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XVII No.
4 March/April 2005 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features Rafael Bras on two disturbing incidents at the Institute, an editorial by two of the "younger generation" of MIT faculty, and Nancy Hopkins on her reaction to Harvard President Lawrence Summers at the NBER conference.
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| When Everything is Secret, There is No Truth Ted Postol follows up on his allegations that Lincoln Labs misled federal investigators. |
| Summary Report from the Ad Hoc Committee on the Faculty Quality of Life Faculty feedback and committee recommendations for improving faculty quality of life at MIT. |
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From the Faculty Chair
Two incidents that occurred at the Institute this month disturb me a great deal. In the first, a group of male students walked out in protest during the unveiling of the new . . . |
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Editorial It is one of those crisp, frigid Cambridge mornings in early March. The Charles River is still frozen solid and the sky is saturated a deep blue as students scurry across . . . |
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On January 14, the President of Harvard, Lawrence Summers, stopped in at a conference held by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) . . . |
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For the past year, the provost's Ad Hoc Committee on the Faculty Quality of Life (FQL) has been working to understand how satisfied MIT faculty members are . . . |
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An Open Letter to the MIT Faculty In November 2002, Professor Edward Crawley recommended a full investigation of my allegations of fraud in Lincoln Laboratory's evaluation of a critical . . . |
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This is the second article in a series on non-traditional faculty appointments at MIT. In the first article we discussed how Professors of the Practice are bringing a sense . . . |
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MIT Poetry Beautiful from the get-go, we were / incarnations of the new, and pure sex. / I'll miss that, along with the unicorns. |
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The end of the calendar year marked the conclusion of the Institute's seven-year capital campaign. Reaching our $2 billion goal with another $53 million in . . . |
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Student Leaders Report How do graduate students rate MIT faculty support for academic and professional advising? Are they learning the skills and getting the training and advice . . . |
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How would MIT's premier ranking for research and education excellence compute if metrics measuring an institution's environmental performance were included . . . |
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MIT's retirement benefits can help you build long-term savings and provide you with sources of income when you retire from the Institute. |
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