Editorial
Reimagining MIT
What is the role of higher education institutions in unprecedented times? How can we reimagine MIT’s mission in this moment of urgency? What should our response be when universities are labeled as the enemy?
Guest Editorial
A Call for Courage in the Face of Rising Antisemitism, White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Authoritarianism
In case anyone doubted what was unfolding before our very eyes, Elon Musk did a Nazi salute not once but twice during the presidential inauguration.
The Historical MIT
“Most human beings operate like historians: they only recognize the nature of their experience in retrospect.”
From The Faculty Chair
Comms
This spring feels a little different, and it has made me think again – and more – about communication.
What to do if . . . .
Recent proclamations by the new federal administration directed at institutions of higher education across the nation have left many of us at MIT in a quandary.
The Leader as Moderator: Toward an Ethic of Everything (Everywhere, All at Once)
Some are called to lead from the front; many lead from the middle. There, whatever our titular authority, we report to multiple constituencies each of whom wields significant power to shape our norms.
Where do we go from here?
Last month, I gave the keynote address at a local high school for their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly.
Creating the Role of the Vice Provost for Faculty
From the moment I became an MIT freshman many years ago, to my experiences as a graduate student, and throughout my time as a faculty member here on campus, I have loved the wonder and excitement, the shared collaboration and enthusiasm around problem solving that are a part of the MIT ethos.
Reflections on the MIT Research Enterprise
When I started as MIT’s vice president for research, on May 1, 2024, one of the first things I did was collect data to help me understand the state of the research enterprise, aided in this work by our research reporting team in VPR, by MIT Institutional Research . . .
