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Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building Dedication
What a tremendous pleasure to welcome you all – for the very first time! – to the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building – and to this showcase of so much MIT talent!
And of course, this opening event also marks the triumphant conclusion of years of dreaming,…
- Letter to the Community
Actions out of bounds in our community
Dear members of the MIT community,
For more than a year, our community has grappled with issues around free expression, including the question of when expression crosses a line into harassment and personal targeting, which we must not and will not tolerate.…
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Launch of MIT HEALS
Good morning! I’m Sally Kornbluth, President of MIT – and I’m delighted to welcome you to the launch of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative – or, simply, “MIT HEALS.”
I'll have more to say about MIT HEALS in a moment.
But first: It’s my…
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Welcome remarks for MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) Kick-off
Thank you, Keeril – and good afternoon, everybody! I’m thrilled that so many of you were able to join us!
I want to start by quickly thanking everyone who is part of this afternoon’s program – from our exceptional faculty speakers to our student performers to…
- Letter to the Community
A view from 02139
Dear MIT graduates and friends,
This week, when Professors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson PhD ’89 received the 2024 Economics Nobel, institutional pride and respect for their scholarship radiated from everybody you spoke to here – a shared sense of how…
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Press conference re. Acemoglu & Johnson winning 2024 Economics Nobel Prize
Thank you, Kimberly. Good morning, everybody!
I’m delighted to say out loud what you already know: This morning, the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor, and…