MacVicar Day 2012

Innovations in Undergraduate Education at MIT: Past, Present, and Future

In the Tradition of Margaret MacVicar and Robert Silbey

Friday, March 16, 2012
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Refreshments at 2:30 PM

Bartos Theater, E15-070
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

Join us to honor the 2012 MacVicar Faculty Fellows and celebrate the tradition of excellence in teaching at MIT. This year’s program will also pay tribute to Robert Silbey, a champion for undergraduate education and a MacVicar Faculty Fellow, who passed away in October.

Program

Welcome and introduction of 2012 MacVicar Faculty Fellows by Daniel E. Hastings, Dean for Undergraduate Education, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems.

Symposium moderated by Diana Henderson, Dean for Curriculum and Faculty Support, and Professor of Literature.

        Speakers
    

Linda G. Griffith
School of Engineering Teaching Innovation Professor of Biological and Mechanical Engineering

Moungi G. Bawendi
Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry

John M. Essigmann
William and Betsy Leitch Professor of Toxicology and Chemistry and Housemaster, Simmons Hall

William Broadhead
Class of '54 Career Development Associate Professor of History

Arthur W. Bahr
Associate Professor of Literature

Closing Reflections
    

Joel Yuen '07
Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Physics at Harvard University

Robert P. Redwine
Professor of Physics and Director of the Bates Linear Accelerator