Change Log

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September 30, 2008

Additions

• The Vice President for Finance has joined the Academic Council.

August 8, 2008

Appointments

• Chris Colombo has been appointed Dean for Student Life, reporting to the Chancellor.
• Sherwin Greenblatt has been appointed Interim Executive Vice President and CEO of the Alumni Association.

July 1, 2008

Appointments

• Martin Schmidt has been appointed Associate Provost, reporting to the Provost.
• Steven Lerman, the Dean for Graduate Education, has been appointed Vice Chancellor and Dean for Graduate Education, reporting to the Chancellor.

Name and Title Changes

• The Center for Cancer Research, reporting to the Dean, School of Science, has been renamed the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.
• The Center for Coordination Science, reporting to the Dean, Sloan School of Management, has been renamed the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.

Additions and Deletions

• iCampus, formerly reporting to the Dean, School of Engineering, has been deleted from the reporting list.
• The Industrial Performance Center and MIT-Portugal Program, both reporting to the Dean, School of Engineering, have been added to the reporting list.
• The MIT Leadership Center, reporting to the Dean, Sloan School of Management, has been added to the reporting list.
• The Center for Computational Research in Economics and Management Science, the Institute for Work and Employment Research, the Laboratory for Financial Engineering, the Productivity from Information Technology Program, the Program on the Pharmaceutical Industry, and the System Dynamics Group, formerly reporting to the Dean, Sloan School of Management, have been deleted from the reporting list.
• The MIT Energy Initiative, encompassing the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment and reporting to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, has been added to the reporting list.
• Arts Communication, the Council for the Arts, and Student and Artist-in-Residence Programs have been added to the reporting list as units under the Office of the Arts, reporting to the Associate Provost.
• The Museum Loan Network, formerly reporting to the Associate Provost, has been deleted from the reporting list.

April 7, 2008

Additions

• A new page listing the membership of MIT's Academic Council has been added to the Organization Chart website.

Name and Title Changes

• The Dean for Graduate Education, formerly the Dean for Graduate Students, was retitled effective March 31, 2008. The Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, formerly the Graduate Students Office, was renamed effective the same day.

February 22, 2008

Deletions

• The position of Vice President for External Affairs, which remains unfilled pending an organizational review, has been removed from the organization chart and reporting list.

Name and Reporting Changes

• The MIT News Office, which had reported to the Vice President for External Affairs as the Office of External Communications and Office of Internal News/Tech Talk, now reports provisionally to the Vice President for Institute Affairs. The Office of Government and Community Relations reports provisionally to the Executive Vice President and Treasurer.

February 15, 2008

Appointments

• Wesley Harris has been appointed Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, reporting to the Provost.

January 15, 2008

Name Changes

• The Biological Engineering Department, formerly the Biological Engineering Division, was renamed effective July 1, 2007.

November 8, 2007

Reporting Changes

• The Earth System Initiative, which previously reported to the Chancellor, has reported to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost effective July 1, 2006.

Deletions

• The Cambridge-MIT Institute and the Committee on MIT K-12 Educational Outreach, previously reporting to the Chancellor, have been deleted from the reporting list.

October 15, 2007

Appointments

• David Schmittlein has been appointed Dean, Sloan School of Management.

September 27, 2007

Appointments

• Barbara Liskov has been appointed Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, reporting to the Provost.
• Israel Ruiz has been appointed Vice President for Finance, reporting to the Executive Vice President and Treasurer.

Name and Reporting Changes

• The News Office, reporting to the Vice President for External Affairs, has been named the Office of Internal News/Tech Talk.
• The Budget Office, which previously reported to the Executive Vice President and Treasurer as the Office of Budget Operations, now reports to the Vice President for Finance.
• The Controller's Office, which previously reported to the Executive Vice President and Treasurer as the Office of the Controller, now reports to the Vice President for Finance.
• The Finance Office, which previously reported to the Executive Vice President and Treasurer as the Office of Finance, now reports to the Vice President for Finance.

