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  • Letter to the Community

    Seeking nominations: MLK Leadership Awards and staff speaker

    Dear members of the MIT community, Each year, the MIT community gathers to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 2024, we’ll reach an important milestone: the Institute’s 50th MLK celebration! In the past, there have been…
  • Letter to the Community

    With ratification, a new beginning

    Dear members of the MIT community, As you may have heard, the members of MIT’s Graduate Student Union have voted to ratify the contract their leaders agreed to earlier this month. I want to express my appreciation to everyone who played a role in…
  • Letter to the Community

    Listening – and organizing ourselves for impact

    Dear members of the MIT community, With a number of key building projects under way, parts of campus have a certain gritty, “under construction” feeling. But all the cranes and scaffolding also bring a sense of progress and possibility. That’s a useful…
  • Letter to the Community

    New MIT role for Maria Zuber; search for senior vice provost for research

    Dear members of the MIT community, I write to share important changes in the leadership of our research enterprise – two steps I believe will advance MIT’s interests in shaping science and technology policy and in helping our faculty achieve their research…
  • Letter to the Community

    Make a plan to vote in November!

    To the members of the MIT community, Thanks to the efforts of many in our community, student voter turnout has been rising at MIT, and I want us to continue this trend – not just for students, but for all MIT voters. I encourage everyone to make a plan to…
  • Letter to the Community

    Preparing for fall, launching a key search

    Dear members of the MIT community, I’m taking some time this summer to step back, reflect and relax – and I hope you can too. But I’m also getting ready for the fall. These preparations include strategic adjustments in senior leadership responsibilities…
  • Letter to the Community

    Thoughts on upcoming Supreme Court decisions that may affect admissions

    Dear members of the MIT community, As you may be aware, the US Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in two cases testing the legality of race-conscious admissions in higher education. I write to you in advance, prompted by some powerful recent…
  • Speech

    OneMIT Ceremony – Charge to the graduates

    Anna, and A.J. ­– thank you both, for your remarks and for your leadership. There’s an old piece of wisdom from show business: Never follow an act with kids, or animals – or, as we’ve just seen…with Mark Rober! But since A.J. and Anna rose to the…
  • Letter to the Community

    Interim ICEO and associate provost for faculty advancement named

    Dear members of the MIT community, When we wrote with the news that Institute Community and Equity Officer (ICEO) John Dozier will leave MIT on June 30, we noted that searches at that level can take time. Two interim roles We are therefore delighted to…
  • Speech

    Inaugural Address

    Thank you, Madam Chair. President Hockfield. President Reif. For everything you’ve done to foster the strength, spirit and potential of MIT – thank you!  I aspire to build on what you achieved for the Institute.  President Sheares Ashby – Valerie, my old…