Schools in Kendall Square, Cambridge

Cambridge School Committee Meets Tonight

Sep 1 · City of Cambridge →

Cambridge Public Schools to kick off new school year before Labor Day

Aug 31 · Cambridge Public Schools →

McGovern Institute seminar meets at MIT

Aug 31 · MIT Events Calendar →

MIT Teaching Days start for TAs and teacher trainees

Aug 31 · MIT Events Calendar →

MIT Hosts Parent and Family Orientation Campus Tours and Panels

Aug 30 · MIT Office of the First Year →

Cambridge teachers begin school year under expired contracts

Aug 28 · Cambridge Day →

MIT report: AI can now handle most college coursework

Aug 27 · The Washington Post →

MIT sets fall semester key dates; orientation starts Aug. 30

Aug 27 · The Tech →

CRLS welcomes incoming ninth graders at Bridge orientation

Aug 27 · Cambridge Rindge and Latin School →

MIT CSAIL thesis defense tackles robot planning today

Aug 27 · MIT CSAIL →

Cambridge schools to adjust start times at select schools next year

Cambridge Public Schools says several district schools will shift start and end times by 15 minutes starting in the 2026-2027 school year.

Aug 25 · Cambridge Public Schools →

MIT transfer student move-in starts Monday

MIT lists Monday, August 24 as move-in day for first-year transfer students, with residence hall front desks staffed from 8 a.m. to midnight and arrivals encouraged between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Aug 24 · MIT Housing →

MIT Libraries hosts Python programming workshop

MIT Libraries' Carpentries@MIT Introduction to Programming with Python continues online Monday, August 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., covering conditionals, loops, functions and command-line program execution.

Aug 24 · MIT Events Calendar →

Harvard Museum launches 'Amazing Animals' Summer Science Week

The Harvard Museum of Natural History launches its weeklong "Amazing Animals" Summer Science program for children in grades 1-3, running August 17-21.

Aug 17 · Harvard Museum of Natural History →

School Committee debates algebra tracking, literacy standards

In its summer session reported Aug. 14, the Cambridge School Committee and Superintendent David Murphy discussed eighth-grade algebra tracking, third-grade literacy standards, and new graduation exams.

Aug 16 · Cambridge | Somerville Independent →

Harvard academic workers vote to authorize strike

On Aug. 14, HAW-UAW announced members voted 94 percent to authorize a strike after nearly two years of unresolved contract talks with Harvard.

Aug 15 · Cambridge Day →

Federal judge dismisses antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard

U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns on Aug. 13 dismissed a federal lawsuit alleging Harvard ignored antisemitism, ruling the cited incidents too isolated to prove ongoing civil rights violations.

Aug 14 · NPR Illinois →

Youth summer jobs program wraps today

Cambridge's Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program ends today, Aug. 14, closing a six-week paid summer job program for local teens that began July 6.

Aug 14 · City of Cambridge →

MIT Sloan launches Evening MBA program

MIT Sloan announced a new 22-month Evening MBA program on Aug. 11, welcoming its first cohort in August 2027 to expand access for working professionals.

Aug 12 · MIT News →

Biotech teacher institute starts in Kendall Square

MassBioEd's Teacher Summer Institute runs Aug. 10-14, including biomanufacturing and biopharma training tied to Biogen CoLab in Kendall Square.

Aug 10 · MassBioEd →

Physics-and-AI workshop opens at MIT

The IAIFI Summer Workshop begins at MIT today with a 9 a.m. welcome and sessions on physics-informed machine learning and simulation-based inference, running through Aug. 14.

Aug 10 · NSF IAIFI →

Global leadership institute starts at Hult

The United Nations Association of Greater Boston starts its Advanced Institute in Global Leadership: Negotiation program today, running through Aug. 14 at Hult International Business School.

Aug 10 · United Nations Association of Greater Boston →

Cambridge Public Schools Hosts Summer Playdates for New Families

Cambridge Public Schools held playground playdates Aug. 9 from 3-5 p.m. for incoming preschool and kindergarten families at King Open and Dr. MLK schools.

Aug 9 · Cambridge Public Schools →

Superintendent Proposes Relocating Amigos School to Former K-Lo Campus

At an Aug. 4 School Committee meeting, Superintendent David Murphy presented plans to move the pre-K-to-8 Amigos School to the vacant Kennedy-Longfellow campus in East Cambridge, with a recommendation timeline set for early September.

Aug 9 · Cambridge | Somerville Independent →

UnRulyArt program helps autistic kids express through art

Fifty-one students with cognitive and motor challenges gathered at the Martin Luther King School on Aug. 6 for UnRulyArt, a joint program of MIT's Simons Center and Cambridge Public Schools.

Aug 8 · Cambridge Day →

Superintendent disputes 8th-grade algebra failure claims

Interim Superintendent David Murphy disputed reports at an Aug. 4 School Committee meeting that over 60% of eighth graders would need to retake Algebra I in high school.

Aug 8 · Cambridge Day →

School Committee demands timeline for former Kennedy-Longfellow site

The Cambridge School Committee approved a resolution Aug. 4 requesting a clear timeline from the Superintendent for future programming of the vacant 158 Spring Street facility.

Aug 8 · Cambridge Public Schools →

MIT names Akirah Bradley-Armstrong vice chancellor for student life

MIT announced Aug. 6 that Akirah Bradley-Armstrong, a veteran student affairs leader, will serve as the institute's new vice chancellor for student life.

Aug 7 · MIT News →

Teachers Union Presses for Faster Contract Talks with CPS

The Cambridge Education Association is urging faster progress in contract negotiations, citing 17 formal bargaining sessions over seven months and 228 union proposals submitted so far.

Aug 5 · Cambridge Patch →

AbbVie Hosts Organic Chemistry Recruiting Event at MIT

AbbVie representatives host an information and career-chat session for graduate students and postdocs today, Aug. 5, from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Moore Room, Building 6-321.

Aug 5 · MIT Events Calendar →

Tufts Pauses On-Campus MyTERN Re-entry Program Classes

Tufts University announced Monday, Aug. 3, that it has suspended all on-campus classes for its MyTERN re-entry program for formerly incarcerated individuals, following a May shooting in Cambridge involving a former participant.

Aug 4 · The Tufts Daily →