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Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Free Expression and Written Revolution
We helped found MITCAF, the MIT Council on Academic Freedom (see “An Invitation to the MIT Council on Academic Freedom” in this issue) because we believe that free expression and...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Where Do We Go From Here? Lessons from last year’s Israel-Palestine campus showdown
This article is reprinted from the fall 2024 issue of Acadame, published by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). As we head into the new academic year, American colleges...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Where Do We Go From Here?
For about 10 years – when I was between the ages of about six and sixteen – I lived with my family in Saudi Arabia. The American school I attended...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Work for This Fall and Winter
The last Institute faculty meeting included some lively discussion of two very big topics: learning and process goals for the undergraduate academic program that might be used to guide a...
Vol. XXXVII No. 2November/December 2024
Interim Report Presented at the October 17, 2024 Institute Faculty Meeting Regarding the FNL
Interim Report on Committee to Review Faculty Newsletter Policies and Procedures October 17, 2024 Susan Silbey (Committee Chair) Amy Brand (Director and Publisher, MIT Press) Nazli Choucri (FNL Editorial Board...
Vol. XXXVI No. 5May/June 2024
Candidates for Election to Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board
The MIT Faculty Newsletter has represented the views of MIT faculty for more than 35 years. Since its inception, the Newsletter has been maintained by a volunteer Editorial Board, over...
Vol. XXXVI No. 5May/June 2024
Antiracism or Oppression: MIT Must Choose
Just after 5 pm on November 9th the MIT community bore witness to a scene that should belong to a dystopian fever dream, not a 21st century hall of learning....
Vol. XXXVII No. 4March/April 2025
On the Trump Administration
We, the MIT Black Students’ Union, reaffirm our right to exist as an organization dedicated to supporting, uplifting, and celebrating Black students at MIT. The Trump administration is engaging in...
Vol. XXXVI No. 2November/December 2023
An Open Letter From Faculty & Staff Regarding Freedom of Expression and Student Safety at MIT
November 14, 2023 Dear President Kornbluth, We, MIT faculty and staff[1] are writing to you to voice our growing concerns about the safety of the MIT community. We have watched...
Vol.XXXVI No. 3January-March 2024
The Student Protesters and MIT
The massacre and kidnappings in Israel and the ongoing war against Palestinians living in Gaza have revealed deep fault lines within the MIT community. We use the term fault lines...