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MIT Faculty Newsletter  
contents Vol. XXVII No. 5
May / June 2015

This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features Tom Eagar asking "Is Research the Soul of MIT?"; Steve Hall reflecting on his time as Faculty Chair; and "Launching a Next Generation Sustainability Framework at MIT," by Julie Newman.

Spotlight
walking in snow
Interview with New MIT Corporation Chairman Robert Millard
MIT Corporation Chairman Robert Millard shares his views on MOOCs, MIT real estate, and a host of other subjects.
Federal Budget Priorities:
Public Transit Rather Than Nuclear Submarines

Fred Salvucci and Jonathan King express concern and show how federal budget priorities are affecting the MIT community.
 
Editorial
A Letter to the Class of 2015
Editorial Board of the MIT Faculty Newsletter
Greetings to you, the graduates! – and to your families. Together with the thousands of family members and friends gathered for Commencement, we share the . . .
Interview with New MIT Corporation Chairman Robert Millard
The following interview by the Faculty Newsetter (FNL) with MIT Corporation Chairman Robert Millard (RM) was held on April 14 of this year.
Is Research the Soul of MIT?
Thomas W. Eagar
Recently I was thumbing through the pamphlet MIT Facts 2015 distributed to visitors by the MIT Information Office, when I read on page 40 that "The Soul of MIT is . . .
From the Faculty Chair
Reflections on My Time as Chair of the Faculty
Steven Hall
My term as Chair of the MIT faculty ends this summer, and it has been a joy and an honor to serve in that role. For my last column as Faculty Chair, I'd like to reflect . . .
Krishna Rajagopal New Faculty Chair
Newsletter Staff
Krishna Rajagopal, Professor of Physics, will become Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2015 after serving as Chair-Elect for the past year. He has been learning the . . .
Federal Budget Priorities: Public Transit
Rather Than Nuclear Submarines
Frederick P. Salvucci, Jonathan King
This past winter, hundreds of MIT staff, students, and faculty had difficulty getting to and from work because of the inability of the transit system to handle the . . .
In Memoriam
Professor Stephan Chorover
Jonathan King
Steve Chorover, who passed away on February 20 at age 82, was a founding member of the MIT Faculty Newsletter. Instrumental in the development of the . . .
Launching a Next Generation Sustainability Framework at MIT
Julie Newman
MIT fosters a rich network of departments and initiatives working toward advancing sustainability on campus, locally, and around the world at all levels and scales.
M.I.T. Numbers
Faculty Demographics
   
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