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Q&A: The secret sauce behind successful collegiate dining

Andrew Mankus, MIT’s award-winning director of dining, describes why leading with a “students-first mentality” leads to better food offerings for the entire community.

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Fraternities and sororities at MIT raise funds for local charities

“Our students’ ... dedication reflects not only their generosity, but also the spirit of engaging the MIT community in giving back through philanthropy.”

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MIT takes manufacturing education across the country

The new TechAMP program teaches production principles to workers, helping them advance their careers and identify savings at their firms.

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Lisa Su ’90, SM ’91, PhD ’94 to deliver MIT’s 2026 Commencement address

An electrical engineer by training, Su is the chair and CEO of the semiconductor company AMD.

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Lessons From My Father's Long, Good Life

Frederick Baker was born in 1920 and died last week. He was an even-tempered man of kindness and faith.

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Did you solve it? Are you ready for twenty twenty-six…seven?

The answers to today’s problemsEarlier today I set you the following set of numerical challenges to celebrate the arrival of 2026.Auld lang signsFive 9sSix 8s.Six 7s.Six 6s.Four 5s.Six 4s.Four 3s.Four 2s.a partridge in a pair tree. (Only joking) Continue reading...

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Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives

From HIV to TB, scientists and doctors made breakthroughs in treatment and prevention of some of the world’s deadliest diseasesWith humanitarian funding slashed by the US and other countries, including the UK, this year’s global health headlines have made grim reading. But good things have still bee…

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Pink platypus spotted in Gippsland far from a monochrome monotreme

Biologist says specimen filmed by a Victorian fisher is ‘unusual’, but not a rare albino as some had wonderedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCody Stylianou thought he saw a huge trout. But, skimming just below the surfa…

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Prince William brings his son to the same homeless shelter he first visited with Princess Diana

Prince William and his son, Prince George, have helped make Christmas lunch at a homeless shelter

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Christmas season brings $1.7 billion Powerball for a lucky winner. It hasn’t hit yet

Since Sept. 6, there have been 46 straight drawings without a big winner.

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'A huge surprise': 1,500-year-old church found next to Zoroastrianism place of worship in Iraq

A 2,000-year-old palace in the Republic of Georgia and a 1,500-year-old church in Iraq suggest Zoroastrians coexisted with people of other religions.

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Yemen’s government, Houthis agree to exchange thousands of prisoners

Nearly 3,000 detainees to be released under latest prisoner swap deal reached during talks in Oman.

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Meet Dr Happi. With $100m and a steely determination could he save the world from the next pandemic?

The Cameroonian professor made the Time most influential list in 2025 and saw the project he co-founded receive $100m for its virus detection work. Now he is on a mission to transform Africa’s genomics capabilityWinning the world’s health lottery is a lonely business in the current climate. “It’s li…

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New Jersey Honors Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Who Kept an Election Safe

For their heroics after a wave of bomb threats in New Jersey on Election Day, more than two dozen dogs were presented with an award from the state attorney general.

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Help! There’s a Nasty Rumor Spreading About My Marriage. My Mother-in-Law Called Us in Tears.

Enough with the drama.

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Billy Porter Shares Update After Hospitalization for Sepsis

Porter also shared a message alongside the video post, writing, “She’s ALIVE!!! Proof of life, PTL!!!"

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The Long, Exceptional Life of Frank Graham

Scrambling with my team to close Audubon’s March-April 2008 issue, we hit a wall. In the dusk of publishing’s golden age, advertising was so strong that we had depleted our entire inventory of...

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‘An unsung alternative to the Cotswolds‘: exploring Leicestershire’s Welland valley

This hidden gem has country inns, canalside walks, a stunning viaduct, the historic town of Market Harborough – and not a tour bus in sightIt was a chilly Sunday in November 2000 when the gods chose to smile on Ken Wallace. The retired teacher was sweeping his metal detector across a hillside in Lei…

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Guardian readers’ Christmas appeal donations surpass £500,000

Hope appeal is raising funds for five UK charities that build trust, hope and change at grassroots levelDonate to the charity appeal hereGenerous Guardian readers have so far raised more than £500,000 for the Hope appeal supporting inspirational grassroots charities that bring together divided commu…

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‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: Ireland’s gender recognition decade

Ireland’s 2015 Gender Recognition Act was born in an era of optimism and consensus, but as gender-critical activism grows so does debate whether it can holdSoon after Ireland passed its Gender Recognition Act in 2015, Kevin Humphreys, a Labour politician, visited a residential home for senior citize…