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06/05/2026

Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer has one of the highest rates of recurrence of any cancer. MIT researchers have now developed a new way to regularly monitor those patients, which could enable regrowing tumors to be detected much earlier.

“Immunotherapies are possible today only because thousands of scientists, for more than 40 years, followed their curiosi...
06/02/2026

“Immunotherapies are possible today only because thousands of scientists, for more than 40 years, followed their curiosity to probe the immune system’s deep processes.

Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.” — MIT President Sally Kornbluth

“This erosion of our strength is a loss for the nation,” writes MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

Campus is in bloom.Photos: Jocelyn Mao/MIT
06/02/2026

Campus is in bloom.

Photos: Jocelyn Mao/MIT

You stole our hearts and mortared your legacy, Class of 2026!Photos: Melanie Gonick and Jake Belcher
05/29/2026

You stole our hearts and mortared your legacy, Class of 2026!

Photos: Melanie Gonick and Jake Belcher

The MIT sign remains one of our campus’s favorite photo spots.Photos: Jocelyn Mao/MIT
05/29/2026

The MIT sign remains one of our campus’s favorite photo spots.

Photos: Jocelyn Mao/MIT

“Congratulations – and warmest best wishes to you for a happy life and fulfilling career!” Sally Kornbluth to the Class ...
05/28/2026

“Congratulations – and warmest best wishes to you for a happy life and fulfilling career!” Sally Kornbluth to the Class of 2026.

“Curiosity is the force that transforms deadly cancers into treatable conditions… that turns fusion energy from a dream ...
05/28/2026

“Curiosity is the force that transforms deadly cancers into treatable conditions… that turns fusion energy from a dream to a reality…that uncovers new ways to grow more food using less of every resource,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

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