Found 173 Results for Letters to the community

Seeking candidates: Vice Provost for International Activities

Letters · The VPIA provides intellectual leadership, guidance, and oversight of the Institute’s international policies and engagements.

Faculty Portable Child Care Subsidy Program

Letters · Support is available to faculty through the Faculty Portable Child Care Subsidy (FPCCS) program.

Mitigating risk in international and outside professional activities

Letters · Vice Provost Richard Lester shares new resources for faculty and researchers.

Nominate an outstanding MIT employee this spring

Letters · We invite you to consider those individuals who have made MIT a better place and to submit a nomination on their behalf.

Register to participate in Commencement 2024

Letters · We encourage all staff to take an active role in Commencement festivities.

Final update on Task Force 2021 and Beyond implementation progress

Letters · There has been significant progress toward our shared goal of “building a better MIT” thanks to the blueprints for action provided to us by Task Force 2021.

Update on search for next dean of MIT Sloan

Letters · The plan is to begin stakeholder engagement this semester and complete the search process before the end of the fall 2024 semester.

Sam Altman in Conversation with Sally Kornbluth – Thursday May 2

Letters · We are pleased to invite you to a special event featuring Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, in conversation with MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

Progress on search for next dean of MIT Sloan

Letters · Six faculty members will join the search committee, and three advisory groups will provide input into the committee’s work.

Disciplinary next steps regarding some students

Letters · Student Life staff have now initiated disciplinary actions, which will apply in the interim until cases are reviewed by the faculty-led Committee on Discipline (COD)

Addressing questions regarding recent campus events

Letters · We are pleased to share this FAQ that seeks to address these questions.

Join MIT Solve on May 22

Letters · I write to invite you to attend the public opening plenary of Solve at MIT 2024.

Duane Boning Appointed Vice Provost for International Activities

Letters · In his new role, Duane will provide intellectual leadership, guidance, and oversight of the Institute’s international engagements and policies.

Assessing progress to address faculty gender and racial inequities

Letters · Together we can celebrate our progress and identify collective strategies to address the essential work that remains unfinished.

Launching leadership search for MIT Life Sciences & Health Collaborative

Letters · The collaborative will spur interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of engineering, science, computing and AI, economics, business, policy, design and the built environment, and the humanities.

Nominate MLK Visiting Scholars for Academic Year 2025–2026

Letters · We encourage all of you to reach out through your networks and consider submitting a nomination.

New leadership for SMART

Letters · Professor Bruce Tidor will become interim CEO and director of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) in January.

Announcing the new dean of MIT Sloan

Letters · Rick Locke PhD '89 will become the next John C Head III Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, effective July 1, 2025.

Hiring freeze for non-essential positions

Letters · Given the uncertain outlook for federal funding and policy, we are now adopting a more careful stance on budgeting and hiring – much as MIT has done in the past in the face of abrupt and unpredictable financial challenges.

Recognizing Outstanding MIT Employees

Letters · We invite you to consider those individuals who have excelled in their work and submit a nomination on their behalf for several awards.

Register to participate in Commencement 2025

Letters · As we prepare for Commencement 2025, we write to provide details on the festivities and to urge you to take part.

Register to participate in Commencement 2025

Letters · MIT Commencement is a time for everyone at the Institute to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of our graduating students.

Update to international travel guidance

Letters · I encourage you to review the guidance and share it with members of your department, lab, or center at MIT, noting that it is of relevance to both visa holders and U.S. permanent residents.

Graduate Research Assistant Tuition Subsidy

Letters · Following engagement with faculty and the deans of our schools and college, we will soon change the way that we fund research assistant (RA) tuition from the central budget.

Vice Provost Philip Khoury to step down

Letters · I write today to announce that Philip Khoury will step down as vice provost for the arts effective August 31.

Launch of Search Advisory Committee for Dean of Engineering

Letters · I write to update you on the search for the next dean of the School of Engineering.

Major tax impact on MIT and its mission

Letters · An update on recently enacted tax and spending bill.

Sharing final career advancement report recommendations

Letters · I write to share the final report of the Task Force 2021 Refinement and Implementation Committee on Career Support for Lecturers and Technical Instructors (RIC 7).

Update on Paula Hammond’s new role

Letters · I write to provide you with details on Executive Vice Provost Paula Hammond’s expanded portfolio of responsibilities within the Provost’s Office.

New policy on employee conflict of commitment

Letters · The letter announces a new streamlined system, MyCOI-OPA+, for consolidated reporting of financial conflicts of interest and outside professional activities, as well as a Conflict of Commitment policy that applies to all Institute employees.

Launch of search for next vice provost for the arts

Letters · The vice provost for the arts is charged with advancing the arts as a central pillar of MIT’s mission, providing vision, strategy, and advocacy for the arts at the Institute.

MITHIC funding opportunities

Letters · Applications can now be submitted for the second round of funding for the MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC).

Call for nominations: MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program

Letters · Faculty colleagues are invited to recognize the exceptional teachers among their peers.

UROP mixer: Mentor sign up

Letters · This dynamic, expo-style event is all about creating meaningful connections between undergraduate students and UROP mentors.

Faculty resource for graduate student support

Letters · The GradSupport team in the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) provides direct support to grad students, as well as expert advice to faculty and staff.

Vice Provost Brent Ryan to step down

Letters · Brent Ryan will step down as vice provost for campus space management and planning effective December 31.

