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XXIX No.
5 May / June 2017 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features "A Primer on Indirect Costs," the final From The Faculty Chair by outgoing Chair Krishna Rajagopal, and an article on MIT's Technology Licensing Office.
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| Highlights from MIT's Student Quality of Life Survey MIT's Institutional Research compares the 2017 and 2013 Student Quality of Life Surveys. |
| Susan Silbey New Faculty Chair Professor Susan S. Silbey will succeed Krishna Rajagopal as Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2017. |
| Some Musings on Retirement After 40 Years at MIT Prof. Harry Hemond offers some retirement reflections in verse. |
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Editorial Felicitations to you the graduates – and to your families! We join with the thousands of family members and friends gathered for Commencement, in sharing . . . |
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Did you know that MIT subsidizes every research grant that it receives, even when the grant includes full overhead costs? The reason isn’t because MIT has a bloated . . . |
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In February 2017, Dean for Student Life Suzy Nelson invited all enrolled students to provide feedback on their MIT experience by responding to an on-line survey. |
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From the Faculty Chair
As the academic year draws to a close, I will look back in this column on some of the many ways in which the Standing Committees of the Faculty have played their roles . . . |
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Professor Susan S. Silbey will succeed Krishna Rajagopal as Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2017, after serving as Chair-elect during the current academic year. |
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In the fair city of Cambridge / By Muddy Charles's stream / Scholars come from around the world / To join with academe |
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This semester saw over 1,000 members of MIT and the broader local community coming together in a large-scale, day-long civic engagement and action event, . . . |
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From rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula to questions about the future of the Iran nuclear agreement, the specter of nuclear conflict has returned as a concern for . . . |
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It’s been nearly a year since I arrived at MIT from Urbana-Champaign, having spent a decade leading the technology transfer office at the University of Illinois’ beautiful . . . |
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