Nation Jan 06 Shooter who killed MIT professor and Brown students planned attack for months, DOJ says By Leah Willingham, Michael Casey, Associated Press
Nation Dec 19 Watch 9:10 Investigators search for motive after shooter linked to Brown University, MIT found dead Investigators are still trying to determine the motive behind two shootings in New England after the suspect was found dead. The man who killed two students at Brown University was located in a New Hampshire storage facility. Authorities say he's… By Stephanie Sy, Kayan Taraporevala, Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris
Nation Dec 18 WATCH: Suspect in Brown University shooting, MIT professor's killing found dead, officials say Authorities said Thursday that they're looking into a connection between last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University and an attack two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. By Kimberlee Kruesi, Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press
Education Oct 10 MIT president rejects proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. By Collin Binkley, Associated Press
Education Dec 08 Harvard president apologizes for remarks on curbing antisemitism as pressure mounts on Penn's president The university presidents' congressional testimony has drawn intense national backlash, as did a similar response from the president of MIT. By Collin Binkley, Marc Levy, Associated Press
Jan 03 Watch 6:04 New MIT Museum showcases latest scientific advancements By Jared Bowen, GBH Artificial intelligence, robotics and gene sequencing are the stuff of headlines, science fiction and sometimes even our worst fears. It’s all on view at the new MIT Museum. A place where the latest scientific advancements fill galleries, but only really… Continue watching
Apr 12 WATCH: Can my phone tell if I've been near someone with COVID-19? By Hari Sreenivasan One of the ways to decrease the spread of COVID-19 is through contact tracing, meaning once someone tests positive, finding everyone that individual has come into contact with and warning them. Continue reading
Feb 18 MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The settlement was announced Tuesday and comes months after a similar agreement was reached in a lawsuit brought against Harvard University by the National Association of the Deaf. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 7:51 The robots are coming. Will they work with us? In the latest installment of our Future of Work series, Miles O’Brien visits MIT’s Interactive Robotics Laboratory to understand the “new species” of robots scientists are designing to work alongside humans safely. Though the devices often excel at repetitive tasks,… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 4:35 Defense Department funds tech to test organ tissue in lieu of humans By PBS News Hour Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with funding from the Department of Defense, want to speed up the clinical trial process with a device that could enable researchers to test new drugs on organ tissue grown in a lab… Continue watching