The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony on Friday after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before.

Megha Vemuri called out MIT for having research ties with the Israeli army and "aiding and abetting" the country with its ...

Megha Vemuri accused the university of “aiding and abetting” Israel’s “assault on the Palestinian people” during a speech on ...

During Thursday’s OneMIT commencement ceremony, graduating class president Megha Vemuri veered from her prepared speech and ...

You showed the world that MIT wants a free Palestine," she said. Vemuri was met with yells from the crowd, some students jumping out of their seats in support of her words and others shaking their ...

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) graduation ceremony for the Class of 2025 on May 29, student body president Megha Vemuri used her commencement speech to strongly criticise the ...

Indian-origin Megha Vemuri who stirred a major controversy by speaking up for Palestine in her graduation speech at MIT reacted to both the praises and the brickbats that she received following her ...

Rhetoric from the encampments invades commencement day.

Vemuri called on MIT graduates to demand that the university cut ties with Israel. “We are watching Israel try to wipe Palestine off the face of the Earth, and it’s a shame that MIT is a part ...

“You have faced the obstacle of fear before, and you turned it into fuel to stand up for what is right — you showed the world that MIT wants a free Palestine,” Vemuri told the crowd as some ...

In her speech, Vemuri accused Israel of trying to “wipe Palestine off the face of the earth,” adding that MIT was complicit. MIT 2025 class president Megha Vemuri called for an arms embargo on ...