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Media Lab 2
Posters represent the attendees' visions for MIT's future. They will be hung around the MIT Media Lab and MIT's campus.
Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded to Harvard Professor Michael Kremer
Economics Professor Michael Kremer ’85 won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences along with two MIT professors for their work on developing an experimental methodology for alleviating poverty around the world.
Volunteering at Pumpkin Patch
Sarah E. Malis spends her Saturday morning packaging delicate glass pumpkins with bubble wrap to keep the expensive art pieces safe.
Beautiful Glass Pumpkins
Production of the hand-blown glass pumpkins occurs consistently throughout the year in order to produce 2,000 pumpkins for the annual September "pumpkin patch".
Understanding the Pumpkin
MIT junior Maxwell Yun admires the beauty of a deep blue glass pumpkin, priced at $245.
Conflicted between 2 Pumpkins
MIT first-year Shelley Choi struggles to decide which pumpkin she should purchase from the festival.
MIT Glass Pumpkin Patch
Every September since 2001, the MIT Glass Lab has hosted a sale of over 2,000 hand-blown glass pumpkins.
Graduate Students at Pumpkin Patch
William B. Dahl and Melina P. Torres, PhD students of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Brandeis University, attended the event for the first time.
Harvard Police Assist in Responding to Anti-ICE Protesters at Amazon Office
Harvard University Police Department assisted Cambridge police officers as they arrested 12 protesters on trespassing charges at Amazon’s Kendall Square office Thursday evening.
UC Berkeley Files Patent Motions Against Harvard, MIT
The University of California, Berkeley alleged in documents submitted Tuesday to the US Patent and Trademark Office that the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT employed “deceit” to win patent rights to CRISPR-Cas9 in eukaryotic cells.
US Patent Office Will Intervene in CRISPR Dispute Between UC Berkeley and Harvard, MIT
In its declaration of interference, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO initiated proceedings to settle priority issues between 10 patent applications filed by UC Berkeley in 2018 and 13 patents previously awarded to the Broad Institute.
Harvard Medical School and MIT See Green With High Value Donation to Fund Joint Cannabis Research
The donation, given by Charles R. Broderick, is the largest independent donation ever made to fund biological study of cannabinoids on the brain and behavior.
Broad Institute Announces New Cancer Center to Develop Noninvasive Treatment Methods
The Broad Institute announced plans to launch the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics after receiving a total endowment of $25 million, according to a Tuesday press release. The Center will work towards developing a new method of cancer diagnosis and treatment using blood samples.
5 Fascinating MIT Courses for Cross-Registration
Shatter the Harvard bubble this semester checking out five MIT courses which cover topics that you can't find at Harvard.
Harvard-Yale: Somehow, It Always Gets Weirder
Check out some of the weirdest happenings at The Game over the years and feel slightly validated that at least you (hopefully) didn’t strangle a papier-mâché bulldog before the game.
