The Tech

This week’s issue (No. 8) is now out for distribution across campus and on The Tech website (https://thetech.com/issues/146/8/pdf).

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NEWS
• Gunman fires 60 rounds on Memorial Drive (p. 1)
• MIT Mock Trial advances to Nationals for the first time (p. 1, 2)
• MIT Canvas goes down after Instructure breach (p. 1, 2)

WEATHER
• A beautiful weekend and very warm week ahead (p. 2)

CAMPUS LIFE
• Is life an optimization problem? (p. 3)
• Why MIT should preserve the tutorial style in humanities classes (p. 3)
• From non-runner to marathon runner (p. 4)

ARTS
• Award-winning author Celeste Ng discusses ‘Everything I Never Told You’ at MIT (p. 5)

SCIENCE
• From MIT to Veritasium (p. 6)
• The Marble Center celebrates its 10th anniversary, showcases success stories behind translating experiments to clinical products (p. 6, 8)

OPINION
• Why MIT needs to gradually and responsibly train its future doctors in the AI era (p. 7)

ARTS — On April 28, award-winning author Celeste Ng discussed her debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, at an MIT Libraries community event titled “Hidden Truths & Human Ties.” Associate Professor of Literature Sandy Alexandre moderated the discussion. MIT Reads, an MIT Libraries program that aims to foster community book discussion, selected Everything I Never Told You as the book for spring 2026.

Ng is the author of three bestselling novels — Everything I Never Told You, Little Fires Everywhere, and Our Missing Hearts. Her accolades include the Pushcart Prize and the Guggenheim Fellowship. Ng grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Shaker Heights, Ohio. She majored in English at Harvard and received an MFA from the University of Michigan.

Everything I Never Told You is about the multiracial Asian/white family of James and Marilyn Lee in 1970s small-town Ohio. When teenage daughter Lydia’s body is suddenly found in the local lake, her unexpected death causes the family to unravel, as they each grieve differently and struggle to understand one another. The novel explores many complex themes that center around family conflict, including secrets and generational differences.

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Vivian Hir ’25 has the story.
Photo courtesy of Bryce Vickmark.