Additions and Deletions

• Enterprise Services, which previously reported to the Dean for Student Life, has been subsumed within DSL's Administrative Services and deleted from the reporting list.
• Residential Life, reporting to the Dean for Student Life, has been added to the reporting list, subsuming Housing and Residential Life Programs (previously named Student Life Programs), both of which have been deleted from the reporting list.
• Student Support, reporting to the Dean for Student Life, has been added to the reporting list, subsuming Student Discipline (now named Student Mediation and Community Standards) and Student Support Services, both of which have been deleted from the reporting list.
• The Office of External Communications, reporting to the Vice President for External Affairs, has been added to the reporting list, subsuming the MIT Home Page Team (previously reporting to the Vice President for Institute Affairs and Secretary of the Corporation), which has been deleted from the reporting list.

September 20, 2007

Reporting Changes

• The Office of Sponsored Programs, previously reporting to the Executive Vice President and Treasurer, now reports to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost.

July 23, 2007

Appointments

• Subra Suresh has been appointed Dean, School of Engineering.

July 1, 2007

Appointments

• Marc Kastner has been appointed Dean, School of Science.
• Steven Eppinger has been appointed Interim Dean, Sloan School of Management.
• Steven Lerman has been appointed Dean for Graduate Students.

June 15, 2007

Deletions

• Dotted lines showing reporting relationships between the Dean for Graduate Students and the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost; between the Vice Presidents for Institute Affairs, External Affairs, and Resource Development and the Executive Vice President and Treasurer; and between the Vice President and General Counsel and the Executive Vice President and Treasurer.

June 4, 2007

Additions

• Corporation and Institutional Officers page added to the site.

May 21, 2007

Appointments

• Deborah Bohren has been appointed Vice President for External Affairs.

Name Changes

• Senior Counsel's Office has become the Office of General Counsel.

Reporting Changes

• Government and Community Relations, previously reporting to the President, now reports to the Vice President for External Affairs.
• The News Office, previously reporting to the Vice President for Institute Affairs and Secretary of the Corporation, now reports to the Vice President for External Affairs.

Additions and Deletions

• Experiential Learning, Undergraduate Advising & Academic Programming, the Office of Educational Innovation & Technology, and the Office of Faculty Support, reporting to the Dean for Undergraduate Education, have been added to the Reporting List.
• Edgerton Center, Concourse, and Terrascope, previously reporting to the Dean for Undergraduate Education, have been subsumed by Experiential Learning and deleted from the reporting list.

March 19, 2007

Appointments

• Jeffrey Newton has been appointed Vice President for Resource Development.

February 1, 2007

Name Changes

• Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Corporation to Executive Vice President and Treasurer.

Appointments

• Theresa Stone has been appointed Executive Vice President and Treasurer.

January 26, 2007

Appointments

• Deborah Fitzgerald has been appointed Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

January 15, 2007

Appointments

• Alison Alden has been appointed Vice President for Human Resources.
• R. Gregory Morgan has been appointed MIT's first Vice President and General Counsel.

November 8, 2006

Appointments

• Margaret Ann Gray, the former Director of Organization and Employee Development, has been appointed interim Vice President for Human Resources.

Reporting Changes

• Concourse and Terrescope, previously reporting to the Dean of Engineering, now report to the Dean of Undergraduate Education (effective July 1, 2006).

August 1, 2006

Appointments

• Claude R. Canizares, the former Associate Provost, has been appointed Vice President for Research and Associate Provost.
• Lorna J. Gibson has been appointed Associate Provost.

Reporting Changes

• Lincoln Laboratory, previously reporting to the Provost through the Associate Provost, now reports to the Provost through the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost.

