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XVIII No.
5 May / June 2006 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features an overview of the MIT Corporation by Chairman Dana Mead, an update from the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons: "Lighting a Fire in MIT's Undergraduate Education," and "A Modest Proposal" for a dental health plan for students.
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| Reflections on the "Visualizing Cultures" Incident Professor of History Peter Perdue writes about the recent controversy surrounding a multimedia educational Website on East Asia. The MIT Chinese Student and Scholar Association also presents their view. |
| Energy Research Council and Forum: A Major New Institute Initiative Two articles on current MIT energy research, as well as a call for comments on the new Energy Initiative. |
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In our last Faculty Newsletter (March/April 2006), our colleague and co-chair of MIT's Faculty Diversity Council, Professor Nancy Hopkins, wrote an illuminating article . . .
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The MIT Corporation is the Institute's governing body or board of trustees. What does the MIT Corporation do? A former President of MIT opined for me recently: "It has . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
In this last Newsletter for the semester, I would like to summarize some of the main accomplishments of the standing committees of the faculty for the past year.
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Faculty Newsletter editorial board member Stephen J. Lippard has been awarded the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest science honor. |
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In light of the recent Report of the Energy Research Council at MIT and the May 3rd MIT Energy Forum, both of which exhibit the commitment to energy research . . .
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As part of the new energy initiative outlined in the Energy Research Council report, there is the need through MIT's future research and the development of our . . .
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Some one-third of our primary energy consumption is used to transport people and goods. So transportation is an important research area in our developing . . .
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In the winter of 2003, then-President Charles M. Vest charged a cross-section of the MIT faculty with undertaking a fundamental review of the common undergraduate . . .
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At the end of this academic year I'll be stepping down as Associate Provost for the Arts and returning to the bosom of my colleagues on the faculty of Music and . . . |
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Who would have imagined that a 100-year-old Japanese wood-block print could have caused so much trouble? It all began innocently enough, on April 23rd, when . . . |
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After actively participating in the resolution of the recent controversy surrounding the "Visualizing Cultures" Website, we at the Chinese Student and Scholar Association . . |
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This spring, MIT launched Phase One of a three-part, 18-month program evaluation of the undergraduate Communication Requirement (CR). As you will recall . . . |
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In "An Open Letter to the MIT Faculty" in a previous issue of the Faculty Newsletter (January/February 2006), I expressed the personal belief that the Institute creates . . . |
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The Faculty Resources Website has a new resource called "Current Practices in Graduate Student Administration." This compilation, illustrating current . . . |
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MIT Poetry Stir-crazy noctiluca, the dinoflagellate as night-light, enlightens a summer solstice |
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What do you do when confronted with an apparently unmotivated student? How do you deal with interpersonal conflicts that could jeopardize your research? |
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Use of information technology has become one of the most important factors in the success of academic, research, and administrative enterprise at MIT. |
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In March of this year, all undergraduate seniors were invited to complete an on-line satisfaction survey. This survey is administered every two years; this is the third . . . |
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The goal of the Smart Buy Purchasing Initiative is to simplify and improve the purchasing of commodities and services across the Institute – saving time and . . . |
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