
Jared L. Wong
MIT students walk through shattered pumpkins at the bottom of the Green Building. During Pumpkin Drop on Saturday, residents of EC’s First West dropped 120 pumpkins off the roof of the highest point on campus.
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
November 1, 2011
Professor Rudolf Jaenisch, MIT biology professor and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute, was recently named by President Obama as one of the seven recipients of the National Medal of Science, the highest honor given by the U.S. government in the fields of science and engineering. Jaenisch was awarded for his work on epigenetic regulation, the biological processes that affect how genetic information is translated into cell structures without changing the genes themselves. Last Friday, Jaenisch sat down with The Tech to discuss his research and inspiration:
EDITOR IN CHIEF
November 1, 2011
Freshman Satto Tonegawa’s cause of death was ruled self-inflicted asphyxiation, according to his death certificate filed with the Cambridge City Clerk’s office. Tonegawa, son of MIT Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa, was found dead in his MacGregor dormitory room last Tuesday. He was 18.
(1 comment)
NEWS EDITOR
November 1, 2011
The first snowfall came early this year with an accumulation of 1 inch in Boston and 1–2 inches in Cambridge this past Saturday in a rare October blizzard. The snowstorm dumped over a foot of snow in some parts of western Massachusetts, leaving over 620,000 people without power, mostly in the western part of the state. The outage is ongoing; as of 8 p.m. last night, 450,000 people are still without power in Massachusetts.
November 1, 2011
Tuesday, Nov. 8 marks election day in Cambridge. Eighteen City Council candidates, including all nine incumbents, are running for one of the nine two-year seats.
(3 comments)
More News
- Watson puts MIT, Harvard to shame (11/1/11; 3 comments)
- IN SHORT (11/1/11)
- Police Log (11/1/11)
- Mosquitoes genetically altered (11/1/11)
World and Nation
- Shorts (left) (11/1/11)
- Greece plans referendum on latest Europe aid deal (11/1/11)
- Shorts (right) (11/1/11)
- Despite US pressure, Pakistan unlikely to take on Haqqanis (11/1/11)
- Storm leaves nine dead, over three million without power (11/1/11)
- 76 arrested in drug ring traced to US from Mexico (11/1/11)
- In China, political outsiders turn to microblog campaigns (11/1/11)
- Weather: Wild weather winding down (11/1/11)
Opinion
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (11/1/11)
- GUEST COLUMN Education declared a crime (11/1/11)
- It’s all Greek (economics) to me (11/1/11; 3 comments)
- $1 billion for a dictator (11/1/11)
- CORRECTIONS (11/1/11)
Sports
- Triathlon ends season strong (11/1/11)
- Football wins 23-0 (11/1/11; 1 comment)
- UPCOMING HOME EVENTS (11/1/11)
- SPORTS SHORT (11/1/11)
Campus Life
- Gettin’ down on Friday (11/1/11)
- Institute Double Take (11/1/11)
- Events: Nov. 1 - Nov. 7 (11/1/11)