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XXXII No.
3 January / February 2020 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on the release of the Goodwin Procter report (Editorial; "MIT: Where Now?"; "Straighten Up & Fly Right"; From The Faculty Chair).
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| From The Faculty Chair Epstein and MIT: The Unanswered Questions Rick Danheiser comments on the Goodwin Procter report and related issues. |
| Statement from the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Guidelines for Outside Engagements Committee Chair Tavneet Suri explains their position on support of current grass-root efforts. |
| A New Center for MIT Sherry Turkle and Caroline Jones present a proposal for a new multidisciplinary center at MIT. |
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Editorial This issue contains important articles on the Jeffrey Epstein funding scandal and related issues from Professors Leigh Royden and Rosalind Williams, . . . |
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The August 2019 revelations that the MIT Media Lab had accepted donations from convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein sparked an upheaval among MIT faculty. |
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Nat King Cole’s classic song, “Straighten Up and Fly Right,” offers an apropos breather for those of us troubled by the commutative entanglement of EC and GP: |
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From The Faculty Chair
On January 10 the Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation released the long-awaited report by the law firm of Goodwin Procter titled “Concerning Jeffrey Epstein’s . . |
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In Memoriam It is with great sorrow that we acknowledge the passing of Professor Emeritus of Physics Aron Bernstein. A former member of the Faculty Newsletter Editorial Board . . . |
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At the September Institute faculty meeting, one of us lamented the difficulty of knowing what to do regarding MIT’s receipt of gifts from Jeffrey Epstein. That difficulty . . . |
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The members of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Guidelines for Outside Engagements were selected by Faculty Chairs Susan Silbey and Rick Danheiser . . . |
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MIT is in a unique position to establish an Institute-wide center with the capacity to address recurring problems provoked by rapid technological change. Our world . . . |
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On January 28, 2020, the MIT Council on Family and Work invited our entire MIT community of approximately 26,000 members to complete the 2020 Quality of Life . . . |
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There are some 98 MIT alumni chapters, 1,200 MIT faculty and leadership, and 365 days in the year. Given that each MIT faculty member has, on average, five extra- . . . |
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The Office of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar’s Office are pleased to announce this year’s MacVicar Day program. The event will take place on Friday, March 13 . . . |
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Letters I greatly appreciated Ruth Perry’s piece on changes at the MIT Coop and the sidelining of books (“A Bookstore Without Books,” MIT Faculty Newsletter, Vol. XXXII No. 2). |
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