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Home | January/February 2025 | The Ups and Downs? of MIT
In this Issue
Editorial
Reimagining MIT
Sally Haslanger, Ceasar McDowell, Tanalís Padilla, Franz-Josef Ulm
Guest Editorial
A Call for Courage in the Face of Rising Antisemitism, White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Authoritarianism
Catherine D'Ignazio
The Historical MIT
Rosalind H. Williams
From The Faculty Chair
Comms
Mary C. Fuller
What to do if . . . .
Setting the Record Straight
The Leader as Moderator: Toward an Ethic of Everything (Everywhere, All at Once)
Leigh Hafrey
Where do we go from here?
Karl W. Reid
Creating the Role of the Vice Provost for Faculty
Paula T. Hammond
Reflections on the MIT Research Enterprise
Ian A. Waitz
The Ups and Downs? of MIT
Thomas Heldt
MIT Numbers
Faculty with Recent Publications Related to the Presidential Initiatives
January/February 2025Vol. XXXVII No. 3

The Ups and Downs? of MIT

Thomas Heldt

https://fnl.mit.edu/january-february-2025/the-ups-and-downs-of-mit/

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