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Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
A Look Back and a Look Ahead
In this, my final column as Chair of the Faculty, I take a look back at some of the key contributions and accomplishments of Faculty Governance during these past most...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
What’s In a Name?
This isn’t a business-as-usual donor recognition story. The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) is of course delighted to acknowledge Shell for making a gift to support the...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
Questioning the Merits of President Reif
I am wondering whether others share my feeling that it is time to replace MIT President Leo Rafael Reif. From a purely financial perspective, Reif has done a splendid job....
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
Education for Non-Robots
I jokingly call what you see in the photo the “derobotizer” setup (more on that below). I made it for my wife after the pandemic forced her to shift to...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
On the 20th Anniversary of OpenCourseWare: How It Began
On April 4, 2001, MIT President Charles Vest announced that the Institute would make course material from virtually all undergraduate and graduate courses “accessible to anyone anywhere in the world,...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
The More Challenging DEI – A Befitting Role for MIT
I read with interest MIT’s new DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) plan circulated by the Provost. It is an impressive document and obviously the product of a lot of thought. Unfortunately,...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
What Will Remain Post-Pandemic?
As universities return to in-classroom teaching, what practices that emerged during the pandemic will carry over? While we are all anxious to get back to teaching and working on campus,...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
Don’t Renew the ICBM Force, Eliminate It
A pressing issue that is currently under consideration in Washington, DC is whether to replace the aging deployment of InterContinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) with a new fleet of missiles. The...
Vol. XXXIII No. 2November/December 2020
Science Returns to Informing Federal Policies
The Trump administration systematically used budget cuts and regulatory changes to undermine scientific contribution to public policy. These actions weakened key US agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Food and...
Vol. XXXIII No. 2November/December 2020
The Final Commencement
The heat wave mercifully departed New England just one day preceding the 246th commencement ceremony of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The usual opening pomp was absent. MIT’s President expressed...