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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. 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
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
The Danger of Nuclear Weapons and the Efforts at MIT to Reduce the Threats
The danger of the use of nuclear weapons in conflicts between countries on Earth is difficult to overstate. There are currently nine countries (United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, France,...
Vol. XXXVI No. 5May/June 2024
The Hayden Library Renovation: Living Up to Its Promise
Five years ago, I shared in this newsletter our plans for the renovation of Hayden Library, citing the work of the Institute-wide Task Force on the Future of Libraries and...
Vol.XXXVI No. 4April 2024
MIT Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board Members, 1989-2024
Chairs of Editorial Board in Red...
Vol. XXXVI No. 2November/December 2023
The MIT Campus Responds to Recent Events on Campus Concerning the War in the Middle East
The following six articles are all unsolicited submissions to the MIT Faculty Newsletter from Institute faculty, students, and staff, regarding recent events on the MIT campus. All contributions are the...
Vol. XXXVI No. 2November/December 2023
The Nomination Process for Faculty Officers and Faculty Committee Membership
Our aim in this article is to provide a description of the work done by the faculty Committee on Nominations in order to increase transparency as well as inform faculty...
Vol. XXXVII No. 1September/October 2024
Four Elected, One Re-elected to FNL Editorial Board
Four new members and one current member were elected to the Faculty Newsletter editorial board In the Institute-wide elections held last spring. Nearly twenty-eight percent of the faculty and emeritus...