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Vol.XXXVI No. 3January-March 2024
Phi Beta Kappa at MIT: A Golden Opportunity to Recognize Undergraduate Excellence
Did you know that MIT’s chapter of the national honor society Phi Beta Kappa annually recognizes around 75-90 senior undergraduates for their broad excellence and achievements in liberal arts and...
Vol.XXXVI No. 3January-March 2024
Timeline that Led to the Suspension of the Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA)
Since October 7, 2023, tension has been rising between maintaining an orderly and civil campus environment within a set of rules and the need on matters of moral urgency to...
Vol.XXXVI No. 3January-March 2024
Supporting Student Learning
“The bottom line is that our teaching can not only engage with our students, but by doing so, we can improve the effectiveness of our teaching.” – Richard de Neufville,...
Vol. XXXVI No. 5May/June 2024
New Transportation Connectivity Has Roots at MIT
The $2 billion Allston Multimodal Project has just received a $335 million federal grant for connecting communities, giving the project new momentum and increased credibility. The key innovative conceptual element...
Vol. XXXVI No. 5May/June 2024
Non-Native English-Speaking Graduate Students Still Face Significant Disadvantages
Almost half of MIT graduate students arrive from outside the United States and immediately enter a communication-intensive culture here in which they must understand lectures, read voluminous amounts of material,...
Vol.XXXVI No. 3January-March 2024
Domicide: The Mass Destruction of Homes Should Be a Crime Against Humanity
The widespread or systematic destruction of homes has long been a feature of modern warfare. But what is often lost in the images of rubble and statistics of destroyed buildings...
Vol. XXXVII No. 1September/October 2024
Living By Our Values
Last November, alongside colleagues from diverse backgrounds, we wrote to the MIT community acknowledging the pain so many were experiencing in light of tragic events in the Middle East. We...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
The Pulse: Seeking Broader Retrospective and Prospective Faculty Participation
As free speech on campuses faces scrutiny nationwide, asking tough questions has become more critical than ever. At MIT, The Pulse emerged from the recognition that many faculty members feel...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
MITx SPOCs for Gaza
In the course of its current campaign against Palestine, Israel has systematically demolished the once thriving educational infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. More than 10,000 university students from Gaza have...