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 ...

Dear members of the MIT community, I want to describe some events that occurred at MIT today and reflect briefly on what they mean for our community. As many of you know, starting at 8:00 this morning ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

Dear members of the MIT community, I write to describe the potential impact of a recent announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and to share the actions we’re taking in response. As ...

Dear members of the MIT community, As you are likely aware, last week President Trump signed a major tax and spending bill into law. The bill burdens MIT and several other universities with a new 8% ...

Update, October 15, 2025: The Committee has concluded its work. Update, April 9, 2025: The Ad Hoc Committee is active and welcomes input from the MIT community (Touchstone login required). Dear ...

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 ...