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Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Eyes on the Price
These are undeniably challenging times, perhaps among the most perilous in MIT’s history. At this moment, the Institute’s strength and resolve may face an unprecedented test. So, how should a...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
From Innovation to Inquisition: The Political Assault on Universities
Illustration generated using ChatGPT Politics are a fact of life. Universities have always been subject to political decisions and influence. After all, we in academia are trusted with taxpayers’ money...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
On Travelogues
MIT faculty members travel the world, professionally or privately, but always with a purpose. With this in mind, we offer a new feature in the FNL, the Faculty Travelogue. We...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Faculty with Recent Publications Related to the Presidential Initiatives
*MIT HEALS: MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative Source: Office of the Provost/Institutional Research...
Massive Cuts to Science and Medicine in Trump Budget
Under the proposed budget . . . the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would see its annual budget shrink 18% from $31.8 billion to $26 billion. This includes cuts to...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Reflections on the MIT Research Enterprise
When I started as MIT’s vice president for research, on May 1, 2024, one of the first things I did was collect data to help me understand the state of...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Creating the Role of the Vice Provost for Faculty
From the moment I became an MIT freshman many years ago, to my experiences as a graduate student, and throughout my time as a faculty member here on campus, I...
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...