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XXXI No.
5 May / June 2019 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on the Congressional Discretionary Budget (Editorial); announcement of the new Chair of the Faculty; an update on the renovations to Hayden Library; and discussion of the Random Faculty Dinners.
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| Time to Up Our Game In her final column as Faculty Chair, Susan Silbey stresses the importance of MIT significantly increasing its focus on climate change. |
| An Update on MIT's Climate Action Plan Vice President for Research Maria Zuber highlights the updates in the Institute's continuing Climate Action Plan. |
| Introducing the Faculty Committee on Campus Planning Committee Chair Deborah Ancona comments on the activities of the Faculty Committee on Campus Planning, |
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Editorial One of the clearest expressions of national values and national priorities is the annual budget voted by the U.S. Congress, the Congressional Discretionary Budget. |
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We join with the thousands of family members and friends gathered for Commencement in sharing the excitement of your graduation. MIT’s Faculty value . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
This is my final column as Chair of the Faculty. It is uncharacteristically short in hopes of communicating an unambiguous and urgent message: we can no longer engage . . . |
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I am pleased for this opportunity to share with you some thoughts about MIT’s progress under our Climate Action Plan (CAP). Let’s begin by going back to 2015. It was the . . . |
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Rick L. Danheiser, A. C. Cope Professor of Chemistry, will succeed Susan Silbey as Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2019. Rick has been Chair-elect during the current . . . |
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The monthly Random Faculty Dinners continue Samuel Jay Keyser’s tradition of convening faculty from across the Institute for a meal and collegial chat. Toward the . . . |
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When we announced our plans for the partial renovation of Hayden Library back in January, we shared that our goal for the project was to create a destination for MIT . . . |
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As the Chair of the MIT Faculty Committee on Campus Planning (CCP), I would like to introduce you to our work. Why should you care? We are in the midst of the largest . . . |
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Letters While I agree with the deep concern of many of my MIT colleagues with regard to formal ties to Saudi “State-Controlled Entities,” the situation is more complicated. |
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