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The family office of Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca is one of the lead investors in an MIT spinoff developing a new generation of AI foundation models.

The presidents of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to about the rise in antisemitism on college campuses across the country since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The university leaders were asked to stand before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and answer for how they have handled pro-Palestinian protests…

The presidents of Harvard University and MIT have been called to testify at the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to answer how they have handled pro-Palestinian protests on campus.

The investigation comes after Harvard and MIT have come under fire for their handling of student-led protests on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7.

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University while its president, along MIT’s and the University of Pennsylvania’s, have been called to testify at the U.S. House of Representatives. The investigation comes after Harvard and nearby MIT have come under fire for their handling of student-led protests on campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas...

Emergency responders have cleared a scene at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after a hazardous material spill. According to MIT Police, Vassar street ws closed after a potential hazardous material spill on the first floor of Building 36. Authorities say the spill had been contained but the building had been evacuated. Both Vassar St. and Building 36 have been reopened.

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A potentially groundbreaking discovery is happening right in our own backyard. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that a common material could help solve the world’s water problems. A recent U.N. report states that the number of people facing water shortages will go from 930 million in 2016 all the way up to 2.4 billion by the year…

The effects of climate change are all around us, and while no single solution can address every problem, local researchers are working to help those facing water shortages.

New details emerged in court Wednesday about a serial sex offender charged with sexually assaulting an MIT student in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood last weekend. Thirty-three-year-old Nahom Getaneh is charged with assault to rape and indecent assault and battery, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office. He was arraigned Wednesday in Boston Muncipal Court and ordered held without bail...

Police said late Tuesday afternoon that the suspect, 33-year-old Nahom Getaneh, had been arrested on two outstanding warrants on charges of failing to register as a sex offender and drug possession.

Police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting an MIT student Saturday night in Boston’s Back Bay.

The man is described as being between 5’8″ and 5’10” tall, with a medium to heavy build, dark curly hair and facial hair. During the attack, police said that he was wearing a navy blue and tie-dye shirt and black, baggy sweatpants with two white stripes.

The Boston Police Department has arrested a man who was wanted in a sexual assault of an MIT student over the weekend in Back Bay. The student was attacked around 11:45 p.m. Saturday at the sorority where she lived, in the area of Beacon Street and a public alley. Police said late Tuesday afternoon that the suspect, 33-year-old Nahom Getaneh,…

Researchers have found that contrails trap heat from the earth surface in the atmosphere.

Researchers with MIT and Harvard Medical School say a study in mice helped them identify the impacts of exercise and high-fat diets on cells, and that the information could lead to the eventual development of drugs that would enhance or mimic the benefits of working out.

Imagine if you could take the benefits of working out and bottle it up into a pill.

A staff member at Northeastern University was hurt by an explosion that prompted an evacuation and a large law enforcement response.

The news that a person was hospitalized when a package delivered to a Northeastern University exploded Tuesday prompted other universities in the Boston area to issue alerts. Also Tuesday night, Boston police were investigating a suspicious device in the area of the Museum of Fine Arts, close to Northeastern. More details about that device weren’t immediately available. Boston University...

Authorities were investigating Tuesday night after a package delivered to the building exploded.