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Bacteriophage P22 Scaffolding Protein (the Ghost in the Shell)
Barrie (Greene) Bell Graduate Student, 1990-1995 barriebell@comcast.net I first met Professor Jonathan King when I took his class on “The Protein Folding Problem” during my first year of graduate school...
From Prufrock House to Antarctica
Charles N. David Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, emeritus Ludwig-Maximilians-University Grosshadernerstr. 2 82152 Planegg-Martinsried Germany david@bio.lmu.de Jon and I were roommates for several years at Caltech and for several...
Vol. XXXIV No. 3January/February 2022
Distracted Driving: Finding a Realistic Solution
Internet-based communications technology has advanced at a remarkable pace in the last two decades and, like other rapidly emerging technologies, has presented new challenges to privacy, health and safety, and...
Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
MIT and a Green New Deal for Cambridge
MIT was founded in 1861, at the start of the war over slavery, to catalyze the Industrial Revolution in America. In that regard it has been spectacularly successful. Industrialization itself...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
MIT Values Statement
Excellence and Curiosity We strive for the highest standards of integrity, and intellectual and creative excellence. We seek new knowledge and practical impact, in service to the nation and the...
Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
Project Indigenous MIT
In October 2021, a committee led by Professor Dan Hastings issued MIT’s “Values Statement.” Their committee, absent of Native/Indigenous participants, issued a statement that suggests that we at MIT will:...
Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
Leadership, Management, and Education at MIT (redux)
This article is based on Professor Eagar’s original 2004 article (MIT Faculty Newsletter, Vol. XVI No. 5, April/May 2004) with new thoughts added by Professor Alex Slocum. Both are senior...
Vol. XXXIV No. 5May/June 2022
Faculty-Corporation Engagement in the Triangle of MIT’s System of Shared Governance
Why MIT’s system of shared governance works Engineers know about the strength of a triangle. It is a shape that is not easily distorted under pressure. Structures that use them...
Vol. XXXIV No. 4March/April 2022
from the MIT 2021 Commuter Survey
Limited to respondents who answered mode of travel for all five days of the week. Data as of October 2021. Source: Office of the Provost/Institutional Research...