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Vol. XXXIV No. 3January/February 2022
Clarification Needed on MIT’s Commitment to Freedom of Speech
To The Faculty Newsletter: The long statement by Professors Eduardo Kausel and John Williams (“Is MIT Losing Control of its Own Destiny?”, MIT Faculty Newsletter, Vol. XXXIV, No. 2) is...
Vol. XXXIV No. 3January/February 2022
New Commencement Format for 2022
MIT’s student population has grown in recent decades, and with it, the number of graduates participating in Commencement has increased. In 2019, 3,556 students received degrees. That represented a 26...
Vol. XXXIV No. 3January/February 2022
Reflections on the MIT Graduate Student Union Organizing Campaign
For those of us teaching and researching industrial relations to have a union organizing campaign unfolding where we work is amazing and engaging. I have been at MIT since 1980...
Vol. XXXIV No. 3January/February 2022
Distracted Driving: Finding a Realistic Solution
Internet-based communications technology has advanced at a remarkable pace in the last two decades and, like other rapidly emerging technologies, has presented new challenges to privacy, health and safety, and...
Vol. XXXIV No. 2November/December 2021
Letter By 77 Faculty Re: Professor Abbot’s Lecture Cancellation
We, a group of concerned Faculty, believe that the cancellation of the scheduled EAPS Carlson Lecture by invited speaker Professor Dorian Abbot of the University of Chicago casts a shadow...
From Prufrock House to Antarctica
Charles N. David Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, emeritus Ludwig-Maximilians-University Grosshadernerstr. 2 82152 Planegg-Martinsried Germany david@bio.lmu.de Jon and I were roommates for several years at Caltech and for several...
2022 Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War: Rebuilding a Broader Movement
With Congress appropriating funds for new and upgraded nuclear weapons and delivery systems, the need to counter these misguided policies has become acute. The 2022 Conference will follow the general...
Ulrich Laemmli’s Development of SDS Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
Jonathan King Department of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 jaking@mit.edu One of the most widely used and important techniques in modern biology is SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis....
Jonathan King’s 80th Birthday Festschrift
Introduction The Chapters below are contributions to an 80th Birthday celebration from members of my research lab and research collaborators. The Chapters are listed in alphabetical order, except mine, which...