Top-Tier Universities Report Record Low Acceptance Numbers
The already crazed competition for admission to the nation’s most prestigious universities and colleges became even more intense this year, with many logging record low acceptance rates.
New Grad Dorm Will Not Have Analog Telephones
NW35, the new graduate residence that will be named Ashdown House when it opens this fall, will not have analog phone lines in the rooms. Residents who want room phones will need to purchase a voice over IP phone and Internet phone service.
GSC Officers Elected
The Graduate Student Council elected Oaz Nir, a third-year PhD student and the current editor of the <i>Graduate Student News</i>, as its new president for the 2007–2008 school year on Wednesday.
William L. Kraushaar
Professor William L. Kraushaar, a former MIT physics professor and a pioneer in the field of high-energy astronomy, died March 21 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 87.
Amid a Peruvian City’s Debris, Visions of Rebirth
In August 2007, earthquakes devastated the small coastal town of Tambo de Mora, located just south of Lima, Peru. This spring break, about three dozen students, myself included, traveled to the town as part of CityScope (4.001/11.004) to learn how we could help its residents.
Judge Orders Boston University Not to Reveal Students’ Names
Boston University students have won what one lawyer hailed as a “David and Goliath” victory after challenging one of the recording industry’s most aggressive tactics: lawsuits targeting people who illegally download music.
Spammers Compromise MIT Users’ Accounts Using Phishing E-Mails
Throughout March, spammers sent a wave of fraudulent e-mail messages claiming to be the “Mit Webmail team” and requesting recipients to “comfirm” their accounts by replying with their passwords. About a half-dozen people have sent their passwords to the attackers after each e-mail, said Jeffrey I. Schiller ’79, MIT Network Manager.
MIT and Others Funded Disease Research Using Tobacco Company Money
The nation’s largest cigarette maker has paid for scientific research at four Massachusetts universities since 2000, a practice that critics of the tobacco industry liken to the Mafia underwriting crime fighting.
Interim Leader Stu Schmill Will Be Next Dean of Admissions
The next dean of admissions will be Stuart Schmill ’86. Schmill has served as the interim director of admissions since Marilee Jones’s abrupt resignation last April.
Tad Hirsch, Media Lab Grad. Student, Subpoenaed For Users of TXTmob, System Employed by Protesters
When delegates to the Republican National Convention assembled in New York in August 2004, the streets and sidewalks near Union Square and Madison Square Garden filled with demonstrators. Police officers in helmets formed barriers by stretching orange netting across intersections. Hordes of bicyclists participated in rolling protests through nighttime streets, and helicopters hovered overhead.
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2011 Class Council Candidates President Anshul Bhagi Ian P. Tracy (Running with Michael J. Meyer) Itai Turbahn Vice President Michael J. Meyer (Running with Ian P. Tracy) Lulu Wang Treasurer Sivakami Sambasivam Secretary Kevin A. Rustagi Publicity Chair Sheena Bhalla & May Liu Social Chair Emma M. Rosen & Yu Zhao
IT’S STU! Schmill Appointed Admissions Dean
The next dean of admissions will be Stuart Schmill '86. Schmill has served as the interim director of admissions since Marilee Jones's abrupt resignation last April.
Faculty Consider Awarding Double Majors, Not Degrees
Future students pursuing separate programs in two courses will receive a single “double major” degree instead of double degrees if a Committee on the Undergraduate Program proposal is passed at the next faculty meeting on Wednesday, April 16.
Dean of Admissions Replacement Picked; Identity Still Secret
MIT has selected its next dean of admissions and is expected to make an announcement in the coming days.