23 faculty members receive tenureThe Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation has approved the award of tenure to the following faculty members, effective July 1, 2001. Unless otherwise noted, all of these promotions are from associate professor without tenure to associate professor with tenure. A reception was held in their honor at the President's House on May 22. In September, MIT Tech Talk will run an article with a brief profile of each faculty member. That article will include any additional faculty who are approved for tenure at the June meeting of the Executive Committee or over the summer. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGAeronautics and Astronautics -- Eric M.J. Feron, Simon Mark Spearing Bioengineering and Environmental Health -- Ram Sasisekharan Chemical Engineering -- Paul I. Barton Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -- Daniel N. Jackson, David R. Karger, Alexandre Megretski Materials Science and Engineering -- Caroline A. Ross Mechanical Engineering -- Seth Lloyd, Peter T.C. So SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNINGArchitecture -- Takehiko Nagakura Media Arts and Sciences -- Hiroshi Ishii SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCESEconomics -- Susan Athey Linguistics and Philosophy -- Kai von Fintel SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTDuncan Simester SCHOOL OF SCIENCEBiology -- Jianzhu Chen, Jacqueline Lees, Peter K. Sorger Brain and Cognitive Sciences -- Matthew Wilson Mathematics -- Michael Brenner (to full professor), Pavel Etingof (from assistant professor) Physics -- Peter H. Fisher (to full professor), Uwe-Jens Wiese. A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on May 23, 2001. |
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A reception was held yesterday at the President's House for newly tenured faculty members. Chatting with President Charles Vest (center) and his wife Rebecca Vest are (left to right) Seth Lloyd of mechanical engineering, Ram Sasisekharan of bioengineering and environmental health, and Hiroshi Ishii of media arts and sciences.
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