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Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Interview with Ragon Institute Director Dr. Bruce Walker
The following interview by Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board Chair Jonathan Alan King (JAK) with Dr. Bruce Walker (BW) was held on May 18, 2020. JAK: You’re part of the Ragon...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Greetings to our Graduates in the Year of the Pandemic
In other years, this issue of the MIT Faculty Newsletter would be sitting in the laps of the thousands of parents, family members, and friends who would have attended Commencement....
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Anonymity, Liquidity, Mobility: A Quandary
Since last fall, we and many others at MIT have been thinking about the question of fundraising – grants and gifts – and the circumstances surrounding them. We also have...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
On the Risks and Benefits of New International Engagements
I write to report on how the Faculty and Administration have together been evaluating the risks of new international engagements – and strengthening our processes for doing so – in...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Ramping Up On-Campus Research at MIT
After two months of sequestering researchers from campus to address health concerns for our community as the world battled the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, plans are underway to restart...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Statement from the Graduate Student Council (GSC)
To the Graduate Student Community, We are deeply angered and heartbroken by the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, as well as the countless others...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Statement from MIT Anthropology
In the midst of Covid-19’s unfolding and unequal death tolls and of ongoing police, state, and everyday violence against Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous communities in the United States and...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Literature’s Statement of Solidarity
The Literature Section of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stands against racism and the policing policies that enforce it. We abhor the racial profiling and the violence that have resulted...
Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
A Faculty Testimonial
Years back I was privileged to have a very talented African-American graduate student. She was awarded her PhD for a superior thesis in physical biochemistry. Though offered a prestigious research...
Vol.XXXIII No. 1September/October 2020
Gratitude for our Community’s Commitment to Reinventing MIT in the Era of Covid
At the September 16, 2020 Institute faculty meeting, I shared the image below as a way to convey the breadth of Covid-19’s impact on our mission and operations – and...