The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) banned the class president from the university’s commencement ceremony, a day after she gave a pro-Palestinian speech bashing Israel. Megha Vemuri, the 2025 class president of MIT, was “notified that she would not be permitted” to attend Friday’s graduation ceremony, Kimberly Allen, a spokesperson for the university, said in […]
MIT President Shuts Down University’s DEI Office as Trump Admin Investigates Alleged Racial Discrimination
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) office is no more following a lengthy assessment, the news coming as President Donald Trump’s administration works to combat such practices. MIT President Sally Kornbluth has shut down the Community and Equity Office and one of its leading staffers will also be eliminated, the […]