Dear members of the MIT community, With all its unfolding opportunities and inherent risks, AI is now an evolving fact of life – everywhere and certainly at MIT. The societal implications and ethical ...

Dear members of the MIT community, With enthusiasm, I write to let you know about an important new strategic initiative to increase access to quality STEM education across the United States, in ...

Below my signature, you’ll find a letter from Provost Anantha Chandrakasan, Chancellor Melissa Nobles, and Chair of the Faculty Roger Levy. In January, they charged the Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in ...

TL;DR: Increased campus activism; reports of biased, hateful acts; taking steps to help community members feel safer; policies and guidelines re. events, postering, and free expression; expediting ...

Dear members of the MIT community, I am pleased to announce that, following a successful pilot, our Parley tool is now available to all MIT faculty, staff, and students. As mentioned in yesterday’s ...

Dear members of the MIT community, MIT undergraduates wholeheartedly embrace experiential learning. Before graduating, over 90% of students participate in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities ...

Dear members of the MIT community, With great sadness, I write to share the tragic news that Professor Nuno Loureiro, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), died early this morning ...

To the members of the MIT community, Following the Goodwin Procter report on MIT’s interactions with Jeffrey Epstein, President Reif asked that I create a process to review its findings about ...

Dear members of the MIT community, Seeing MIT up close for a year now, I’ve come to value something I could not fully appreciate from the outside: the matter-of-fact problem-solving ethos, the ...

We write today to share the outputs of the Working Group on Scholarly Content and Generative AI, which was co-chaired by Chris Bourg, MIT Libraries Director, and Claire Schneider, Counsel in the ...

Dear members of the MIT community, The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," along with a letter ...

Over the past few months, we have been modeling a variety of financial impacts that could result from changes at the federal level. Given the uncertain outlook for federal funding and policy, we are ...