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Vol. XXXII No. 5May/June 2020
Challenging Systemic Racism at MIT
Following the killing of George Floyd by a white policeman on May 25, protests erupted across the nation against the grotesque wrongs of anti-black racism and its long, tenacious hold...
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. 2November/December 2020
Nationwide Unemployment Insurance Fraud Scheme
During the pandemic, an unemployment insurance fraud scheme has been targeting unemployment assistance programs across the country. Those who are committing the fraud are believed to be using stolen personal...
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
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. 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...
Vol. XXXIII No. 2November/December 2020
MIT Volpe Construction Plan Will Damage Faculty Housing Initiative
We are writing to bring to your attention an issue that has deeply troubled us. For the many years we have been at MIT there has been concern about the...
Vol. XXXIII No. 2November/December 2020
Does MIT Support DEI Education in STEM?
We’re inspired to overcome our shortcomings as long as we’re aware of them. When it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at MIT, our longstanding shortcomings have gained newfound...
Vol. XXXIII No. 2November/December 2020
LGBTQ+ Scientists and STEM
I hope this finds you and yours well. I write with a fourfold purpose – to share with you a recent article in Nature, to offer a personal perspective, to...