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  • Letter to the Community

    VP for Resource Development Julie Lucas to step down

    Dear members of the MIT community,

    I write to let you know that, after more than a decade of service, Julie A. Lucas has advised me of her decision to step down as MIT’s vice president for resource development (VPRD). She has set her last day as June 30,…

  • Letter to the Community

    Further responses to federal actions

    Dear members of the MIT community,

    I write to bring you up to date on developments in two areas where recent government actions are interfering with the normal functioning of MIT, diminishing our ability both to serve the nation and to attract the world’s…

  • Letter to the Community

    Howard University President Ben Vinson III to present March 17 Compton Lecture

    To the members of the MIT community:

    I hope you will join me on Monday, March 17, as Dr. Ben Vinson III, distinguished historian and president of Howard University, delivers the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture.

    AI in an Age After Reason: A Discourse on…

  • Transcript

    Update from President Kornbluth on MIT’s response to federal actions

    Hello, everyone.

    I’m not bringing you any breaking news. I just want to offer a couple of observations about recent developments…and let you know how we intend to go forward from here.

    As you may be seeing in your own units, as federal actions continue…

  • Letter to the Community

    New Leadership to Advance MIT HEALS

    Dear members of the MIT community,

    At the December launch of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS), I promised we would soon announce a faculty lead, and today I'm delighted to let you know that we have appointed Angela Koehler. A…

  • Letter to the Community

    Provost Cynthia Barnhart to step down

    Dear members of the MIT community,

    I write to let you know that Cynthia Barnhart SM ’86, PhD 88, the Abraham J. Siegel Professor of Management Science and Professor of Operations Research, has decided to step down as MIT’s provost. To help us navigate the…