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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
Where do we go from here?
Last month, I gave the keynote address at a local high school for their annual Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly. In preparation, I was inspired to read and title my...
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...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Setting the Record Straight
In his article in the last issue of the Faculty Newsletter, The Pulse Update, (Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, November/ December 2024), Prof. Yossi Sheffi writes “It [the FNL] also betrays...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
What to do if . . . .
Recent proclamations by the new federal administration directed at institutions of higher education across the nation have left many of us at MIT in a quandary. With all the talk...
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.XXXV No. 3January-April 2023
State Housing Policies and Their Impact on MIT Students, Faculty, and Staff
Thousands of MIT graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty are impacted by decisions made by our state legislature. One of the areas where the legislature can have the biggest impact...
Open Letter to Presidents Biden, Putin, and Zelensky: Pursue Diplomatic Solutions to Avoid Nuclear War
Please sign this letter from college and university faculty and staffs. Sixty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear war. At present, threats to launch...
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The MIT Faculty Newsletter (FNL) is a publication of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Since MIT faculty have neither a faculty senate nor faculty union nor...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
MIT Women and Men Faculty in Science and Engineering as Founders and Board Members of Companies in Science and Technology
A Report from the Data Group of the Boston Biotech Working Group((BBWG Data Group Sangeeta Bhatia is John and Dorothy Wilson Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (sbhatia@mit.edu); Nancy Hopkins...