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XVIII No.
1 September/October 2005 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features the initial "From The Faculty Chair" by Lorna Gibson, an article by Ernst Frankel on the impact of homeland security restrictions, and a primer on classroom scheduling by the registrar, Mary Callahan.
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| So, Just What Does an MIT Provost Do? New MIT Provost Rafael Reif shares some secrets about his new job. |
| Update from the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons Task Force Chair Bob Silbey discusses the how's and why's of similar past committees and offers insights into current thinking. |
| Computation for Design and Optimization: A New SM Program in the School of Engineering Jaime Peraire and Robert Freund outline the parameters of the new CDO program. |
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Many of you (including a dean or two!) have recently asked me: "So, what does an MIT provost do?" And, "What does the word 'provost' mean, anyway?" |
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Editorial MIT and other research universities have a particular responsibility to bring clarity and truth to the technical issues underlying national policy decisions, whether military, . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
Over the last year, a number of colleagues have asked me "What does the Chair of the Faculty do?" I'd like to begin by describing some of the main duties of the position. |
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the faculty regulates examinations and assignments for all subjects. |
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Increasingly strict interpretations of so-called U.S. security requirements and subsequent imposition of barriers to entry of foreign nationals is affecting both . . . |
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There will always be some disagreement about the ideal place to summer. While many note that Cape Cod combines convenience and style, others insist that a . . . |
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The Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons has been working for over a year-and-a-half on its charge to review the General Institute Requirements . . . |
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Jonathan Birge is running a simulation of a femtosecond laser cavity on his computer in RLE's Ultrafast Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory. Birge, now in his . . . |
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MIT Poetry I was there riding in my mother's car with father who was driving. We got lost |
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A bold new idea has evolved from exciting community-authored initiatives. |
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The Editorial Board of the Faculty Newsletter has decided to unrestrict the Newsletter Website (web.mit.edu), making it available to anyone with an Internet connection . . . |
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Letters
In his response to Professor Ted Postol's allegations of scientific misconduct at Lincoln Laboratory, Provost Bob Brown writes . . . that MIT has been unable to . . . |
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For years the urban legend at MIT regarding the assigning of classroom space has been that there is a secret algorithm that is applied. In this article I will attempt to . . . |
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What do Profs. Noam Chomsky and Nancy Hopkins have in common with talk show host Jerry Springer, professional basketball player Latrell Sprewell, rap music star . . . |
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MIT faculty, with their dedication to teaching, their desire to excel, and their willingness to be pioneers, have inspired, and often led educational technology . . . |
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