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MIT Administration
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MIT sells $550 million in taxable century bonds
Proceeds will support long-term campus renewal and development under the MIT 2030 framework.
April 1, 2014 -
Karen Gleason named associate provost
Brings 27 years’ faculty experience and strong ties with industry.
April 1, 2014 -
Michael Moody joins MIT as Institute Auditor
Brings audit, compliance, and financial experience built over 25 years in the public and private sectors.
March 17, 2014 -
The Committee on Animal Care solicits feedback
March 14, 2014 -
AeroAstro professor David Miller named NASA’s chief technologist
Miller will serve as NASA’s principal advisor and advocate on technology policy and programs.
March 13, 2014 -
Undergraduate tuition and fees to rise 3.5 percent next year
Increase to be offset by $95 million in financial-aid expenditures.
March 7, 2014 -
MIT community celebrates the life of Charles M. Vest
Actions of MIT’s 15th president have ‘grown to inspire generations,’ Reif says.
March 7, 2014 -
In praise of the Institute’s unsung heroes
Annual MIT Excellence Awards features presentation of first Collier Medal, to 56 members of MIT EMS.
February 26, 2014 -
MIT follows up on questions raised in Aaron Swartz case
President Reif and Academic Council consider MIT’s commitment to open access, its document-retention policies, and general community feedback
February 13, 2014 -
Thomas Roemer to be LGO's new executive director
Former MIT Sloan faculty member succeeds retiring director Don Rosenfield.
February 6, 2014 -
Martin Schmidt named provost; Cynthia Barnhart named chancellor
Two faculty members named to MIT’s most senior academic posts first arrived at the Institute as students in the early 1980s.
February 3, 2014 -
‘Good ideas come from anyone, anywhere’
MIT Diversity Summit celebrates inclusion and meritocracy.
January 28, 2014 -
Charles Vest memorial service set for March 6
MIT community will gather to honor and celebrate the life of the Institute’s 15th president, who died Dec. 12.
January 28, 2014 -
Adèle Naudé Santos, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, to step down
Ten-year tenure marked by an invigorated faculty, consolidated space, increased applications; Reif applauds ‘her remarkable eye for talent’
January 28, 2014 -
Robert Shin named director of Beaver Works
January 23, 2014 -
MIT and Harvard release working papers on open online courses
Research findings challenge common misconceptions, offer surprising insights about how students engage with MOOCs.
January 21, 2014 -
Fundraising effort contributes $35,000 to Sean A. Collier Memorial Fund
Tour de Force NY presents check at ceremony attended by the mayor of Boston and representatives of MIT and local police forces.
January 10, 2014 -
Elizabeth Johnson, widow of former MIT president Howard Johnson, dies at 92
Known for her ‘warmth, kindness, and gracious good sense’ during campus upheaval in the late 1960s, Johnson helped lead MIT at a divisive time.
January 8, 2014 -
Hazel Sive steps down as associate dean of the School of Science
Biologist’s six-year administrative tenure focused on educational initiatives and on diversity and inclusiveness among faculty and postdocs.
December 20, 2013 -
Former MIT president Charles M. Vest dies at 72
As the Institute’s leader from 1990 to 2004, he sparked a period of dynamism.
December 13, 2013