CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Four from MIT named 2026 Rhodes Scholars * Vivian Chinoda '25, Alice Hall, Sofia Lara, and Sophia Wang '24 have been selected as 2026 Rhodes Scholars and will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford in the U.K. next fall. Hall, Lara, and Wang, are U.S. Rhodes Scholars; Chinoda was awarded the Rhodes Zimbabwe Scholarship. The scholars were supported by   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * McGovern Statement on 36th Anniversary of Jesuit Priest Murders * WORCESTER, MA Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee and Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, released the following statement on the 36th anniversary of the murders of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador: "Today we commemorate the 36th anniversary of the brutal murder  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Noem Awards $10,000 Bonuses to Logan Airport TSA Officers For Exemplary Service During Democrats' Shutdown * Over 270 Boston TSA officers had perfect attendance BOSTON - On Saturday evening, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem gave $10,000 bonuses to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massach  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * UN Climate Talks to Ratchet Up, Major Questions Remain on Shortfall in Emissions Reductions, Fossil Fuel Phaseout, Adaptation and Finance * BELEM, Brazil (November 16, 2025)Week one of the annual U.N. climate talks wrapped up with productive negotiations, but many essential questions are still unanswered. A clarifying note from COP30 President Andre Correa d  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * WATCH: Pressley Rallies with Students to Resist Trump's Attacks on Higher Education, Urge Colleges to Defend Academic Freedom * "Our colleges and universities have always been fundamental in the struggle for civil rightsa place to be challenged, but also a place to challenge conventional wisdom and ask what could be, instead of settling for what always has been. "And that is why the current occup  more