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Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
How Kafka, Not Newton, Saved My Life
I carry the burden of an imperial name: Franz-Josef. Austro-Hungarian, obsolete, mildly ridiculous. But this is the story of how a different Josef – Josef K., Kafka’s protagonist fromThe Trial...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 1September/October 2025
Why There Were No Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board Elections Last Spring
Some of you may be wondering why the Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board elections didn’t happen this May. The FNL Nominations Committee went through a process of selecting a slate of...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
The MIT Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC): Partnering with Faculty for Student Success
The Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC) aims to support MIT students from matriculation through graduation by way of proactive, consistent, holistic advising. Advising within the academic departments is decentralized, and students...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
The Legacy of the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI)
I am writing about the legacy of MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) because it will be closing at the end of this spring semester. After a series of discussions that...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
Looking Back
This is my final column as chair, and these are typically a time for taking stock. Our institution, like most of American higher education and like many of the entities...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
This Is Not An Editorial
In René Magritte’s famous painting The Treachery of Images, a pipe is shown with the inscription “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” – “This is not a pipe.” It’s a paradox,...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
Roger Levy New Chair of the Faculty
Roger Levy, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, will succeed Mary Fuller as chair of the faculty on July 1, 2025. He has served as chair-elect during the current academic...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
Congratulations to the Class of 2025 and Your Families
To the Class of 2025: You were the class that brought MIT back to life. When the Institute reopened after 18 months of pandemic-induced separation, it was you who stepped...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Letters
A Painful Personal Reality and a Call to MIT Faculty To The Faculty Newsletter: I’m a long-time Cambridge resident and retired educator, and I wanted to share how touching and...