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Vol. XXXIII No. 3January/February 2021
New Leadership for Science Policy from Washington; Professor Gang Chen and Trump’s Last Anti-Science Campaign; Fresh Winds for the Nation from Biden/Harris; Honorary Degrees, Confederate Statues, and Naming Buildings
New Leadership for Science Policy from Washington The general health and welfare of our nation has been at increased risk as a result of the anti-science policies of the Trump...
Vol. XXXIII No. 3January/February 2021
Reflections on the Humanities in Higher Learning Today
As President Biden said in his victory speech on November 7, 2020, “For American educators, this is a great day for y’all. You’re gonna have one of your own in...
Constituting a Continuing National Nuclear Disarmament Coordinating Committee (NDCC)
More Info Conferences January 21, 2023: “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War: Social and Economic Costs of the Current Nuclear Weapons Buildup” January 23, 2021: “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear...
Vol. XXXIII No. 2November/December 2020
The Suri and Fisher Reports on Outside Gifts
The establishment of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Guidelines for Outside Engagements (“Suri Committee”) and the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee to Review MIT Gift Processes (“Fisher Committee”) came as...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
Lily Tsai New Chair of the Faculty
Lily L. Tsai, Ford Professor of Political Science, will succeed Rick Danheiser as Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2021. Lily has served as Chair-Elect during the current academic...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
Greetings to our Graduates in the Year of the Pandemic
What a year! For many of us it is hard to imagine the difficulties you have navigated through this past year of the pandemic. MIT’s faculty values and takes particular...
Vol. XXXIII No. 2November/December 2020
Moving Abruptly Online: What it was like for Faculty and for Students
Like so many institutions around the world, MIT made the abrupt transition to online teaching in the midst of the pandemic, thrusting all 1,251 of its spring 2020 courses online...
Vol. XXXIV No. 1September/October 2021
Actions We Can Take to Address Misinformation and Safeguard the Freedom of Speech
Following on my March 29, 2021 op-ed in the NYTimes, I have given much thought to addressing the societal challenge presented by misinformation and disinformation. Faulty information and outright lies...
Vol. XXXIV No. 1September/October 2021
Radius: Bringing Ethics to the Center of Science and Technology
“We are at the point of being overwhelmed by the very bulk of our accumulated information, bewildered by the diversity of our manufactures. And we are failing today to assess...