The following email was sent today to the MIT community by Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart, Provost Martin Schmidt, and Executive Vice President and Treasurer Israel Ruiz

To the members of the MIT community,

We write to tell you about exciting developments in MIT's Kendall...

In his first public talk at MIT since taking office, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker spoke Wednesday morning at the Kendall Square Association’s (KSA) annual meeting about ways the commonwealth intends to facilitate innovation and economic growth in Kendall Square.

Among other things,...

The following email was sent on Monday to the MIT community by Provost Martin Schmidt.

To the MIT Community:

I am pleased to share the good news that we have reached an important juncture in our planning process for the East Campus and Kendall Square area. Together with...

In the 1970s, if you stood at the corner of Main and Vassar streets and looked out from the edge of the MIT campus, you would see nothing but a vacant lot. Kendall Square had been vacated by the decline of manufacturing and by businesses escaping to the suburbs, leaving only a few scattered...