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MIT presents Town Gown to Cambridge
In what has become an important component of the dialogue between MIT and the Cambridge community, Executive Vice President John Curry and a team of senior MIT officials presented the sixth annual Town Gown Report to the Cambridge Planning Board on Feb. 4.
The presentation before about 75 city councilors, staff and residents at the Senior Citizen's Center across from City Hall, was broader in scope than in previous years. In addition to facts, figures, and project updates, it also . . . [read more]
Vest to head DOE task force on science
U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham has named MIT President Charles M. Vest to head the Task Force on the Future of Science Programs at the Department of Energy.
The high-level task force will examine science and technology programs across the department and consider future . . . [read more]
University leaders oppose vague secrecy level in scientific research
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Ronald Atlas, John Marburger, M.R.C. Greenwood and Sheila Widnall testifying before the House Science Committee. Photo by Heidi Tringe, courtesy House Science Committee.
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University leaders have criticized government proposals designed to establish a vague new level of secrecy in scientific research. They told a Congressional committee that labeling some university research as "sensitive" but not "classified" could be counterproductive to development of new scientific discoveries and economic growth.
Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y., chair of the House Science Committee, opened the Oct. 10 hearing on "Conducting Research During the War on Terrorism: Balancing Openness and Security" with a strong statement supporting the . . . [read more]
Bush names Vest to advisory post
MIT President Charles M. Vest has been appointed to President George W. Bush's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Vest served on President Bill Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology from 1993 to 2001.
The council's 24 members, most of whom are academics or executives of high technology firms, met with Bush for the first time on Wednesday in an . . . [read more]
MIT lecturer appointed state environmental affairs secretary
Governor-elect Mitt Romney has appointed a senior lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management to serve as Massachusetts secretary for environmental affairs.
Ellen Roy, 43, a native of Newton, Mass., will join Romney's executive cabinet in January 2003.
"It all happened so quickly. This is an exciting opportunity to . . . [read more]
Nearly half of all US presidential science advisors have had ties to the Institute
MIT, the host for yesterday's 25th anniversary celebration of the creation of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has many links to presidential science advisors.
Eight of the 18 formal or informal science advisors to the President of the United States since 1940 have had ties to MIT, starting with Vannevar Bush, a member of the Class of 1916 and MIT vice president. He was . . . [read more]
Walter Milne, Cambridge ambassador and aide to six MIT presidents, dies at 80
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Walter L. Milne
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Walter L. Milne, 80, who played a key role over four decades as an aide to six MIT presidents and helped develop many Cambridge institutions as MIT's liaison to the city, died at his Cambridge home on Dec. 23 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
A memorial service will be held at MIT at a date to be arranged.
Milne served from 1951-91 in the MIT presidential administrations of . . . [read more]
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