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Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
Thoughts About the Compact
Dear Colleagues, I would like to share some thoughts about the compact proposed by the federal government to MIT and certain other universities although I am on sabbatical and don’t...
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. 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. 2November/December 2024
An Open Letter to the MIT Community from the MIT Chapter of the AAUP
The MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) calls on MIT to immediately reinstate Prahlad Iyengar’s access to campus, with full rights, and for his case to...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Free Expression and Written Revolution
We helped found MITCAF, the MIT Council on Academic Freedom (see “An Invitation to the MIT Council on Academic Freedom” in this issue) because we believe that free expression and...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Where do we go from here?
Last month, I gave the keynote address at a local high school for their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly. In preparation, I was inspired to read and title my...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
The Leader as Moderator: Toward an Ethic of Everything (Everywhere, All at Once)
Some are called to lead from the front; many lead from the middle. There, whatever our titular authority, we report to multiple constituencies each of whom wields significant power to...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Setting the Record Straight
In his article in the last issue of the Faculty Newsletter, The Pulse Update, (Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, November/ December 2024), Prof. Yossi Sheffi writes “It [the FNL] also betrays...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
What to do if . . . .
Recent proclamations by the new federal administration directed at institutions of higher education across the nation have left many of us at MIT in a quandary. With all the talk...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Comms
This spring feels a little different, and it has made me think again – and more – about communication. We are in the early days of a new federal administration...