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In brief

A regular meeting of the faculty will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 10-250. The agenda will include:

  • Vote on the "Sense of the Faculty" resolution on the importance of undergraduate mentoring, by Professor Hodges.
  • Proposal to change the date of Commencement in 2006, by Professor Graves.
  • Report on the name change of the Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Health, by Dean Magnanti.
  • Briefing on the Committee on Access to and Disclosure of Scientific Information, by Professor Graves.
  • Update on residential initiatives, by Chancellor Clay.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on February 13, 2002.

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