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Faculty to meet Oct. 18

A regular meeting of the faculty will take place Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 32-123. The agenda includes:

��� Update on underrepresented minority faculty and graduate student recruitment and retention
��� Financial foundation for MIT's future: Fiscal year 2008 and beyond
��� Report from the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons
��� Remarks from President Susan Hockfield
��� Topics arising and questions for the president, provost and chancellor

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on October 18, 2006 (download PDF).

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