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Vol. XXXV No. 1September/October 2022
Concern with MIT’s Response to Professor Abbot
To The Faculty Newsletter: As a mother of a 2015 graduate, I fully agree with the opinions of Dr. Geil, and with the open letter. We had sent our son...
Vol. XXXV No. 1September/October 2022
Faculty and Staff Views on the Choice of the Next MIT President: A Recap of Last Spring’s Faculty Newsletter Zoom Forum
On May 24, 2022, the Faculty Newsletter hosted a Zoom forum on the selection of the next president of MIT. Following is an abbreviated version of that presentation. Introduction Jonathan...
Vol. XXXV No. 1September/October 2022
Faculty Newsletter Business
Upcoming Editorial Board Elections Later this fall, we will be holding elections for new members of the Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board. As always, these elections will be held electronically, and...
Vol. XXXV No. 1September/October 2022
Prof. Vera Kistiakowsky, 1928-2021
Prof. Vera Kistiakowsky passed away on December 11, 2021 at the age of 93. Dr. Kistiakowsky was the first woman to be appointed a professor of physics at MIT (1972)....
Vol. XXXV No. 1September/October 2022
Lessons on Governance from Yale
A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Len Gutkin, “The Review: The Report Yale Doesn’t Want You to See” (August 22, 2022) is very illuminating about how...
Vol. XXXVI No. 2November/December 2023
Sending MIT Students to War with Water Pistols
I am strolling along my wormhole – a hypothetical cylinder from the theory of general relativity that is a topological shortcut between different points in spacetime, say a tunnel that...
Vol. XXXVI No. 2November/December 2023
Thanking the Protesting Students
As the administration has repeatedly noted, the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom reserves the right to limit “the time, place, and manner of protected expression, including...