| contents | Vol.
XXVII No.
5 May / June 2015 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features Tom Eagar asking "Is Research the Soul of MIT?"; Steve Hall reflecting on his time as Faculty Chair; and "Launching a Next Generation Sustainability Framework at MIT," by Julie Newman.
| Spotlight |
 |
| Interview with New MIT Corporation Chairman Robert Millard MIT Corporation Chairman Robert Millard shares his views on MOOCs, MIT real estate, and a host of other subjects. |
| Federal Budget Priorities: Public Transit Rather Than Nuclear Submarines Fred Salvucci and Jonathan King express concern and show how federal budget priorities are affecting the MIT community. |
 |
|
 |
Editorial Greetings to you, the graduates! – and to your families. Together with the thousands of family members and friends gathered for Commencement, we share the . . . |
|
The following interview by the Faculty Newsetter (FNL) with MIT Corporation Chairman Robert Millard (RM) was held on April 14 of this year. |
|
Recently I was thumbing through the pamphlet MIT Facts 2015 distributed to visitors by the MIT Information Office, when I read on page 40 that "The Soul of MIT is . . . |
|
From the Faculty Chair
My term as Chair of the MIT faculty ends this summer, and it has been a joy and an honor to serve in that role. For my last column as Faculty Chair, I'd like to reflect . . . |
|
Krishna Rajagopal, Professor of Physics, will become Chair of the Faculty on July 1, 2015 after serving as Chair-Elect for the past year. He has been learning the . . . |
|
This past winter, hundreds of MIT staff, students, and faculty had difficulty getting to and from work because of the inability of the transit system to handle the . . . |
|
In Memoriam Steve Chorover, who passed away on February 20 at age 82, was a founding member of the MIT Faculty Newsletter. Instrumental in the development of the . . . |
|
MIT fosters a rich network of departments and initiatives working toward advancing sustainability on campus, locally, and around the world at all levels and scales. |
|
M.I.T. Numbers |
| home this issue archives editorial board contact us faculty website |