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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. 5May/June 2021
The Role and Reach of the MIT Faculty Newsletter; Thank You
Very few university faculties across the nation have an independent newsletter for their expression. Given that MIT plays a somewhat distinctive role in the national and international academic community, we...
Vol. XXXIII No. 5May/June 2021
MIT Plans for the Fall Semester
At the April 21 and May 12, 2021 Institute Faculty Meetings, I joined several colleagues to update the MIT community on the state of our planning for the fall 2021...
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. 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. 4March/April 2021
The Future Founders Initiative: Q&A with Susan Hockfield and Sangeeta Bhatia
In the fall of 2018, three MIT faculty members affiliated with the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research – Sangeeta Bhatia (engineering), Susan Hockfield (president emerita), and Nancy Hopkins (biology...
Vol. XXXIII No. 4March/April 2021
Methodological Appendix
Our project encompassed five operational phases between July 2019-August 2020. The overall design and management of the study was led by Dr. Teresa Nelson and the data collection team and...
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...