MIT Faculty Newsletter

May/June 2024Vol. XXXVI No. 5

The Hayden Library Renovation: Living Up to Its Promise

Five years ago, I shared in this newsletter our plans for the renovation of Hayden Library, citing the work of the Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of Libraries and its challenge to us “to use library space to best serve the evolving needs of our community.”

The Danger of Nuclear Weapons and the Efforts at MIT to Reduce the Threats

The danger of the use of nuclear weapons in conflicts between countries on Earth is difficult to overstate.

From The Faculty Chair
The News You Get From Poems

Many things are up in the air this week, and the Newsletter’s mode of static publication at a set, future time seems especially ill-suited to current conditions.