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Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Reflecting as a Student
To The Faculty Newsletter: Concerning Craig Carter’s article, “Never Mind the Firehose, You Can’t Even Lead Them to Water” (MIT Faculty Newsletter, November/December 2022): I am not an expert at...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Commentary on “Never Mind the Firehose, You Can’t Even Lead Them to Water”
To The Faculty Newsletter: This article was very upsetting for me to read. I think it makes vast assumptions about the character and intellect of MIT’s student body without the...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
FNL Editorial Board Election Results: Three Re-elected; One New Member
The results are in for the recent electronic all-faculty/emeritus faculty election for members to the Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board. The only Institute election open only to all faculty and emeritus...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
The Brave New World of Higher Education
In one capacity or another, I have spent all but the first of my 83 years at school. Until I was 26, I was a student. As such, I thought...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Are MIT Faculty Serious About Addressing AI Bias?
Together with MIT students, staff, and non-MIT colleagues, I recently made an educational video on the ethics of AI bias. It was posted over a month ago on MIT’s OCW...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
MIT Staff Emergency Hardship Fund Offers Grants to Those in Need
Since its establishment in April 2020, the MIT Staff Emergency Hardship Fund has provided financial relief to nearly 430 staff and postdoctoral scholars, and has proven to be a vital...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Neither Fire Nor Ice – Just Chatter
Once upon a time we worried that the computer would take over our spaceship, or our job. Now computers, armed with novel artificial intelligence algorithms, threaten apocalypse through something much...
Vol.XXXV No. 3January-April 2023
In Defense of Student Engagement
In a recent Faculty Newsletter article, (“Never Mind the Firehose, You Can’t Even Lead Them to Water,” November/December 2022) W. Craig Carter discusses a noticeable drop in student engagement during...
Vol.XXXV No. 3January-April 2023
Candidates for Upcoming Election to Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board
The MIT Faculty Newsletter has represented the views of MIT faculty for almost 35 years. Since its inception, the Newsletter has been maintained by a volunteer Editorial Board, over time...