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Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Creating the Role of the Vice Provost for Faculty
From the moment I became an MIT freshman many years ago, to my experiences as a graduate student, and throughout my time as a faculty member here on campus, I...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
The Leader as Moderator: Toward an Ethic of Everything (Everywhere, All at Once)
Some are called to lead from the front; many lead from the middle. There, whatever our titular authority, we report to multiple constituencies each of whom wields significant power to...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Interim Report on Committee to Review Faculty Newsletter Policies and Procedures
At the May 15, 2024, Institute faculty meeting, a motion passed to stand up an ad hoc committee to review and revise the policies and procedures of the MIT Faculty...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Setting the Record Straight
In his article in the last issue of the Faculty Newsletter, The Pulse Update, (Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, November/ December 2024), Prof. Yossi Sheffi writes “It [the FNL] also betrays...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
What to do if . . . .
Recent proclamations by the new federal administration directed at institutions of higher education across the nation have left many of us at MIT in a quandary. With all the talk...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Comms
This spring feels a little different, and it has made me think again – and more – about communication. We are in the early days of a new federal administration...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
Reimagining MIT
What is the role of higher education institutions in unprecedented times? How can we reimagine MIT’s mission in this moment of urgency? What should our response be when universities are...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
A Call for Courage in the Face of Rising Antisemitism, White Supremacy, Misogyny, and Authoritarianism
In case anyone doubted what was unfolding before our very eyes, Elon Musk did a Nazi salute not once but twice during the presidential inauguration. To the horror of many...
Vol. XXXVII No. 3January/February 2025
The Historical MIT
“Most human beings operate like historians: they only recognize the nature of their experience in retrospect.” This comment, by the late historian Eric Hobsbawm [The Age of Extremes: A History...