July 3, 2006

Appointments

• Sherwin Greenblatt, Executive Vice President, has been elected Treasurer of the Corporation.
• Kirk D. Kolenbrander has been appointed Vice President for Institute Affairs and elected Secretary of the Corporation.
• The position of Vice President for Human Resources and Equal Opportunity Officer is open (TBA) following Laura Avakian's retirement.
• Stephen A. Dare has been appointed Interim Vice President for Resource Development.
• Philip S. Khoury has been appointed Associate Provost.
• Deborah K. Fitzgerald has been appointed Interim Dean, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
• Eric D. Evans has been appointed Director of Lincoln Laboratory.

Name Changes

• Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration changed to Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the Corporation.
• Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation changed to Vice President for Institute Affairs and Secretary of the Corporation.
• Associate Provost for the Arts changed to Associate Provost.

Reporting Changes

• MIT Medical, previously reporting to the Vice President for Human Resources, is now an operational unit reporting directly to the Executive Vice President.
• The Center for Work, Family & Personal Life, reporting to the Vice President for Human Resources, is now a center within the Human Resources Department.

Additions and Deletions

• The MIT Investment Management Company, reporting to the IMC Board and the MIT Corporation, has been added to the Organization Chart.
• The Center for Biomedical Innovation, reporting to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, has been added to the reporting list.
• Student Services Information Technology, previously reporting to the Dean for Undergraduate Education, has been subsumed within Information Services & Technology and deleted from the reporting list.

January 3, 2006

Appointments

• Daniel E. Hastings has been appointed Dean for Undergraduate Education.

Name Changes

• Executive Vice President changed to Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration.
• Campus Police, reporting to the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, changed to MIT Police.
• Environmental Programs and Risk Management, and Senior Counsel, reporting to the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, changed to Environmental Programs Office and Environmental Health and Safety Office, and Senior Counsel's Office
• Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs, reporting to the Vice President for Human Resources, changed to Staff Diversity, Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity Management Team

Reporting Changes

• The Vice President for Resource Development now reports to the President and, for budgetary purposes, to the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration.
• The MIT Washington Office, previously reporting to the Vice President for Federal Relations, now reports to the Office of the President.
• The Earth Systems Initiative, previously reporting to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, now reports to the Chancellor.

Additions and Deletions

• The position of Vice President for Federal Relations has been eliminated following John Crowley's retirement in December 2005.
• Insurance Office, Lincoln Fiscal Office, Procurement Office, and Property Office, all reporting to the Controller's Office under the Executive Vice President, have been deleted from the reporting list.
• The Disabilities Services Office and Rewards and Recognition, reporting to the Vice President for Human Resources, have been deleted from the reporting list.
• Academic Computing, Administrative Computing, Client Support Services, Operations and Infrastructure Services, and Telephony and Shared IS&T Services, all reporting to the Vice President for Information Services and Technology, have been deleted from the reporting list.
• The Office of the Secretary of the Corporation, reporting to the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation, has been added to the reporting list.
• Center for Educational Computing Initiatives, Dibner Institute, MIT Venture Mentoring Service, and Office of Budget and Financial Planning, all reporting to the Provost, have been deleted from the reporting list.
• Intellectual Property Office and Graduate Students Office, reporting to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, have been deleted from the reporting list.
• Industrial Performance Center, reporting to the Dean, School of Engineering, has been added to the reporting list.
• Laboratory for Financial Management, Productivity from Information Technology Program, and Sloan Management Review, all reporting to the Dean, Sloan School of Management, have been deleted from the reporting list.
• George R. Wallace, Jr. Astrophysical Observatory, reporting to the Dean, School of Science, has been added to the reporting list.

August 16, 2005

• Two new units, Finance and Budget Operations, have replaced the Office of Budget and Financial Planning, reporting to the Executive Vice President.

January 10, 2005

Name Changes

• Office of Campaign Giving changed to Office of Leadership Giving, reporting to the Vice President for Resource Development.
• Picower Center for Learning and Memory changed to Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, reporting to the Dean, School of Science.
• Nuclear Engineering Department changed to Nuclear Science and Engineering Department, reporting to the Dean, School of Engineering.

January 3, 2005

Mergers

• The Department of Ocean Engineering merged with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, reporting to the Dean, School of Engineering.

