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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...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Reimagining MIT
What is the role of higher education institutions in unprecedented times? How can we reimagine MIT’s mission in this moment of urgency? What should our response be when universities are...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
A Call for Courage in the Face of Rising Antisemitism, White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Authoritarianism
In case anyone doubted what was unfolding before our very eyes, Elon Musk did a Nazi salute not once but twice during the presidential inauguration. To the horror of many...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
The Historical MIT
“Most human beings operate like historians: they only recognize the nature of their experience in retrospect.” This comment, by the late historian Eric Hobsbawm [The Age of Extremes: A History...
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. 2November/December 2024
Where Do We Go From Here? Lessons from last year’s Israel-Palestine campus showdown
This article is reprinted from the fall 2024 issue of Acadame, published by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). As we head into the new academic year, American colleges...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Where Do We Go From Here?
For about 10 years – when I was between the ages of about six and sixteen – I lived with my family in Saudi Arabia. The American school I attended...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Work for This Fall and Winter
The last Institute faculty meeting included some lively discussion of two very big topics: learning and process goals for the undergraduate academic program that might be used to guide a...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Interim Report Presented at the October 17, 2024 Institute Faculty Meeting Regarding the FNL
Interim Report on Committee to Review Faculty Newsletter Policies and Procedures October 17, 2024 Susan Silbey (Committee Chair) Amy Brand (Director and Publisher, MIT Press) Nazli Choucri (FNL Editorial Board...