Events aug. 27 – sept. 02 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

Of toothpaste, and the arc of the moral universe 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

By Leon Lin STAFF WRITER Sometime in June, a discovery in Senior House threw me briefly into a personal crisis. Someone had used my toothpaste.

IN SHORT 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

Path-breaking historian Pauline Maier dies at 75 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

By Peter Dizikes MIT NEWS OFFICE The eminent historian Pauline R. Maier, whose award-winning books cast new light on Revolutionary-era America and the foundations of U.S. democracy, died Aug. 12 in C...

Kenneth Stevens, EECS professor emeritus, 89, dies 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

By Larry Hardesty MIT NEWS OFFICE Kenneth N. Stevens ScD ’52, the Clarence J. LeBel Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, whose pioneering work at the intersection...

Man struck by MBTA Red Line — third death this summer 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

Service on the Red Line was suspended for much of Saturday morning after a 30-year-old Asian man was struck and killed at Broadway station. The Boston Herald reported that he was struck by an inbound ...

News recap: key summer stories 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

As you settle onto campus, you may wonder what changes happened over the summer. Here’s a summary of some of the topics The Tech has covered to get you up to speed.

PAC formed; PTAC report is available 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

By Anne Cai EDITOR IN CHIEF In July, the Presidential Transition Advisory Cabinet (PTAC) released its public report with recommendations for MIT president L. Rafael Reif. Formed in July 2012 and oper...

Chen appointed as new Course 2 head 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

By Anthony Yu STAFF REPORTER On July 23, 2013, Gang Chen, the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, became the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He replaces Mary C. B...

Firms vie to design an east MIT gateway 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am

By Leon Lin ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR “BUILDING + BUILDING + BUILDING ≠ CAMPUS,” reads the text overlaid across images of Simmons Hall and the Stata Center in a document suggesting that whatever th...