MIT News Spotlight (14 January 2024) illustration by José-Luis Olivares, based on photographs of past MLK Day marches on the MIT campus.

MIT is closed Monday, January 14, 2024 to honor the memory and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Martin Luther King Day was designated an Institute holiday in 1976, a decade before its first official observance as a federal holiday. These public events paved the way for the MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars Program. 

Multiple programs at the Institute continue to commemorate and advance Dr. King’s legacy.