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This is for TWICE’s concert Tech staff Shelly Yang (left) and Grace Zhang (right) bump into each other before the TWICE concert in TD Garden on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Grace Zhang–The Tech The stage of the TWICE concert in TD Garden on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Shelly Yang–The Tech On April 3 and 4, K-pop girl group TWICE held two concerts at TD Garden in Boston.

The people behind the “try our dog cookie” signs have a message, but is it getting through? When 10 MIT students were asked whether they had heard of the animal rights group “Allied Scholars,” only two recognized the name. However, when asked whether they had seen a group across from Lobby 7 showing videos of animals in cages or holding signs reading “try our dog cookie,” all 10 immediately knew what was being referenced.

Campus Preview Weekend begins on Thursday, April 16 and ends on Sunday, April 19 Campus Preview Weekend begins on Thursday, April 16 and ends on Sunday, April 19. MIT will close for Patriots’ Day on Monday, April 20. The deadline to submit the Choice of Major Form and Advising Survey is Tuesday, April 21. The drop date for full-term subjects is Tuesday, April 21. Interested in joining The Tech? Email tt-join@mit.edu Send news and tips to tt-tips@mit.edu

A new musical adaptation brings this groundbreaking story of working class teenagers to life for another generation Nolan White (center) as Ponyboy Curtis, surrounded by the rest of the cast from the North American Tour of 'The Outsiders' as they perform in Citizens Opera House. March 2026.

The multi-year project allows students to use swipes for grab-and-go meals Dean’s Beans in the Stata Center pilots a new program serving grab-and-go meals that students can buy with meal swipes on Monday, April 13, 2026. Levy Le–The Tech On April 10, DormCon Dining Chair Eugenie Cha ’28 announced on dormspam that students would be able to use meal swipes to obtain grab-and-go meals at Dean’s Beans in the Stata Center from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, starting April 13.

New cameras have real-time AI face and object detection; some have omnidirectional field of view FIGURE 1. The locations of new cameras inside MIT's academic buildings. News Staff – THE TECH FIGURE 2. Proposed locations for exterior security cameras on MIT campus. News Staff – THE TECH Look up the next time you stroll down the Infinite Corridor, and you might see a new surveillance camera looking back at you.

Arroyo De La Paz: “It’s been a joy getting to know our newest members in Cohort 9” On March 18, The Tech interviewed Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, and Success (OACES) Associate Dean and Director Sadé Abraham and The Standard Director Hector Arroyo De La Paz to discuss The Standard’s ninth cohort. The Standard was established in 2018 to support the success of MIT’s undergraduate men of color.

New evidence suggests widely used GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may weaken bone density Obesity is widely recognized as a major public health challenge in the United States, a condition that has significant consequences for both physical and mental health. When a new class of drugs promising rapid weight loss emerged, it seemed too good to be true. Unfortunately, later evidence suggests that might have been exactly the case.

From healthcare to government, machine learning models are changing how decisions are made Over the past few years, artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities have advanced significantly. OpenAI’s discontinued Sora app gave everyone the chance to express their artistic creativity by allowing users to generate entire videos from text prompts that were nearly indistinguishable from reality, and medical diagnosing models have been shown to perform at or above a human level.

A reflection on death and life “The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered "Man! Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.