| contents | Vol.
XXXI No.
3 January / February 2019 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on the recent revision and experiment regarding the first year experience, "Core Values"; and letters by History and Philosophy Department faculty to Associate Provost Lester concerning his report on MIT's relationship with Saudi Arabia.
| Spotlight |
 |
| Candidates for Upcoming Election to Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board Short bios on the upcoming faculty-wide election of members to the FNL Editorial Board. |
| The New MIT Homepage: Response by the MIT Office of Communications to the Article in the November/December FNL A response to the recent FNL article critical of the new MIT homepage. |
 |
|
 |
Editorial We appreciate the thoughtful consideration of the issues relating to agreements between MIT and the Saudi monarchy and its agencies in the February 6 letters . . . |
|
The MIT system of core science General Institute Requirements (GIR) is under attack.This system was put in place in 1965, following a report of a committee led . . . |
|
We write as historians and members of the MIT Faculty in response to your report to President Reif on MIT’s current engagements with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). |
|
Prof. Lester says in his report that it is appropriate for MIT to reconsider its relationship with Saudi Arabia, given that “large-scale violations of political, civil, and human . . . |
|
The origin of the Faculty Newsletter (FNL) came out of the errors in governance surrounding the dissolution of the Department of Applied Biological Sciences (ABS) . . . |
|
In Memoriam It is with great sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of Professor Emeritus of Ocean Engineering Ernst G. Frankel MME '60, SM '60. A long-time member of the . . . |
|
The MIT homepage, which launched in a redesigned form last summer, is the Institute’s face to the world. For more than a decade, its previous iteration served our various . . . |
|
Fifty years ago, on March 4, 1969, most research and teaching at MIT came to a halt, as students, faculty, and staff at MIT held a “Scientists Strike for Peace.” The strike . . . |
|
The Office of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar’s Office are pleased to announce this year’s MacVicar Day program titled “The Educated Student: Thinking and Doing . . . |
|
An Open Letter to All MIT Faculty In an open letter to then-Provost Rafael Reif published in the February 6, 2007 issue of The Tech titled "A Plea for Fairness at MIT," a group of MIT faculty took the MIT . . . |
|
The Committee on Curricula serves to implement the General Institute Requirements and Course Curricula for undergraduates, including acting with power on: . . . |
|
M.I.T. Numbers |
| home this issue archives editorial board contact us faculty website |