Massachusetts Institute of Technology19 Dec 2025US suspends green card lottery scheme after Brown shootingThe suspect in the university shooting and the murder of an MIT professor entered the US via the scheme.19 Dec 202517 Dec 2025Police intensify search for MIT professor's killerNuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, a nuclear science and engineering professor was shot "multiple times" on Monday.17 Dec 202515 Dec 2025Roomba vacuum cleaner firm files for bankruptcyUnder the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main maker of its devices will take ownership of the firm.15 Dec 202511 Oct 2025MIT rejects federal funding deal with Trump administrationThe deal would see universities cap foreign admissions, restrict protests and adopt a binary definition of gender.11 Oct 202514 Apr 2025Top former college athlete among six dead in New York plane crashMIT graduate Karenna Groff, who was named Woman of the Year by the NCAA in 2022, was among the victims. 14 Apr 202522 Aug 2024Top US college says diversity slumps after affirmative action banMIT says intake of some minority groups has fallen from 25% to 16% in one year after a Supreme Court decision.22 Aug 202423 Apr 2024Arrests and anger at US university pro-Palestinian demosDozens of student protesters have been arrested at Columbia, Yale and New York University in recent days.23 Apr 20245 Dec 2023University leaders address campus antisemitismJewish students have called out school administrations for failing to protect them since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.5 Dec 20232 Apr 2021Student wins scholarship to top US universityChloe Smith will be studying computer science at MIT near Boston on a $84,000 a year scholarship.2 Apr 2021
