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XXI No.
1 September / October 2008 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features our editorial calling upon the U.S. Presidential candidates to address issues of science and technology, an article on Institute plans for the Darwin Bicentennial celebration, a report on the new Global Education and Career Development Center, and "Agenda Items: New and Old" by Faculty Chair Bish Sanyal.
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| MIT's New Supercomputing Network Download speeds never before possible are now available thanks to this worldwide supercomputing network. |
| Problems in Evaluating Four-Year Colleges Plans for the use of standardized tests to evaluate performance at four-year colleges are scrutinized. |
| MIT 4th Best College, Top Engineering School Results from U.S. News & World Report show MIT's national ranking. |
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Editorial
As the U.S. Presidential campaign heads into its final weeks, we have been disturbed and disappointed that neither candidate has adequately addressed . . . |
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How long do you think it would take to download 10 full-length, high-definition movies from the Internet? Well, it could take you an hour, several hours . . . |
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Recent proposals by the federal Spellings Commission to use standardized tests to evaluate four-year college educations have sparked controversy. |
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From the Faculty Chair
It is intriguing how the beginning of a new academic year still evokes in me a sense of excitement mixed with apprehension. Every fall I look forward . . . |
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The Educational Commons Subcommittee (ECS) is a group of faculty appointed by the Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP) to extend and refine the work . . . |
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. . . the faculty regulates examinations and assignments for all subjects. Check the Web at web.mit.edu/faculty/termregs for the complete regulations. |
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In April 2008, the faculty approved the first curricular change to the undergraduate program as recommended by the 2006 Task Force on the . . . |
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MIT jumped to fourth (tied with Stanford) up from seventh in the latest U.S. News & World Report undergraduate national universities rankings . . . |
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2009 will be the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. |
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In July, the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education (DUE) announced the formation of the Global Education and Career Development Center. |
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Global warming, threatening the ability of our Earth to sustain human life, has become perhaps the preeminent environmental concern worldwide. |
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MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) is pleased to announce new funding for international faculty collaboration. . . |
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Author Wayne Muller offers this anecdote: Not ong ago I was speaking with Peter Durr, who for 20 years collaborated with Nobel Prize winner Werner . . . |
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Letters In his FNL article "Reconsidering the Value of Service to MIT," Bish Sanyal asks why so few faculty are involved in service. He proposes a few explanations . . . |
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