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MIT Faculty Newsletter  
contents Vol. XXX No. 4
March / April 2018

This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on "The Erosion of Social Norms Guiding the Government-University Relationship," by Bish Sanyal; Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis on "Improving the Urgent Care Experience Through Student-Informed Care"; and "The Nuclear Weapons Education Project."

Spotlight
walking in snow
MIT Undergraduate Education
at a Crossroads

The Officers of the Faculty reflect on the current undergraduate program and announce a June 14 workshop.
Naming the MIT Intelligence Quest
Ken Manning questions the naming choice of the new MIT Intelligence Quest Initiative (MIT/IQ).
Teach Talk: MIT Students and Deep Learning: Perspectives and Suggestions
Dave Pritchard continues the discussion on the efficacy of teaching physics at MIT.
 
Editorial
MIT Should Not Be Supporting the Saud Monarchy
This Patriots’ Day marks 243 years since farmers, tradesmen, merchants, and sailors fought a bloody war to throw off the yoke of King George and the British monarchy.
The Erosion of Social Norms Guiding
the Government-University Relationship
Bish Sanyal
Are we witnessing a major shift in the relationship between the federal government and universities? To speed up the industrialization of the nation in the nineteenth century,
Improving the Urgent Care Experience
Through Student-Informed Care
Cecilia Stuopis
Like all departments, labs, and centers, MIT Medical is always looking for ways to evolve and improve. Whether it’s focusing closer on the customer experience, . . .
From the Faculty Chair
MIT Undergraduate Education at a Crossroads
Susan S. Silbey, Rick Danheiser, W. Craig Carter
Whatever path one travels, Robert Frost taught us, we may come to think over time that the choice was consequential, “made all the difference.” But, along any selected path,
Naming the MIT Intelligence Quest
Kenneth R. Manning
When I first read President Reif’s letter announcing the new MIT Intelligence Quest (MIT/IQ) initiative, I was impressed with its vision and potential, but distressed by . . .
Nuclear Weapons Education Project
Luisa Kenausis, Aron Bernstein, Robert Redwine, Michael Hynes
Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to all of humanity by their very nature, and the recent tensions between the United States and North Korea have brought that . . .
Teach Talk
MIT Students and Deep Learning:
Perspectives and Suggestions
Dave Pritchard
In the September/October 2017 MIT Faculty Newsletter, Freeman et. al. (“How Deeply Are Our Students Learning?”) exhibit a number of apparently straightforward . . .
MIT Day of Action
Roger Levy, Sally Haslanger, Ceasar McDowell
for the MIT Day of Action Organizing Team
We are delighted to announce MIT’s second annual Day of Action, to be held on the ground floor of the Stata Center on Tuesday, April 17, from 10 am to 8 pm.
Higher Ed in the Era of #MeToo:
A Symposium for Faculty and Graduate Students
Stacey Lantz
The Graduate Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality (GCWS) at MIT is hosting a free half-day conference on how the recent . . .
Letters
Suicide and Sexual Harassment at MIT
Dan Stroock
MIT students have a significantly higher suicide rate than students at other universities. According to "Reappropriate," an Asian American feminist Website the rate of . . .
M.I.T. Numbers
MIT Research Expenditures 1940–2017
M.I.T. Numbers
MIT Research Expenditures 1940–2017
   
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