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More than 300 umbrellas retrofitted with multi-color LED lights painted the Cambridge skyline Sunday night, luring bystanders...

The driver of the truck that struck and killed visiting MIT scientist Kanako Miura as she rode her bicycle near Kenmore Square...

Mortar boards will fly at Nickerson Field Sunday, after Boston University’s Class of 2013 morphs from students to graduates....

Teachers often worry about the size of their classes. Anant Agarwal was surpised and thrilled that nearly 155,000 students...

Sean Collier had many loves in life, from hiking to police work, the Patriots to country music. And, as friends attest,...

Local colleges and universities have begun broadcasting live webcasts of commencement services over the past few years, enabling...

New experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical devices.

The top prize of the MIT 0K Entrepreneurship Competition was awarded to 3dim, a startup whose 3D sensing technology allows...

Injectable nanogel can monitor blood-sugar levels and secrete insulin when needed.

Oscar winner Morgan Freeman will be in town Sunday to receive an honorary degree at BU's commencement. The 75-year-old actor,...

New hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum...

After solemnly paying his respects at the memorial dedicated to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, British Prime Minister...

Cloudant, a Boston company whose technology helps Web and mobile app developers to scale their data, said Tuesday that it...

By Sara HessSTAFF REPORTER Last Wednesday, international students received an email from Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook, director...

By Kath XuASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Last Tuesday, Dean for Student Life Chris Colombo announced that Bexley Hall would be closed...

By Joanna KaoCONTRIBUTING EDITOR U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton ordered yesterday that some confidentiality restrictions...

SALEM -- Family, friends, fellow officers, and college officials and students all gathered under a brilliant blue sky on...

MIT may redact the names of officials when releasing documents related to the Aaron Swartz case, a federal judge ruled today,...

MIT may redact the names of university officials and others when releasing documents related to the Aaron Swartz case, a...

Salem State University is celebrating the life of alumnus Sean Collier, the MIT police officer allegedly killed by the Boston...

…that slot is taken: Tip o’ the hat to Commander Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadlfield) aboard the International Space...

I’ve a few things to get off my chest following the news that I got via Dave Weigel, that Dr. Jason Richwine, our favorite...

MIT announced Tuesday night that it will close one of its residence halls in the upcoming weeks, leaving students scrambling...

None of the suspicious packages reported in the days after the bombings were found to be dangerous, MIT officials said.

The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents ‘‘effective immediately’’ to verify that every international student...

THE ARTS AT MIT

'Music is sound. Sound is acoustics... music is math and science.'

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit...

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts. Towns are ranked based on their assessed value for single family homes for the 2013 fiscal year. Data...

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources,...

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder. To determine the best cities and towns with the best schools, The Boston Globe analyzed SAT scores and student-teacher...

Calculate your ideal Massachusetts community using our Dreamtown Finder. Don your black-rimmed glasses and skinny jeans. Drink up that latte from an indie coffee shop. Head over to...

The MIT community is alive with the arts