For almost 19 years the MIT Faculty Newsletter (FNL) has provided a forum for expression of faculty concerns and views, a major channel of communication . . .

In the course of time every major institution faces challenges, the management of which will shape its future – in theory and in practice. The management of change . . .

One of the interesting things about serving a second term as Chair of the Faculty is the opportunity to look back on some of the articles I wrote for the Faculty Newsletter.

Most MIT faculty have never received formal training in teaching, and the demands on our time make it difficult for us to go to the research to look for best practices.

Until the 1960s, many U.S. universities expressed little concern for the paucity of minority students attending their institutions. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 . . .

" MIT established the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Visiting Professor Program to enhance and recognize the contributions of outstanding scholars. The program . . ."

During a recent luncheon meeting with a distinguished faculty colleague (everybody in this environment claims such classification), I was asked what were the . . .

My visit to MIT as a Martin Luther King Visiting Professor was brief but rewarding. This visiting position afforded me new collaborations in thin film shape memory . . .

Underrepresentation of minorities at MIT has been a recurrent issue. The perception that MIT is not as accessible to, or as supportive and welcoming of minorities is a . . .

"One of the greatest challenges to filling the pipeline is identifying qualified candidates. Occasionally we find underrepresented minority students who fit the . . ."

On March 8, 2007, Prof. Thomas L. Magnanti, Dean of Engineering and Institute Professor, wrote a letter about Prof. James L. Sherley’s tenure and grievance . . .

William Wells, this is to tell you that the morning wet
Still beads the leaves with precision and abandon.
Comes now your beloved creeping damp, even as I write.

We have the sad duty to report that on December 10, 2006, our friend and colleague, Stephen M. Meyer, died after a long and heroic battle with cancer.

CMI, the Cambridge-MIT Institute, was envisioned as a bold experiment in international university cooperation. From the perspective of many of our faculty, . . .

After reading your contribution to the February 2007 special edition of the MIT Faculty Newsletter devoted to responses to the report of the Task Force on the UG . . .

I am writing to express my most sincere appreciation for your efforts in assembling the recent Faculty Newsletter about the report of the Task Force on the . . .

Wow. What a mission the Task Force undertook. The articles in the Newsletter offered many thoughtful responses. Basically, the problem is that the pie can be cut many . . .

Thank you for supporting the 2007 getfit@mit fitness challenge. The response to getfit@mit has been outstanding this year. Almost 2400 members of the MIT . . .