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Vol. XXXV No. 1September/October 2022
Nominate a Colleague as a MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Provost Cynthia Barnhart is calling for nominations of faculty as 2023 MacVicar Faculty Fellows. The MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program recognizes MIT faculty who have made exemplary and sustained contributions to...
Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
Congratulations to our Graduates of the Years of the Pandemic
MIT’s Faculty honors and takes particular pride in the accomplishments and resilience of the Class of 2022. You have had to navigate and overcome the unprecedented stresses of these recent...
Vol. XXXV No. 2November/December 2022
How Deep is Your Love of Free Expression?
Who among us has not, at one point or another, entertained the heretical thought that MIT faculty meetings can sometimes seem like less than scintillating affairs? Let those without sin...
Vol.XXXV No. 3January-April 2023
In Memoriam: Melvin H. King
Mel King Boston area newspapers have carried many articles recently describing the extraordinary contributions of Mel King to the social and political life of Massachusetts. He was a leader in...
Vol.XXXV No. 3January-April 2023
Dealing with the Lack of Student Engagement in Lectures
In his article, “Never Mind the Firehose, You Can’t Even Lead Them to Water” (MIT Faculty Newsletter, November/December 2022), Craig Carter correctly confronts us with the fact that many of...
Vol.XXXV No. 3January-April 2023
State Housing Policies and Their Impact on MIT Students, Faculty, and Staff
Thousands of MIT graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty are impacted by decisions made by our state legislature. One of the areas where the legislature can have the biggest impact...
Open Letter to Presidents Biden, Putin, and Zelensky: Pursue Diplomatic Solutions to Avoid Nuclear War
Please sign this letter from college and university faculty and staffs. Sixty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear war. At present, threats to launch...
Vol. XXXV No. 2November/December 2022
Estimated Global Nuclear Warhead Inventories, 2022
Despite progress in reducing nuclear weapon arsenals since the Cold War, the world’s combined inventory of nuclear warheads remains at a very high level: nine countries possessed roughly 12,700 warheads...
Vol. XXXV No. 2November/December 2022
Open Letter to Presidents Biden, Putin, and Zelensky: Pursue Diplomatic Solutions to Avoid Nuclear War
Please sign this letter from college and university faculty and staffs. Sixty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear war. At present, threats to launch...