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XXX No.
4 March / April 2018 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features commentary on "The Erosion of Social Norms Guiding the Government-University Relationship," by Bish Sanyal; Medical Director Cecilia Stuopis on "Improving the Urgent Care Experience Through Student-Informed Care"; and "The Nuclear Weapons Education Project."
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| MIT Undergraduate Education at a Crossroads The Officers of the Faculty reflect on the current undergraduate program and announce a June 14 workshop. |
| Naming the MIT Intelligence Quest Ken Manning questions the naming choice of the new MIT Intelligence Quest Initiative (MIT/IQ). |
| Teach Talk: MIT Students and Deep Learning: Perspectives and Suggestions Dave Pritchard continues the discussion on the efficacy of teaching physics at MIT. |
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Editorial This Patriots’ Day marks 243 years since farmers, tradesmen, merchants, and sailors fought a bloody war to throw off the yoke of King George and the British monarchy. |
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Are we witnessing a major shift in the relationship between the federal government and universities? To speed up the industrialization of the nation in the nineteenth century, |
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Like all departments, labs, and centers, MIT Medical is always looking for ways to evolve and improve. Whether it’s focusing closer on the customer experience, . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
Whatever path one travels, Robert Frost taught us, we may come to think over time that the choice was consequential, “made all the difference.” But, along any selected path, |
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When I first read President Reif’s letter announcing the new MIT Intelligence Quest (MIT/IQ) initiative, I was impressed with its vision and potential, but distressed by . . . |
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Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to all of humanity by their very nature, and the recent tensions between the United States and North Korea have brought that . . . |
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Teach Talk In the September/October 2017 MIT Faculty Newsletter, Freeman et. al. (“How Deeply Are Our Students Learning?”) exhibit a number of apparently straightforward . . . |
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We are delighted to announce MIT’s second annual Day of Action, to be held on the ground floor of the Stata Center on Tuesday, April 17, from 10 am to 8 pm. |
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The Graduate Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and Sexuality (GCWS) at MIT is hosting a free half-day conference on how the recent . . . |
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Letters MIT students have a significantly higher suicide rate than students at other universities. According to "Reappropriate," an Asian American feminist Website the rate of . . . |
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