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Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Mary C. Fuller New Chair of the Faculty
Professor Mary C. Fuller will succeed Lily Tsai as Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2023, after serving as Chair-elect during the current academic year. Mary is Professor of...
Vol.XXXV No. 4May/June 2023
Neither Fire Nor Ice – Just Chatter
Once upon a time we worried that the computer would take over our spaceship, or our job. Now computers, armed with novel artificial intelligence algorithms, threaten apocalypse through something much...
Vol.XXXV No. 3January-April 2023
Candidates for Upcoming Election to Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board
The MIT Faculty Newsletter has represented the views of MIT faculty for almost 35 years. Since its inception, the Newsletter has been maintained by a volunteer Editorial Board, over time...
Vol. XXXVI No. 1September/October 2023
Civil Discourse in the Classroom and Beyond
In its 2024 College Free Speech Rankings, FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) ranked MIT 136th. While we can congratulate ourselves on beating Harvard (which came dead last...
Vol. XXXVI No. 1September/October 2023
Congratulations on Reaching a First Contract Agreement
As faculty members who have studied and been directly involved in labor-management relations for many years, we are very proud of the good work done by the MIT administration, the...
Vol.XXXVI No. 3January-March 2024
In Defense of Learning, Research, and Free Inquiry
Since their emergence in medieval times, universities have served as outposts of independent thought, resisting pressures from the Church and State. Following the industrial revolution, universities in France, Great Britain,...
Vol. XXXVI No. 2November/December 2023
Engaging Constructively with Israel/Palestine
In response to: “Gaza: What Have We Learned from the bin Salman Scandal?” Sally Haslanger, Jonathan A. King, Ceasar McDowell, Nasser Rabbat and Balakrishnan Rajagopal note that the war in...
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...