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Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
New Home for the MIT Music Program
The Music Program within the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences serves more than 1,500 MIT students who enroll in music classes each academic year. More than 500...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
MIT AAUP’s Response to the Attacks on Higher Education
American higher education is under attack by the Trump administration. Faculty, postdocs, students, and staff are hurting. Labs are at risk of closing. Research is grinding to a halt. Jobs...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
How Kafka, Not Newton, Saved My Life
I carry the burden of an imperial name: Franz-Josef. Austro-Hungarian, obsolete, mildly ridiculous. But this is the story of how a different Josef – Josef K., Kafka’s protagonist fromThe Trial...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
The MIT Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC): Partnering with Faculty for Student Success
The Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC) aims to support MIT students from matriculation through graduation by way of proactive, consistent, holistic advising. Advising within the academic departments is decentralized, and students...
Vol. XXXVII No. 5May/June 2025
The Legacy of the Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI)
I am writing about the legacy of MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) because it will be closing at the end of this spring semester. After a series of discussions that...
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. 4March/April 2025
MIT Faculty Meetings: A Broken System
MIT’s faculty governance structure is characterized by disengagement, inefficiency, and a lack of accountability. These dynamics foster an environment where a vocal minority dominates governance processes while most faculty remain...
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...