic restructuring.

MIT Prof. Talks Ancient Chinese Philosophy and Global Economics at IOP

MIT professor of management and economics Kristin Forbes spoke about how Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” can be applied to global monetary policy on Tuesday at the annual Institute of Politics Albert H. Gordon Lecture.

Daron Acemoglu Highlights Technology’s Role in Inequality at HKS Lecture

MIT Economics professor Daron Acemoglu delivered the fourth annual Stone Lecture at a JFK Jr. Forum Tuesday evening, discussing the impacts of AI and technological advancement on wealth concentration.

Colleges Are Releasing Their Admissions Race Data. Here’s Where Harvard Fits In.

Elite colleges nationwide have begun reporting racial demographic data for the first class admitted without racial considerations. Here's where Harvard fits in.

3 Years Ago, 2U Purchased edX From Harvard and MIT for $800 Million. It Just Filed for Bankruptcy.

2U Inc., the virtual education startup that acquired an online platform jointly launched by Harvard and MIT, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, the company announced in a press release.

MIT Police Arrest 9 Students Blocking Parking Garage in Pro-Palestine Protest

MIT Police Department officers arrested nine students involved in blocking the MIT Stata Center parking garage, the school announced in an alert to affiliates on Thursday evening.

Boston, Cambridge-Area High School Students Block Mass. Ave. in Support of MIT Encampment

Approximately 50 student Boston-area high school students blocked Massachusetts Avenue in front of MIT on Monday afternoon for at least four hours as part of a pro-Palestine protest.

Harvard Students Rally in Solidarity with Pro-Palestine MIT Encampment Amid National Campus Turmoil

Nearly 50 Harvard affiliates rallied Monday afternoon in solidarity with an MIT “Scientists Against Genocide” encampment protest.

Ivy League, Other Peer Schools Pledge to Uphold Diversity While Complying With Supreme Court Ruling

In a show of solidarity, Harvard’s peer institutions rallied to the defense of race-conscious admissions within hours of the Supreme Court decision declaring Harvard’s and the University of North Carolina’s admissions programs unconstitutional.

Harvard and MIT Launch Education Nonprofit Using Proceeds From edX Sale, Tap Stephanie Khurana as CEO

Stephanie R. Khurana will serve as chief executive officer of Axim Collaborative, a new nonprofit launched by Harvard University and MIT, the organization announced in a press release Thursday morning.

Christopher Walsh ’65, Renowned Biochemist and Harvard Medical School Professor, Dies at 78

Christopher Walsh ’65, a renowned biochemist and Harvard Medical School professor, died on Jan. 10 at the age of 78. Throughout his career, Walsh made significant contributions in the areas of enzyme function, metabolic pathways, and antibiotic biosynthesis.

Harvard and MIT Students Disrupt ExxonMobil Campus Recruitment Event to Protest Big Oil

Roughly 30 Harvard and MIT students interrupted an ExxonMobil recruiting event at MIT last Wednesday in protest against big oil companies’ contributions to climate change.

‘A New Window to the Universe’: Radcliffe Institute Reflects on Scientific History of Gravitational Waves

Dean of the MIT School of Science Nergis Mavalvala – one of the astrophysicists who first directly detected gravitational waves – gave a lecture on the scientific history of gravitational waves Tuesday at an event hosted by Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

New Harvard-MIT Biotech Center Appoints CEO, Begins Construction on Facility

The University’s new biological research and manufacturing facility appointed biotechnology industry veteran Ran Zheng as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer and began construction on a 40,000 square-foot facility in Watertown, Mass. on Thursday.

Harvard, MIT To Sell Online Learning Platform edX to Tech Startup

Harvard University and MIT will sell edX — a virtual learning initiative launched jointly by the two schools in 2012 to expand education access — to the Maryland-based tech startup 2U, Inc., the schools announced Tuesday morning.

Aphrodite Project Graphic

The Aphrodite Project uses a Nobel Prize-winning algorithm to match dates.

Spyce Sizzles into Harvard Square, Complete with Automated Kitchen

Spyce, a fast-casual eatery that serves bowls and salads engineered by an automated robot kitchen, celebrated the opening of its Harvard Square location on Wednesday.

‘The Achilles Heel of Title IX’

Students pursuing complaints of sexual misconduct at institutions other than their own said they faced both logistical and psychological hurdles while seeking restitution through Title IX offices. Experts said such inter-institutional cases can fall through the cracks of Title IX legislation.