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MIT professor under scrutiny after calling Zionism a 'mind infection'

An MIT professor, Michel DeGraff, has drawn criticism for controversial remarks about Jews and Israel, including ca…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Nov 23, 2024

MIT hosts feminist speaker who blames 'colonial-era abortion bans' for 'policing and carceral power'

One of the nation’s premier universities in Cambridge, Massachusetts recently featured a speaker who gave a talk, '…

By Emma Arns '26
Nov 3, 2024

MIT President skips campus-wide commemoration of October 7 victims due to 'prior commitment'

MIT’s President Sally Kornbluth did not attend a campus-wide commemoration on the anniversary of the October 7 atta…

By Michael Duke '26
Oct 15, 2024

MIT anti-Israel activists spread map of Jewish orgs they want to ‘dismantle,’ provoking condemnation from MIT

The group said its ‘goal in pursuing this collective mapping was to reveal the local entities and networks that ena…

By Macy Gunnell '26
Sep 3, 2024

Anti-Israel student union at MIT agrees to settlement with Jewish students

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Student Union was ordered to pay a settlement to Jewish members …

By Emma Arns '26
Aug 26, 2024

Case over MIT's failure to address anti-Semitism gets dismissed in court

The lawsuit claimed that MIT ‘continues to tolerate and facilitate discriminatory, harassing speech that—wo…

By Michael Duke '26
Aug 7, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister blasts Harvard, Penn, and MIT administrations over anti-Semitism in address to Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called out university administrators in his address in a joint chamber of…

By Michael Duke '26
Jul 24, 2024

MIT student testifies on alleged anti-Semitism in university’s graduate student union

“The full-time GSU staff organizer told NBC10 Boston, ‘Those who rebel against oppression cannot be blamed for rebe…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 16, 2024

House committees broaden anti-Semitism investigations into Northwestern, other colleges: 'will not rest'

Several House committee chairs sent stern letters to Northwestern University and several other colleges and cited a…

By Adam Sabes
Jun 4, 2024

MIT abolishes mandatory DEI statements in faculty hiring

‘We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and…

By Ben Mincey '25
May 14, 2024

MIT threatens to suspend anti-Israel occupiers who don't leave encampment

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth threatened to suspend students who don't leave the…

By Adam Sabes
May 7, 2024

ANOTHER ONE: MIT anti-Israel activists form 'Scientists Against Genocide Encampment'

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge is the latest university in which students are protesting th…

By Campus Reform
Apr 22, 2024

MIT 'Alumnx Pride' set to host special 'Lavender Graduation' for non-straight students

'Alumnx Pride' and the Alumni Association at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are organizing a 'Lave…

By Brendan McDonald '25
Apr 19, 2024

Jewish MIT students sue union, say they are forced to pay dues to anti-Semitic organization

Jewish graduate students at MIT requested an exemption from paying union dues, alleging their union openly endorses…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Apr 1, 2024

MIT student organization promotes Palestinian terror organization

A student organization at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology placed a poster containing the logo of a Pales…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 27, 2024

MIT students sue school over failure to protect fellow Jews on campus

Two Jewish students have sued the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, alleging the school has failed to address …

By Patrick McDonald '26
Mar 14, 2024

Pro-Hamas statement quietly scrubbed from MIT website as school faces congressional investigation

The statement was deleted around the same time that the House Committee on Education and the Workforce asked on Mar…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 13, 2024

House education committee requests documents from MIT on campus anti-semitism

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce asked for records from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 8, 2024

‘Dirty Jew.’ ‘Monster.’ ‘Colonizer.’– Jewish students share anti-Semitic campus encounters before Congress

On Feb. 29, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing during which Jewish students dis…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Mar 7, 2024

MIT report documents widespread anti-Jewish hatred on campus before and after 10/7 attacks

Professor Lionel Kimerling’s report, which was published on Feb. 26, 'documents the rise of antisemitism at MIT' st…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Mar 6, 2024

MIT bars anti-Israel group from operating on campus, citing policy violations

MIT President Sally Kornbluth said that the Coalition Against Apartheid held an unauthorized demonstration Monday.

By Adam Sabes
Feb 15, 2024

Ways and Means Committee chair warns elite schools about loss of tax-exempt status for campus anti-Semitism

Harvard, UPenn, MIT and Cornell received a letter from Committee Chair Jason Smith after various reports of unchec…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jan 11, 2024

Dave Portnoy doubles down on refusal to hire from Harvard, MIT– calls on other business owners to do the same

In a Monday interview with Fox Business’ Stuart Varney, Portnoy suggested that other business owners 'have to' take…

By Campus Reform
Dec 14, 2023

Walls close in on Jew-haters as government starts investigations of campus anti-Semitism

The House approved a bipartisan measure Wednesday calling for the resignation of the remaining two disgraced elite …

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Dec 14, 2023

'CROOKED LIARS'– Dr. Marschall calls out 'complete hypocrisy' of university presidents' newfound commitment to free speech

'All of these presidents have failed miserably as human beings.'

