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As commencement season draws to a close, 1 out of every 2 local graduates are expected to immediately move out of Boston,...

It’s that time of the month again — the third (usually) Wednesday, when I do my Virtually Speaking Science gig....

How’s this for a catch 22: A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can’t live together because of...

Study finds the bulk of shoes’ carbon footprint comes from manufacturing processes.

To get a sense of what's going on outside the bubble of America's college town during commencement season, we offer this...

EdX, a million initiative in which colleges offer online classes at no charge, announced today that it is doubling the...

Computational model offers insight into mechanisms of drug-coated balloons.

Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) was one of the most fascinating of modern artists, and this large work, at the Yale University...

Students and staff at MIT gathered Sunday evening for the second performance of UP: The Umbrella Project at Jack Barry Field. The large-scale live performance involved umbrellas equipped...

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

New technique advances carbon-fiber composites.

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...

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

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

(Boston Globe) British Prime Minister David Cameron visited MIT after the Marathon memorial. By Brian Ballou/G;obe Staff

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...

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

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