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XXXII No.
4 March / April 2020 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter focuses on the Institute's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and also offers understanding of the coronavirus from a scientific viewpoint.
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| From The Faculty Chair: Education in the Time of Covid-19. Rick Danheiser describes some of the machinations related to the necessity of online teaching. |
| Coronavirus Structure, Vaccine and Therapy Development Jonathan King, Melissa Kosinski-Collins, and Eric Sundberg approach the coronavirus from a scientific point of view. |
| PKG Center Connects MIT Students with Broader Community Needs How the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center has modified its activities in response to the coronavirus pandemic. |
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Editorial
As we go to press, more than 95% of the U.S. population has been told to stay home. Over 22 million people have filed for unemployment and, as of today, April 19, 2020, |
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From the Faculty Chair
The crisis brought on by the Covid-19 global pandemic has turned all of our worlds upside down. For me, a bright spot has been seeing how the Institute and the MIT . . . |
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Many concerned over the coronavirus outbreak may find it useful to understand more about coronaviruses than is currently being communicated by media sources. |
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Below is a list of what I heard to be some of the main points of faculty who shared their thoughts at the Faculty Town Hall on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. I am sharing . . . |
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I attended the MIT Faculty Forum on February 5, 2020 in 10-250 as I wanted to hear what is on the minds of my colleagues on the current state of affairs at MIT in terms . . . |
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As the now frequent MIT Alert emails demonstrate, staff and faculty have worked from their home offices and kitchen tables to help thousands of students to move off . . . |
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Letters I wonder sometimes whether there is any pretense that the Faculty Newsletter attempts to represent the general sentiments of our faculty or, instead, the crusading and . . . |
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