The 168-acre (68.0 ha) campus extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.
[15] One week after the shooting, Collier's open-air memorial service was attended by more than 10,000 people—including thousands of police officers from the New England region and Canada—in a ceremony hosted by the MIT community.
[18][19][20] There was a spontaneous, improvised temporary memorial to Collier on the MIT campus; the design for a permanent one at the same site was unveiled at an April 2014 ceremony commemorating the one-year anniversary of the bombings and his murder.
Representatives from his family and MIT ran in the 2014 Boston Marathon to raise money for a scholarship in his honor.
[21] The permanent memorial is a granite structure resembling an open hand of peace inviting contemplation, designed by MIT Architecture Associate Professor J. Meejin Yoon.
[23] MIT Police uses EMT certified officers on cruiser, motorcycle, bicycle, and foot patrols.