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EdX Expands Online Offerings

Image Credit: Viola Ng via Flickr EdX, the online collaboration that started between MIT and Harvard last May, and expanded to six universities in the […]

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Every College Student in Boston Spent the Storm Making the Same YouTube Video

Boston’s multitudes of college kids had a lot of time on their hands while snowed in by last weekend’s blizzard, and according to our calculations, […]

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Dear MIT: Please Make Us Snow Removal Flamethrowers

(Snow Melters on loan from Massport, photo via City of Boston) As Boston continues to dig out from Nemo, the city is facing an age-old […]

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MIT Prof Announces Plans for Swartz Review

The death of Aaron Swartz has led to deep introspection on the part of the MIT community. Professor Hal Abelson, one of the founders of […]

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Aaron Swartz's Death Turns Up Scrutiny on the State's U.S. Attorney

Image Credit: Sage Ross via Flickr In the wake of internet activist Aaron Swartz’s suicide this weekend, local institutions, from the U.S. Attorney’s office in […]

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'Au Revoir' Hobo Jacket

Jin Pan, the MIT student behind “Hobo Jacket,” a viral, controversial website designed to provide coats to the homeless, has taken his site off the […]

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'Hobo Jacket' Creator Responds to Critics: 'Guilty as Charged'

Update: Pan has removed his site from the web and posted an apology. Read about it here. Original: MIT student Jin Pan has posted a response […]

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MIT Students Want to Offend You Into Giving to the Homeless

A screenshot from “Hobo Jacket” Authors of a website who claim to be students at MIT are attempting to offend us into donating to the […]

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The Day MIT Hacked Harvard-Yale

  To America’s blue bloods, the annual Harvard-Yale matchup is a sacred event. Hell, President John F. Kennedy once said that the rush his job […]

how mit became the most important university in the world

How MIT Became the Most Important University in the World

And why Harvard—Harvard!—is scrambling to catch up.

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With EdX, School’s Out—Forever

A new online education program from Harvard and MIT is poised to transform what it means to go to college.

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This is Why College Tuition Continues to Soar

Move, over MIT: Here comes Bridgewater State! (Photo via Thinkstock) Despite a slow economy and low level of inflation, the price of a college education […]

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Curt Schilling, Shilling

“It’s almost a slap in the face to someone who really is bootstrapping – to see someone given 10’s of millions just because of their name.”

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Rankling with U.S. News and World Report College Rankings

U.S. News and World Report released their annual list of college and university rankings yesterday, and Boston-area schools are well represented yet again. Harvard and […]

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Three More Star Wars-esque Studies (Think: Mind Control)

Not too long ago, I wrote up an interview with Ed Boyden, an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab. It was a Q&A about […]