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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. 5May/June 2024
The News You Get From Poems
Many things are up in the air this week, and the Newsletter’s mode of static publication at a set, future time seems especially ill-suited to current conditions. I certainly feel...
Vol. XXXVI No. 5May/June 2024
Statement by MIT Faculty in Support of the Student Encampment on Kresge Lawn
As the Alliance of Concerned Faculty at MIT we support and affirm our students’ right to peaceful political expression and support their rights to free speech. We thus express our...
Vol.XXXVI No. 3January-March 2024
Mea Culpa
I made a mistake. And I would like to apologize to everyone who was at the Institute faculty meeting of February 21, 2024. During that meeting I forgot to call...
Vol. XXXVII No. 1September/October 2024
Stopping Climate Change: A MITEI Perspective
I strongly believe we can stop climate change. We are already making great strides transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy; researchers at MIT and other universities are working hard...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
What’s Driving This Bus?
In light of perceived and in some cases explicit threats to universities, we are being challenged, by Derek Bok[1] and others, to explain the ways that we operate. Before 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...