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Kalaniyot faculty network strengthens campus ties to Israeli scholars, fights academic boycotts

MIT's Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi, deeply impacted by campus antisemitism and anti-Israel protests, helped create Kalaniyot to combat academic boycotts and strengthen ties with Israeli researchers.

A pro-Palestinian protest encampment is re-occupied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in Cambridge, Massachusetts,US, May 6, 2024.
US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, February 13, 2026.

As Qatar tops foreign funding, Trump admin. ramps up probe of ‘malign’ influence at US universities

Students stand in front of the Van Wickle Gates after placing flowers, following a shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, US December 14, 2025.

Police probe possible link between MIT professor's killing and Brown University shooting - report

Nuno Loureiro

Israel examining possibility Iran involved in murder of nuclear scientist in US - report


The struggle for justice for Jewish students on college campuses - opinion

When it comes to protecting marginalized students on campus, it seems some groups are "more equal than others," the author writes.

 A US HOUSE and Workforce Committee hearing, ‘Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism,’ takes place this past week.

MIT partially suspends students who occupied building for pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’

The protest was loud, disruptive, and in defiance of university guidelines, wrote MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

 The sign at Building 76 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, November 21, 2018

MIT researchers design bra that detects early stages of breast cancer

he study describes the device as "a nature-inspired honeycomb-shaped patch" that is equipped with a tracker that "provides for large-area, deep scanning, and multiangle breast imaging capability."

 Illustrative image of a breast cancer ribbon.

This new AI autopilot algorithm can help pilots avoid crashes - study

Researchers at MIT have developed new algorithms that could help human pilots deal with extreme near-crash events.

 An Israeli El Al plane flying above the clouds.

Scientists reveal diverse properties of asteroid Psyche

A study found that the surface of the asteroid contains a diverse range of properties.

Psyche illustration

New multiplanet system identified - study

Scientists believe the brightness of the star at the center of the system and its proximity to Earth could provide new insight into the planets and their atmospheres.

Aerial view of the East Campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) along the Charles River

Engineers build LEGO-like AI chip that could reduce electronics waste

The MIT design uses light, instead of physical wires, to transmit information through the chip.

 Illustrative image of AI.

MIT-Israel cooperation celebrated at MISTI event

 MIT and Israel

Astronomers discover a rare ’black widow’ binary star system

Astronomers know of about two dozen black widow binaries in the Milky Way. This newest candidate is 3,000 light-years from Earth.

 Artistic depiction of two neutron stars merging.

New simulation is largest, most detailed model of early universe

Named after the Etruscan goddess of the dawn, the "Thesan" model will help scientists study the complex environment of the young universe.

 Evolution of simulated properties in the Thesan model