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Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
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Our next issue (May/June) will be a special graduation edition honoring the Class of 2026. We invite submissions that celebrate, reflect, and send off this remarkable cohort in style –...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
FNL Editorial Board Election – Call for Nominations
As part of the FNL’s regular election cycle, a second election will be held in May 2026 to fill two (2) open seats on the Editorial Board. Faculty are invited...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
Problem with DeGraff Article
To The Faculty Newsletter: I found the DeGraff article very troubling. DeGraff’s effort to dehumanize Sheffi reflects a lack of understanding of the history of the conflict and a willingness...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
Letters To The Editor
Dear FNL Readers: We’re writing this letter to encourage you to write us letters. We’d love to hear from you! Over the past 36+ years we’ve received on the average...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
Statement on Academic Freedom and Student Discipline
April 13, 2026 Recent disciplinary cases at MIT have raised issues of academic freedom and freedom of expression. We note in particular the expulsion of Prahlad Iyengar, whose previous (interim)...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
Words That Have Not Lost Their Force: The MIT Curriculum Debate Revisited
In 2006–2007, the MIT Faculty Newsletter became a forum for unusually candid and sustained debate about the future of undergraduate education. Prompted by the Silbey Task Force on the Undergraduate...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
Why Graduate Students are Calling for a “Fair and Secure Workplace for All”
As the current collective bargaining agreement approaches its expiration at the end of May 2026, we, the Graduate Student Union, write to inform you – our PIs, mentors, and advisors...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
There Should Be More Engineers in Congress
I am sharing the following reflections to open a discussion among our MIT community on the role of engineers, scientists, and medical practitioners in public policy. In a world increasingly...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
The Temptations and Risks Posed to Multilingual Communicators Posed By Generative AI
“Writing and thinking and learning are the same process.” —William Zinsser In the May/June 2024 edition of the FNL, I reported on two pieces of 2023 research showing the communicative...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 5March/April 2026
IT GOD We Trust: GIRs D-FINE’d
Dear Colleagues We face many challenges/opportunities for unity :-), and herein is how I have attempted to combine some thoughts of mine and others into a poem to reflect on...