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Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Core Mission
No professional academic will have any trouble thinking of reasonable topics for complaint. There are always plenty of pebbles and even real boulders in our professional paths, and perpetual work...
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
Havana, Cuba
As an historian of Latin America, my work long focused on Mexico, the country of my birth and the place where I spent my childhood. After completing my second monograph...
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. 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
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...