Fall 2021 COVID-19 policies, summarized
All campus residents — and students not residing on campus — must take COVID tests twice a week, and must adhere to either a Monday-Thursday or Tuesday-Friday testing schedule.
63 first years and 137 sophomores switch residences through FYRE and SYRE
Of 1,076 members of the Class of 2024, 175 participated in virtual SYRE for a rate of 16%, and 108 successfully switched residence halls.
Hayden Library reopens after renovations
Renovation of the Hayden Library began in January 2020, following a design phase that included input from the MIT community and was guided by the Ad Hoc Task Force on the Future of Libraries.
Registration, HASS forms, PE classes
The first day of first quarter PE classes is Sept. 13.
Rapid rain, soon sunny
Another burst of storms is set to dump rain on Cambridge on Thursday before following up with some warm, sunny weather.
New MIT Welcome Center to open Sept. 7
The center has a 200-seat auditorium where information sessions for prospective students will take place and where campus tours will begin.
Sabatini resigns from Whitehead over sexual harassment
According to Lehmann’s email, a “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion survey commissioned and conducted last winter” that “collected data and comments on the culture” across the Whitehead “identified issues of particular concern in the Sabatini Lab.”
PE, move-in, Registration Day
First quarter physical education class registrations begin Sept. 1.
Remnants of Ida dump rain on orientation
As the gray clouds continue rolling in, though, we can warily look forward to the sunnier days ahead.
New on-campus event guidance announced
Attendees must wear face coverings if attending events held indoors, though a speaker may deliver a presentation unmasked if the audience is masked.
New testing locations and at-home testing kits made available
In order to partake in unobserved self-testing, community members must pick up a testing kit and access the MIT Medical section of the Atlas mobile app.
Student center Anna’s Taqueria not reopening this fall
Hayes wrote that it is possible that Anna’s may return “at some point in the future,” but MIT will begin discussing “both temporary and permanent alternatives,” including potential non-food service uses, for Anna’s space.
Move-in, orientation, REX, FYRE, registration
Residence Exploration (REX) will take place Aug. 28–Sept. 1. First Year Resident Exchange applications open Aug. 28 and close Sept. 1.
Sunny weather greets the incoming freshmen!
Remember to call home to check in, even as we try to get (re)acquainted with the firehose of campus life.
SHASS Dean Melissa Nobles to assume Chancellor post
Nobles: In the Chancellor’s Office, we get to focus on the student experience inside and outside of the classroom, and we can help students grow into their whole selves here at MIT.
Move-in dates, preregistration, vaccine status
Continuing students must preregister for classes by 5 p.m. on Aug. 26.
New Music Building construction underway, to be completed in 2024
The building will have “spaces for performance, rehearsal, professional-level recording, research, and instruction, as well as a large-scale, purpose-built performance lab that will enable experimentation with various formats.”
Students and administrators discuss face covering, testing, vaccination policies at July 28 meeting
Stuopis said that in order to monitor potential cases, students will be asked to test three times in their first week on campus: upon arrival, on day four, and on day seven.
Rain on me (or don’t)
A string of storms is set to dump up to three inches of rain on Boston in the next couple of days.
Bryan Stevenson addresses graduates at 2021 virtual commencement
Stevenson commended the Class of 2021 and said he will be “cheering for you as you do the important work that lies in front of all of us.”