ALT Collage of 4 photos: Scientists performing an eye tracking experiment, a participant in an EEG cap being prepared for an experiment, postdoctoral fellows posing with the Peanuts gang at Oracle Park, SKERI scientists smiling for the camera

ALT Picture of tea gathering attendees enjoying beverages and working on the science/art game. The lighting from the sodium lamps makes the scene oddly colorless.

ALT Picture of an attendee getting his portrait drawn. The lighting from the sodium lamp makes the scene colorless.

ALT Attendees arriving at the tea gathering. In frame you see a man with a giant skull mask over his face.

ALT Picture of the science/art game attendees could play. On a table there are flags, legos, markers, glue, brain cut-outs and a picture of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream".

ALT Cartoon depicting two men surrounded by papers suggesting a political campaign office looking at a map of the US colored blue and red throughout, with an image of a dolphin popping out over the differently colored voting districts. The caption under the cartoon says "We've stared at the electoral map for so long it's become a Magic Eye poster."

ALT Conference poster titled "Optimizing Signal Parameters to Enhance Echoacoustic Perception of Objects in Humans" being discussed by a long, dark-haired presenter and a visitor with a long gray ponytail and colorful Route-66-themed shirt

ALT MIT leaders describe the experience of not renewing its largest journal contract as overwhelmingly positive. MIT has long tried to avoid vendor lock-in through big deal contracts and, in 2019, maintained individual title-by-title subscriptions to approximately 675 Elsevier titles. In 2020, they took the significant step of canceling the full Elsevier journals contract – all 675 titles – leaving users with immediate access to only pre-2020 backfile content. Since the cancellation, MIT Libraries estimates annual savings at more than 80% of its original spend. This move saves MIT approximately $2 million each year, and the Libraries provide alternative means of access that fulfills most article requests in minutes.