- Letter to the Community
Deeply troubling campus incident
Dear members of the MIT community,
Though I regret having to interrupt what for many is a summer break, I must let you know about extremely troubling actions over the weekend.
On Sunday, the Stata Center was vandalized with spray-painted messages…
- Letter to the Community
Worth fighting for: MIT and American science, innovation and education
Dear MIT graduates and friends,
In a letter last fall, I offered fresh evidence of how MIT continues to live out its mission and values, with direct benefits to the American people. In April, I sought your help in convincing Congress that …
- Speech
Naming Celebration for the L. Rafael Reif Innovation Corridor
Wow! A rhumba! Rafael, as I’m sure you realize, this is one of the wildly unfair advantages of hailing from Venezuela – versus, say, New Jersey.
So, huge appreciation to the incomparable John Harbison for composing the “Rhumba for Rafael” for his…
- Letter to the Community
Anantha Chandrakasan named MIT provost
Dear members of the MIT community,
I’m delighted to share the news that Anantha Chandrakasan – chief innovation and strategy officer, dean of engineering and longtime member of the faculty – has agreed to serve as MIT’s next provost. He’ll begin in the role…
- Letter to the Community
Rejecting antisemitism and targeting
Dear members of the MIT community,
In my time as president, I have been very clear that protecting freedom of expression is deeply important to the intellectual health and vitality of MIT. I have also been clear that we absolutely reject…
- Letter to the Community
Support for lawsuit defending scientific research
Dear members of the MIT community,
Recently, Harvard University filed suit to block a federal action to eliminate all grant funding it receives from the US government.
This afternoon, we joined a broad group of US research universities in filing this…