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XXVII No.
4 March / April 2015 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on concerns of international importance: Editorial: "Global Issues Confront Us All." Faculty Chair Steve Hall addresses the process for effecting change in educational curricula.
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| Campus Conversation on Climate Change Vice President for Research Maria Zuber discusses climate change and the issue of whether MIT should divest from fossil fuel companies. |
| Advancing a Respectful and Caring Community ICEO Officer Ed Bertschinger leads off a seven-article perspective on the recent ICEO report. |
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Editorial Our lead articles in this Newsletter tackle squarely issues of enormous global concern – the threat from global climate change, and the threat of the use of nuclear weapons. |
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When President Reif announced the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI) last spring, he called for a campus conversation on climate change to gain input as to . . . |
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Letters Until MIT itself divests from using fossil fuels, it would be hypocritical for us to sign a petition to divest from fossil fuel companies. Indeed, given that many fossil fuel . . . |
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Nuclear weapons are back in the news with the negotiations with Iran. If an agreement is reached we anticipate some strong opposition in Congress. |
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From the Faculty Chair
At MIT, our shared governance system means that the faculty play an important role in setting educational policy. Overall, the role of the Institute-wide standing faculty . . . |
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In 2013, I shifted roles from Physics Department head to the Institute Community and Equity Officer (ICEO) at MIT. This new position includes oversight of MIT’s efforts to. . . |
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MIT has been a prime continuously evolving educational enterprise charted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for more than fifteen decades. |
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Institute Community and Equity Officer Ed Bertschinger’s report serves as a made-to-order blueprint for implementing the mission of his office: “to advance a respectful . . . |
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MIT’s Mission Statement: “To advance knowledge and educate students” “To bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges” |
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Letters I am writing in support of the recommendations in “Advancing a Respectful and Caring Community: Learning by Doing at MIT”, by Professor Edmund Bertschinger . . . |
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The Undergraduate Association (UA) is the student government of MIT and represents over 4,500 undergraduate students to faculty, administrators, and the . . . |
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The Institute Community and Equity Officer report is a comprehensive document that identifies a broad spectrum of issues and prioritizations across the 26,400 person . . . |
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ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor ID), the community standard for identification of contributors in scholarly communication, is being integrated into MIT systems. |
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Letters In the article on “The Future of MIT Education” authors Sanjay Sarma, Karen Willcox, and Israel Ruiz state:“Accordingly, the two central tensions that are clear in the . . . |
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