Name Changes

• Center of Space Research changed to Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, reporting to the Dean, School of Science.
• Enterprise Services changed to Enterprise Services and the Office of the Senior Associate Dean, reporting to the Dean for Student Life.

Additions and Deletions

• Administrative Services, Community Development and Substance Abuse Programs, Counseling and Support Services, Religious Life at MIT, Student Discipline, and Student Life Programs have been added to the reporting list of the Dean for Student Life.
• The Parking and Transportation Office, previously reporting to Enterprise Services and the Dean for Student Life, has been subsumed within the Facilities Department, reporting to the Executive Vice President, and deleted from the reporting list.
• Laboratory for Financial Engineering and the Leaders for Manufacturing Program have been added to the reporting list of the Dean, Sloan School of Management.
• Labor and Employee Relations, Rewards and Recognitions, and Staffing Services have been added to the reporting list of the Vice President for Human Resources.
• Administrative Computing, Client Support Services, Operations and Infrastructure Services, and Telephony and IS&T Shared Services have been added to the reporting list of the Vice President for Information Services and Technology.
• Office Computing, Architecture and Infrastructure, Financial System Services, I/T Discovery, I/T Delivery, I/T Service, I/T Telecom and Network Services Process, I/T Competency Group, and I/T Support have been deleted from the reporting list of the Vice President for Information Services and Technology
• Graduate Student Office has been deleted from the reporting list of the Vice President for Research
• Office of Academic Development and Office of Leadership Gifts have been deleted from the reporting list of the Vice President for Resource Development.

December 6, 2004

• Susan Hockfield was named MIT's 16th President on August 26.

May 14, 2004

• The Web Communications Services group, reporting to the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation, is renamed the MIT Home Page Team.

November 13, 2003

• Added the Broad Institute, reporting to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost.
• The title of Vice President for Information Systems has changed to Vice President for Information Services and Technology.

October 9, 2003

• Jerrold Grochow is the new Vice President for Information Systems.

July 1, 2003

• Rafael Bras is appointed Chair of the Faculty.
• Added the Computational and Systems Biology Initiative and the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology, reporting to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost.
• The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Laboratory for Computer Science merged into the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, reporting to the Dean, School of Engineering.
• Enterprise Services, formerly reporting to the Executive Vice President, now reports to the Dean for Undergraduate Education. Campus Police leave Enterprise Services and now report directly to the Executive Vice President.
• Added I/T Support, reporting to the Vice President for Information Systems.
• The Office of Foundation Relations and School Development Services is now the Office of Foundation Relations and Academic Devleopment Support, reporting to the Vice President for Resource Development.

May 2003

• The Office of Career Services and Preprofessional Advising, reporting to the Dean for Undergraduate Education, changed its name to the Careers Office.

April 2003

• Added Academic Media Production Services, reporting to the Provost.

November 2002

• Removed Director of Public Safety from the Executive Vice President's reporting list.

August 2002

• Residential Life and Student Life Programs, reporting to the Dean for Student Life, split into two units, Housing and Student Life Programs.

June 2002

• New PDFs and GIFs for web site.

March 2002

• The Communications Office is renamed Reference Publications Office, reporting to the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation.
• The Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health becomes the Biological Engineering Division, reporting to the Dean, School of Engineering.

December 1, 2001

• Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Alice P. Gast, replaces Vice President and Dean for Research J. David Litster.
• Center for Environmental Initiatives and Energy Laboratory merge into the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, reporting to the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost.

July 1, 2001

• Philip Clay, formerly the Associate Provost, is appointed Chancellor, replacing Larry Bacow, now the President of Tufts University.

May 3, 2001

• Added McGovern Center for Brain Research, reporting to the Provost.

December 19, 2000

• Robert Silbey, formerly the interim Dean of Science, officially becomes the Dean of Science.

October 16, 2000

• Center for Biomedical Engineering, formerly part of Whitaker College, is now a separate organization, reporting to the Vice President and Dean for Research.