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Protesters march from MIT down Mass. Ave. in Cambridge
A large protest closed part of Massachusetts Avenue to traffic as supporters of the Palestinian people marched through Cambridge after gathering at MIT. According to the school’s police department, Mass. Ave. was closed between Vassar Street and Memorial Drive. “Because of the protest, certain buildings will be put on card access starting at 3:30 p.m.,” MIT police wrote earlier....
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Large protest closes Mass. Ave. near MIT
Pro-Palestinian protesters marched down Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge Wednesday afternoon.
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MIT monitors pair of opposing protests on campus
Demonstrators supporting both Gaza and Israel rallied Friday as tensions run high at MIT.
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No arrests at opposing rallies that closed Mass. Ave. on MIT campus
A pair of opposing protests took place Friday on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, amid continued turmoil over the ongoing war in Gaza. A rally in support of Israeli and Jewish MIT students was set up across the street from an anti-war encampment that’s been up for over a week, and which the university’s president has sought to...
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MIT president calls for shutdown of student encampments
At MIT, around 30 students set up more than a dozen tents on the Kresge lawn, putting up signs expressing their support for the Palestinian people and calling on the university to cut their research ties with Israel....
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MIT president calls for shutdown of pro-Palestinian encampments
The president of MIT says the encampment on campus needs to be shut down here after hundreds of students at Northeastern and Emerson were arrested for similar demonstrations.
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President of MIT calls for shutting down pro-Palestinian encampments
At MIT, around 30 students set up more than a dozen tents on the Kresge lawn, putting up signs expressing their support for the Palestinian people and calling on the university to cut their research ties with Israel.
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MIT scientists want to create a ‘Lyme block' with proteins found in your sweat
Scientists at MIT in Cambridge are dreaming up a potential new way to help prevent a potentially debilitating tickborne illness, and the key to it all is right in our sweat. Researchers have discovered through years of study that a protein found in our sweat has antimicrobial properties, and can inhibit the growth of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease….
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Lawsuit accuses MIT of allowing antisemitism on campus
Two Jewish students have filed a federal lawsuit against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The lawsuit filed Thursday accuses the university of tolerating antisemitism that has resulted in the two students being intimidated, harassed and assaulted. A statement from MIT says the university does not typically comment on pending litigation. The lawsuit mirrors similar antisemitism lawsuits filed since the Oct....
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Bomb Threat at MIT Leads to Simmons Hall Evacuation
Just after 2:30 a.m., an alert from MIT Emergency Management said that Simmons Hall was being evacuated following a bomb threat. Emergency responders were on scene and the building was searched.