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MIT Faculty Newsletter  
contents Vol. XXIX No. 3
January / February 2017

This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features expanded editorial commentary on the new administration in Washington. We also offer a piece on the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative, and an introduction to MyLife Services.

Spotlight
walking in snow
Redevelopment of Volpe Site Offers MIT Rare Opportunity
Former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Fred Salvucci suggests ways MIT can best take advantage of a unique opportunity..
30 Years of Institutional
Research at MIT

A short history about the office that produces all those interesting facts, surveys, and M.I.T. Numbers.
 
Editorial
Faculty Voices from the Resistance
The multiple editorial voices in this issue of the Faculty Newsletter reflect some of the heightened concerns being expressed by faculty members responding to the . . .
Editorial
Do We Act Now?
For many faculty, staff, and students, the election and inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States is cause for alarm. The words and . . .
Editorial
Statement by the Steering Committee of the MIT Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS)
On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump issued an executive order of extraordinary breadth restrictinglegally recognized refugees and the nationals of . . .
Editorial
Destabilization From Modernizing Nuclear Weapons Capabilities?
Editorial Subcommittee
Among the most controversial pronouncements of President Trump has been his call that "The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability . . .
30 Years of Institutional Research at MIT
Kristen Bulger
This past October, the Institutional Research group celebrated 30 years of research, data collection, analysis, and service to the MIT community. What was originally . . .
Redevelopment of Volpe Site Offers MIT Rare Opportunity
Frederick P. Salvucci
The announcement that MIT has been designated to redevelop the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center site is very good news. That is, if the . . .
MIT Integrated Learning Initiative
Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
John Gabrieli, Parag Pathak
In February of 2016, as reported by MIT News, MIT President Rafael Reif announced the creation of the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili, pronounced "mightily") . . .
MyLife Services Offers Unique Support to MIT Personnel
Sandy Alexandre
It's the start of a new year. Congratulations to all of us who have the opportunity to participate – in whatever way we ultimately can – in the fresh start that this annual . . .
M.I.T. Numbers
Profile of MIT Faculty (AY 2017)
M.I.T. Numbers
MIT Faculty By Gender (AY 2017)
M.I.T. Numbers
MIT Faculty By Age Distribution (AY 2017)
Numbers
Status of World Nuclear Forces
   
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