The MIT professors descibed here are (first names being clued as such):
Wexler Hubbard Ernst Noam (Chomsky) Devlin Adelson Yildiz Eddie (Fahri) Quinn Uricchio Anderson Lewin Steve (Pinker) Nepf Imperiali Grimson Howard TurkleThe first letters spell WHEN DAY EQUALS NIGHT. The answer is EQUINOX.