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Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
MIT and a Green New Deal for Cambridge
MIT was founded in 1861, at the start of the war over slavery, to catalyze the Industrial Revolution in America. In that regard it has been spectacularly successful. Industrialization itself...
Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
Leadership, Management, and Education at MIT (redux)
This article is based on Professor Eagar’s original 2004 article (MIT Faculty Newsletter, Vol. XVI No. 5, April/May 2004) with new thoughts added by Professor Alex Slocum. Both are senior...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
On the Cancellation of Dorian Abbot
To The Faculty Newsletter: As the father of a recent MIT grad (class of 2021) I heartily agree with the open letter from numerous MIT faculty regarding Prof. Abbot’s canceled...
Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
Faculty-Corporation Engagement in the Triangle of MIT’s System of Shared Governance
Why MIT’s system of shared governance works Engineers know about the strength of a triangle. It is a shape that is not easily distorted under pressure. Structures that use them...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
from the MIT 2021 Commuter Survey
Limited to respondents who answered mode of travel for all five days of the week. Data as of October 2021. Source: Office of the Provost/Institutional Research...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
Graduate Students Vote to Unionize
The vote of graduate students to unionize may represent a sea change in the relationships of graduate students to their peers, their faculty mentors, and to the MIT administration. We...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
On Closing the MIT Pharmacy
The stark statement announcing the closing of the MIT Pharmacy was like pouring concrete over green grass. Stunned silence – powerful and persistent – has been followed by disbelief, disappointment,...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
Leo Marx
Leo Marx died a few weeks ago at the advanced age of 102. He was one of the leading scholars of his generation in America, a classic humanist, using the...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
Elevating Design at MIT Through the Morningside Academy
MIT has areas of tremendous strength in design education and research, but we have not been greater than the sum of our parts. Over the last 18 months, faculty and...