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XX No.
2 November / December 2007 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features the Provost and Chancellor on "Should MIT Increase the Size of the Faculty?"; A White Paper on institutional international exchanges by Dean Hastings; and insight into the workings of the Office of Admissions by Acting Director Stuart Schmill.
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| The MIT Energy Initiative: One Year Later The director and deputy director of the MIT Energy Initiative relate its progress to date. |
| Avoiding a Rush to Judgement: Implications of the Star Simpson Affair Did MIT act inappropriately in issuing a press release before all facts were known? |
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Just 10 men comprised the first faculty after MIT’s founding in 1861. With a handful of students in rented space these professors built the foundations of the . . . |
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Editorial
Recent faculty discussions have focused on MIT’s roles and responsibilities regarding major global problems.The President’s state of the Institute report in this . . . |
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The Faculty Newsletter is now accepting nominations for candidates to serve on the Newsletter Editorial Board. All current faculty members or professors emeriti are . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
When I became the Chair of the Faculty in June 2007, I was aware that MIT needed to forge a new consensus – a new “social contract” among the faculty, administration . . . |
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We announced some time ago a plan to return the MIT undergraduate population to ~4,500 from the present number of ~4,100. As many of our faculty colleagues may . . . |
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On Friday morning, September 21, Star Simpson was arrested at Logan Airport. Before Ms. Simpson, '10, was able to return to MIT to seek help following her . . . |
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My enthusiasm was kindled by our new Chair of the Faculty's first public comments at our first faculty meeting of the fall, on September 19, 2007. Professor . . . |
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Letters MIT is a community and in many ways an extended family. For our younger students i particular, we act in the absence of parents. If my son had been arrested at . . . |
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The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) was formally established in November 2006, with a broad mandate to address global energy and associated environmental challenges: |
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As members of the faculty, we all recognize the critical importance of our ability to recruit the very best faculty in our fields of education and research, in order to . . .
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MIT Poetry At first, I ascended next to Troilus / in the seventh sphere / looking down on our planet |
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The recent U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges, in which MIT fell from fourth to seventh, has resulted in much discussion and consternation within . . . |
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In 2004, 10% of MIT faculty reported spending 80 or more hours per week doing MIT-related work, and 13% reported sleeping, on average, five hours or fewer per . . . |
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MIT, like many internationally oriented universities, is discussing how to lead in an era where there are global economies and global collaborations. Like all modern . . . |
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As the outstanding students in the class of 2011 settle into their lives as the newest members of MIT, I thought it would be a good time to provide you with a window . . . |
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Would you be prepared to be locked out of your office or lab for 40 days? MIT occupants at One Broadway, in Kendall Square, had that experience last winter. |
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How would you feel about colleagues who wish to read a paper you wrote for a professional organization being limited in the number of times they were allowed . . . |
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