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Vol. XXXVIII No. 4January/February 2026
MIT Faculty Age Distribution
Source: Office of the Provost/Institutional Research...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 4January/February 2026
Where is Your Memory? On Historical Amnesia, Selective Moral Disengagement, and Reality-Bending
MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi’s article in the November/December issue of the MIT Faculty Newsletter is a spectacular case study in the use and mis-use of language for reality-bending mirror accusations...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 4January/February 2026
A Student Expulsion at MIT: Questions About the MIT Disciplinary Process
On October 8, 2025, Prahlad Iyengar, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, received a notice of disciplinary expulsion from MIT. The purported basis for...
Vol. XXXVIII No. 2October 2025
Democratic Campus Expression Has Been Key to US Science and Technology Leadership
Faculty and students on US college and university campuses were key to the emergence of US leadership in science and technology in the period after WWII. This includes the revolutions...
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. 4March/April 2025
New Podcast From MIT Energy Initiative Looks at Energy Solutions to Climate Change
Energy powers our homes, our cars, and our lives. But the kinds of energy we use – and the ways we use it – are rapidly changing our climate. A...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
This Is Not An Editorial
In René Magritte’s famous painting The Treachery of Images, a pipe is shown with the inscription “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” – “This is not a pipe.” It’s a paradox,...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
Roger Levy New Chair of the Faculty
Roger Levy, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, will succeed Mary Fuller as chair of the faculty on July 1, 2025. He has served as chair-elect during the current academic...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
Congratulations to the Class of 2025 and Your Families
To the Class of 2025: You were the class that brought MIT back to life. When the Institute reopened after 18 months of pandemic-induced separation, it was you who stepped...