In online vigil, MIT community shares grief, anger, and hope
“If you say you care about the injustice in this nation and in this world, you have a role to play,” said Associate Dean DiOnetta Jones Crayton.
“If you say you care about the injustice in this nation and in this world, you have a role to play,” said Associate Dean DiOnetta Jones Crayton.
The online ceremony featured virtual reality, crowdsourced music, a surprise visit from space, and more.
"Find your calling! Solve the unsolvable! Invent the future! Take the high road," Reif urged graduates. "And you will continue to make your family, including your MIT family, proud."
Event convened attendees from around the world to discuss impacts of the pandemic and advance solutions to pressing global problems.
Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.
Decisions on when to return to campus await more information but may involve a phased process and continued precautions.
“Every emergency reveals that ‘impossible’ things are actually doable,” President Rafael Reif writes in Boston Globe op-ed.
The Institute is supporting Cambridge’s nonprofits, small businesses, and residents.
Critical research continues, students and staff are receiving support, and contingency planning proceeds for eventual phased reopening.