The storm caused cancellations throughout the city of Cambridge.
Cambridge public schools closed their doors yesterday and today, and the City Council cancelled their weekly meeting, scheduled for last night.
A snow emergency citywide parking ban is also in effect.
MIT closed at 3 p.m. yesterday, but administrators were reserving decision about whether to open today until the early morning.
Harvard administrators said they hoped for a return to their normal routines tomorrow.
"We hope that when the sun rises on Wednesday things will be back to normal," Rosenthal said.