A college professor in Massachusetts recently warmed people’s hearts online after purchasing a travel crib and putting it up in his office to help out a graduate student who has a 9-month-old baby. Troy Littleton, a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and who runs a research lab at the college, installed the “new equipment” in a bid to support his student, Karen Cunningham, so she could finish her thesis project research without too much strain. Karen gave birth to her daughter Katie while in graduate school, and has since had to continue studies while finding a way to take care of her child. Karen’s husband had been playing a crucial role in raising their daughter—particularly during the pandemic, where families have been more isolated—staying home until she can join day care in the fall, but his child care schedule was sometimes tied up by meetings he had to …