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Vol.XXXIII No. 1September/October 2020
Gratitude for our Community’s Commitment to Reinventing MIT in the Era of Covid
At the September 16, 2020 Institute faculty meeting, I shared the image below as a way to convey the breadth of Covid-19’s impact on our mission and operations – and...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Challenging Systemic Racism at MIT
Following the killing of George Floyd by a white policeman on May 25, protests erupted across the nation against the grotesque wrongs of anti-black racism and its long, tenacious hold...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Interview with Ragon Institute Director Dr. Bruce Walker
The following interview by Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board Chair Jonathan Alan King (JAK) with Dr. Bruce Walker (BW) was held on May 18, 2020. JAK: You’re part of the Ragon...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Greetings to our Graduates in the Year of the Pandemic
In other years, this issue of the MIT Faculty Newsletter would be sitting in the laps of the thousands of parents, family members, and friends who would have attended Commencement....
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Anonymity, Liquidity, Mobility: A Quandary
Since last fall, we and many others at MIT have been thinking about the question of fundraising – grants and gifts – and the circumstances surrounding them. We also have...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
Lily Tsai New Chair of the Faculty
Lily L. Tsai, Ford Professor of Political Science, will succeed Rick Danheiser as Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2021. Lily has served as Chair-Elect during the current academic...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
Greetings to our Graduates in the Year of the Pandemic
What a year! For many of us it is hard to imagine the difficulties you have navigated through this past year of the pandemic. MIT’s faculty values and takes particular...
Vol. XXXIV No. 3January/February 2022
Selecting a New President
In its 156 years, MIT will begin selecting a new president for the nineteenth time. The MIT Corporation will make the selection informed by the recommendation of a Search Committee....
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Protecting Freedom of Expression at MIT
The recent EAPS lecture cancellation has raised again questions of academic freedom, a central issue for all faculty. In this issue of the Faculty Newsletter we publish a series of...