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Vol. XXXVIII No. 4January/February 2026
The Freedom of the University: A History in Eleven Quotations
“There is no drama like the drama of history,” wrote the great Trinidadian historian C.L.R. James in The Black Jacobins (1938). During the last few years, we have lived a...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 4January/February 2026
How Birding and Engineering Brought Me to Write: Birds Up Close: An Engineer Explores Their Hidden Wonders
My upcoming book, Birds Up Close: An Engineer Explores Their Hidden Wonders, will be published by MIT Press on April 28. How did I get from my research on the...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 3November/December 2025
Little Lights in a Long Winter
This winter, a quiet tristesse has settled across the Institute as austerity narrows conversation. Yet renewal often begins in moments like these – when faculty take up the harder questions...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 3November/December 2025
Letters to the Faculty Newsletter
Editorial Note The Faculty Newsletter (FNL) publishes letters, opinion pieces, and editorials that reflect the views of their authors. Occasionally, when concerns arise on the editorial board regarding accuracy, tone,...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 3November/December 2025
Where Are You? On Selective Outrage and Moral Credibility
The recent videos of Hamas executing Palestinians in Gaza were horrifying. Yet anyone who witnessed the terror attacks of October 7, 2023 – when Hamas militants murdered, raped, and tortured...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 3November/December 2025
Developing Students Who Make an Impact: Introducing the SoE Technical Leadership and Communication (TLC) Programs
In September of 2024, President Sally Kornbluth announced the MIT Presidential Initiatives, a set of collaborative efforts “to empower faculty to pursue their most innovative ideas, collaborate with others outside...