Since
You've Been Gone . . .
Here
are some administrative news items that were announced over the
summer (and the issue of Tech Talk where you can read more
about them):
- Dr. William Kettyle was named
Medical Director of MIT Medical, effective August 1, 2000. Dr.
Kettyle replaces Dr. Arnold Weinberg, who retired this summer
after 14 years as Medical Director. (Tech Talk, 8/23/00 and
7/12/00)
- MediaLab Europe held opening
ceremonies in late July in Dublin, Ireland. (8/9/00)
- Plans for a new 400-unit
residence hall for graduate students at Sidney and Pacific streets
were unveiled at an MIT-sponsored meeting in July in
Cambridgeport. (8/9/00)
- The Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI)
became official in July as President Charles Vest, Chancellor
Lawrence Bacow, and CMI Director Professor John Vander Sande
signed the agreement negotiated among MIT, Cambridge University,
and the UK government. (8/9/00)
- Larry G. Benedict, dean for
Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins University’s main campus
since 1992, was named MIT’s Dean for Student Life, effective
August 21. (7/12/00)
- The Office of the Dean of
Students and Undergraduate Education (ODSUE) has been restructured
into two new organizations, the Office of the Dean for
Undergraduate Education (DUE) and the Office of the Dean for
Student Life (DSL). (7/12/00)
- Dr. John C. Crowley, Special
Assistant to the President and Director of the MIT Washington
Office, was promoted to Vice President for Federal Relations,
effective July 1. (7/12/00)
- Since the beginning of MIT’s
expanded recycling program last December, MIT’s recycling
rate has grown from 5 percent to just under 17 percent of its
total waste (April figure). Purchasing of recycled products,
particularly paper, also is growing as some of the largest buyers
have switched from virgin to recycled stock. (7/12/00)
- Effective this month, MIT boosted
the subsidy for employees and students who purchase MBTA passes
and raised the regular commuter parking fee by $30 to $390.
(7/12/00)