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XIX No.
1 September / October 2006 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features "Science, Technology, Ethics, and Public Decision Making," by MIT President Emeritus Chuck Vest, an editorial on "The Need for Increased Faculty Involvement in Major Institute Initiatives," and our From The Faculty Chair feature by former and current Faculty Chair Steve Lerman.
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| International Development Fair Showcases Students' Global Development Experiences A look at some of the projects MIT students have tackled internationally. |
| House Mastering Recollected in Tranquility Jay Keyser reminisces about his tenure as housemaster at Senior House. |
| FOGS Report Highlights Graduate Student Cost Issues A summary of the key findings of the Committee on the Funding of Graduate Students (FOGS) |
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In universities we generally view ethics in science and technology in terms of critically important values and processes to be upheld in research and publication.
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Editorial
The relationship between universities and external funding agencies, including corporations, foundations, and government, has always required a very careful . . .
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The interactions between Prof. Susumu Tonegawa and Dr. Alla Karpova, at the time a postdoctoral fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, have been the subject of . . .
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From the Faculty Chair
If you've been away from MIT this summer, you might be wondering why this column is being written by me rather than by Lorna Gibson. I am pleased to be able to tell . . .
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MIT ranks 4th in the latest U.S. News & World Report undergraduate rankings, announced in the magazine's "America's Best Colleges" issue published in late . . .
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It has been a sixth of a century since I was housemaster at Senior House. Times change and so does house mastering. This is a reminiscence of what it was like then. |
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the faculty regulates examinations and assignments for all subjects. |
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The cost of supporting a Research Assistant (RA) on a grant or contract at MIT is higher than for many of its peer competitors, according to the recently released . . . |
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The National Research Council, which is part of the National Academies, has begun a project to assess U.S. research doctorate programs. A similar assessment was . . . |
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Teach Talk In her piece in the March/April issue of the Faculty Newsletter, Danielle Guichard-Ashbrook provides an overview of the impact of Homeland Security's . . . |
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MIT Poetry farm / girls / leave home / to escape / arranged marriages / making thirty-five cents . . . |
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Letters Thank you very much for this article [“Diversification of a University Faculty: Observations on Hiring Women Faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering . . . |
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Letters
I agree with your proposal in the May/June Faculty Newsletter ["A Modest Proposal: A Dental Insurance Plan for All Students"] that the Institute needs to find some way . . . |
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In Memoriam Vernon Martin Ingram, John and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Biochemistry, one of the founding fathers of Molecular Medicine, passed away on August 17, 2006 at age 82. |
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Think back to your undergraduate years. Where in the world were you? On campus, mostly? A semester in England or Spain, perhaps? Here's how some of our . . . |
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