Setting the Record Straight
In his article in the last issue of the Faculty Newsletter, The Pulse Update, (Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, November/ December 2024), Prof. Yossi Sheffi writes “It [the FNL] also betrays its own rules by allowing unsigned articles to be published, sometimes by non-faculty members of the community.” This statement is inaccurate. The editors know of only one article that was not signed by name, but it was submitted by a faculty member as indicated when it was published (“Thanking the Protesting Students”).
Further down in the same article, Prof. Sheffi writes, “The one element that I wish the FNL would adopt, is The Pulse process of the transparency of the choice of the Keepers. Currently both Keepers are voted by the faculty in open elections.” To our knowledge, it is false that the Keepers of the Pulse are elected by the faculty in open elections. Members of the editorial board of the Faculty Newsletter, however, are indeed elected in the only all-faculty and emeritus faculty open elections held at the Institute.
The editorial board of the Faculty Newsletter strives to maintain the highest degree of accuracy and integrity within every one of the articles offered in each issue of the FNL. As we have in the past, whenever we come across a misleading or otherwise erroneous statement we will attempt to correct it. We encourage our readers to feel free to communicate with us should they come across similar errors, at fnl@mit.edu.
