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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...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Letters
A Painful Personal Reality and a Call to MIT Faculty To The Faculty Newsletter: I’m a long-time Cambridge resident and retired educator, and I wanted to share how touching and...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
The Red Lines We Will Not Cross . . . Will We?
We understand attacks on any university to be an attack on our values. The university is an ideal, and we will defend it everywhere. We will not compromise on the...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Upcoming FNL Editorial Board Elections
The annual faculty-wide, electronically based elections to the Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board will be held later this spring. In addition to the standard Institute faculty and emeritus faculty voting lists,...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Really?
The last issue of the FNL includes an unsigned FNL Editorial article responding to my November/December article about the Pulse and the FNL. This (unsigned) article titled “Setting the Record...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
To Our Readers
It has been brought to the attention of the Managing Editor and Co-Chairs of the Editorial Board that the erratum, “Setting the Record Straight,” made unwarranted claims. Among them was...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Understanding the Importance of Healthcare Proxy Forms
Healthcare is a critical part of our lives at every stage. As small children, we experience healthcare through childhood illnesses, vaccinations, and occasional injuries. In college and in our young...