By Campus Reform
Dec 12, 2023

OPINION: Higher education must confront harassment and intimidation of Jewish students or risk losing millions in federal funding

The Department of Education must use its authority under Title VI to lance the boil of antisemitism festering throu…

By Ken Tashjy
Dec 12, 2023

Attention turns toward Harvard, MIT after Penn President Magill resigns

Magill’s resignation has been met with support, even from those outside of the political realm.

By Campus Reform
Dec 11, 2023

Disgraced university presidents have only donated to Democrats

Two university presidents who testified before Congress on Tuesday have donated exclusively to Democratic candidate…

By Campus Reform
Dec 8, 2023

WATCH: MIT prof lets anti-Israel student hijack classroom

The student alleges that MIT, Israel, and the United States are complicit in 'genocide,' as he proceeds to pull out…

By Campus Reform
Dec 8, 2023

Harvard, MIT, UPenn presidents are so far left, even the White House condemns them: report

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates made a statement Wednesday condemning the testimony from the presidents of th…

By Campus Reform
Dec 7, 2023

MIT protesters block Jewish students from attending class

'Many Jewish students fear leaving their dorm rooms and have stated that they feel MIT is not safe for Jews,' th…

By Amanda Mayer '24
Nov 14, 2023

MIT student activist blames school for lackluster response to anti-Semitism

Jewish students at MIT have been met with calls for violence, with some expressing disappointment in how their uni…

By Mason Scioneaux '25
Nov 7, 2023

Oxford University Press refuses to publish professor’s book that challenges gender ideology

‘Why the trans thing has become so radioactive, I absolutely do not know,’ MIT professor Alex Byrne told The Times.

By John Parker '25
Sep 19, 2023

Laws requiring climate change content in K-12 education follow push from colleges

Some states are now codifying the climate change content into elementary and high school education through legislat…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio and Pedro Rodriguez
Aug 3, 2023

MIT pushes book exposing 'imperialist reasoning' of board games like 'Snakes and Ladders' and chess

'These seemingly benign entertainments reinforce the logic of imperialism.'

By Emily Fowler '24
Jul 13, 2023

MIT 'Rainbow Lounge' shares image from 'adult baby-diaper lover' trans cartoonist

The artist has received criticism for using a real-life child as a reference for his diaper 'kink' art of anthropom…

By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Jun 15, 2023

ANALYSIS: Scholars say DEI is having a potentially disastrous impact on the hard sciences

Ahead of MIT's DEI debate, Heather Mac Donald and Patanjali Kambhampati sat down with the National Association of S…

By Shelby Kearns
Apr 6, 2023

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion vs. Merit, Fairness, and Equality– Both sides of upcoming MIT debate weigh in

Participants in an upcoming Massachusetts Institute of Technology debate–luminaries in business, journalism, and a…

By Shelby Kearns
Mar 29, 2023

Democratic reps who voted against anti-socialism resolution represent these universities

On Feb. 2, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a resolution denouncing the horrors of socialism (H. Con. Res…

By Ian Cruz '25
Mar 8, 2023

New nationwide network promotes viewpoint diversity on college campuses

23 colleges and universities launched the inaugural programs for Heterodox Academy Campus Communities, which conven…

By Shelby Kearns
Jan 20, 2023

UPDATE: MIT faculty vote to adopt free expression statement

Faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology voted to adopt the Chicago Principles, which are consi…

By Alice Seeley '23
Jan 13, 2023

Chinese students at American universities protest China’s ‘zero COVID’ policy

Chinese students at MIT, NYU, and GWU recently launched campaigns protesting the Chinese government’s extreme COVID…

By Robert Schmad '23
Dec 12, 2022

'Simple incompetence': MIT alumni blocked from attending virtual speech

Members of MIT’s Free Speech Alliance were unable to attend this year’s John Carlson Lecture after event organizers…

By Logan Dubil '23
Oct 28, 2022

MIT moves to protect freedom of speech on campus, arguing it's essential for 'search for truth and justice'

MIT's Ad Hoc Working Group on Freedom of Expression has released a new statement concerning free speech to the MIT …

By Kayley Chartier '25
Sep 29, 2022

Campus Profile: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Around 4,638 undergraduate students are enrolled at the un…

By Dietrich Zeisloft '26
Aug 3, 2022

MIT hosts 'Queer Bible Studies' in its ‘Rainbow Lounge’

LBGTQ+ Services at MIT, an 'Intercultural Campus Resource for Diverse Gender, Romantic, and Sexual Identities,' is …

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Jun 22, 2022

27 of top 30 universities are increasing tuition again after COVID-era rate hikes

A Campus Reform analysis of tuition figures from the U.S. News & World Report found that Vanderbilt University incr…

By Allie Simon '22 and Emily Fowler
Jun 3, 2022