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XVIII No.
3 January / February 2006 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features an editorial on "Promotion and Tenure for Junior Faculty," an MIT Profiles featuring Mildred Dresselhaus, and an overview of the MIT retirement plans.
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| An Open Letter to the MIT Faculty MIT Chief of Oral Surgery Ed Seldin questions the recent Task Force report on Medical Care for the MIT Community. |
| MIT Poetry Professor of Literature Stephen Tapscott offers two valentine poems. |
| OpenCourseWare at Home Professor Shigeru Miyagawa talks about the benefits of OCW to the MIT community. |
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MIT, as a technology-oriented institute, initially considered life sciences from the perspective of engineering and public health. The MIT faculty, in collaboration
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The charge to the Task Force on Medical Care for the MIT Community was ambitious and the work prodigious. It was an extremely thoughtful and thorough endeavor.
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Editorial
MIT has a tradition of systems thinking – performing research with real-world impact – and therefore attracts faculty in boundary-crossing areas. This commitment to
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From the Faculty Chair
Among the improvements to faculty governance considered by the Faculty Policy Committee (FPC) last year was a suggestion to reorganize the Committee on
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Challenge I: Our students want to share experiences with us outside of the classroom and lab. Challenge II: How do I find the time to schedule this into my already over-full
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Letters
I was horrified by the article in the Faculty Newsletter Vol. XVIII No. 2 written by David G. Wilson, entitled "Tyranny Against a Whistle-Blower at MIT."
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An Open Letter to the MIT Faculty
I wish to share with you a reaction to the Report of the Task Force on Medical Care for the MIT Community from the perspective of a member of MIT's Dental Service.
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MIT Poetry
Of course I believe in the soul. Did you think I never loved anyone so strongly? |
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MIT Profiles
Mildred Dresselhaus was born and grew up in New York City. She received her PhD degree at the University of Chicago in 1958. She joined the MIT faculty in the |
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In November of 2005, I had the privilege of representing MIT and the OpenCourseWare project at the United Nations' World Summit on the Information
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Members of the faculty often acknowledge that they lack the time to monitor their progress towards retirement on an ongoing basis. The good news is information
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Last year, U.S. News & World Report published its 2006 edition of "America's Best Colleges." Among the PhD-granting institutions, MIT ranked seventh, tied with
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