Important budget step

Letters · Today, we write to let you know about one step we are taking to help address fiscal challenges.

Nominate MLK Visiting Scholars for academic year 2026–2027

Letters · The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars Program is now accepting nominations for the 2026–2027 academic year.

Announcing the new dean of engineering

Letters · Executive Vice Provost and Institute Professor Paula T. Hammond will become the next dean of the School of Engineering.

Launching the search for the next vice provost for faculty

Letters · We are launching an internal search for MIT’s next vice provost for faculty – a position central to supporting the academic life of the Institute.

Announcing the Committee on Accelerating Translation and Entrepreneurship (CATE)

Letters · The committee will clarify MIT’s aspirations within the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem and recommend bold, actionable steps to significantly increase the pace at which ideas can move into practice.

New vice provost for the arts

Letters · Keeril Makan will become MIT’s next vice provost for the arts, effective February 1.

SHASS+ Connectivity Fund opportunity

Letters · The SHASS+ Connectivity Fund supports research that builds bridges between the humanities, arts, and social sciences and other fields at MIT.

Nominations now open for the MIT Staff Award for Distinction in Service and the Gordon Y. Billard Award

Letters · We invite you to consider those individuals who go above and beyond to support the mission of the Institute.

Maria Yang named new vice provost for faculty

Letters · Maria Yang, the William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will become MIT’s next vice provost for faculty, effective February 16.

Announcing the MIT Co-op Planning Committee

Letters · The committee will explore a new avenue for undergraduates to gain real-world, hands-on learning experience.

Personal Conduct and Responsibilities

Policies & procedures · Guidelines for how members of the MIT community can promote a positive working and learning environment.

De Florez Fund for Humor 

Funding opportunities · The de Florez Fund for Humor supports diverse humorous activities and initiatives. All members of the MIT community — students, instructors, and staff — are welcome to apply.

MIT Policy Lab

Funding opportunities · Support and guidance on the translation of faculty members’ existing research into policy-relevant material and related outreach.

Institutional Research

Key administrative offices · Analytical support to the provost, academic departments, and the broader MIT community.

Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Advising and Mentoring Charge

Overview The committee was formed in spring 2021 and released its final report in April 2023. Read the Strategic Plan for Graduate Advising and Mentoring. Charge Graduate students are essential to the MIT Community and the leaders of tomorrow in their disciplines. One of the important faculty roles is to provide an environment in which […]

MIT Excellence Awards + Collier Medal

Awards · The MIT Excellence Awards + Collier Medal acknowledge the extraordinary efforts made by members of our community toward fulfilling the goals, values, and mission of the Institute.

Committee on Guidelines for Establishing New Institute Entities

Charge to the Committee on Guidelines for Establishing New Institute Entities MIT has a number of world-class centers, hubs, institutes, laboratories, initiatives, collaborations, and other entities that do leading-edge work in research and education. With the Institute’s entrepreneurial culture, members of our community seek to launch new research, education, and innovation activities. To provide greater […]

About

In partnership with senior leaders, the provost’s team has broad involvement and impact across academics, research and finances, and governing bodies at MIT.

Human Resources

Benefits · Support, services, and programs to enhance work life at MIT.

Environment, Health, and Safety Office

Key administrative offices · Expertise, service, support, and leadership in health, safety, environmental stewardship, and sustainability.

MIT DoingWell

Community support · Tools to use when working with students to help support their well-being.

MIT Faculty Guide

Community support · Information on recognizing and responding to students in distress.

MIT Global Support

Research & teaching · Brings together the essential administrative resources from across MIT to assist members of our community in planning and managing their global activities.

MIT Ombuds Office

Key administrative offices · Confidential and independent resource to constructively manage concerns and conflicts at MIT.

Institute Discrimination & Harassment Response Office

Community support · A resource to address concerns related to discrimination and discriminatory harassment, including for sexual misconduct under Title IX federal regulations.

Research Policies and Public and Private Support

Policies & procedures · Guidelines for how the MIT community interacts with research sponsors and other sources of support, as well as human research subjects.

MIT welcomes eight MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2022-23

News · From space traffic to virus evolution, community journalism to hip-hop, this year’s cohort in the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Visiting Professors and Scholars Program will power an unprecedented range of intellectual pursuits during their time on the MIT campus.

MIT to launch new Office of Research Computing and Data

News · As the computing and data needs of MIT’s research community continue to grow — both in their quantity and complexity — the Institute is launching a new effort to ensure that researchers have access to the advanced computing resources and data management services they need to do their best work.

Jonathan Schwarz appointed director of MIT Institutional Research

News · Former Provost Martin A. Schmidt named Jonathan D. Schwarz as the new director of MIT Institutional Research — a group within the Office of the Provost that provides high-quality data and analysis to the Institute, government entities, news organizations, and the broader community.

MIT welcomes six new assistant deans for diversity, equity, and inclusion

News · As an important step forward in MIT’s ongoing efforts to create a more welcoming and inclusive community, the Institute has hired six new assistant deans, one in each school and in the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, to serve as diversity, equity, and inclusion professionals.

3 Questions: Defining the Institute’s values

News · MIT’s https://valuescommittee.mit.edu/has been charged by Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart and Provost Martin Schmidt with engaging the MIT community in the foundational work of developing a statement of shared values, one that is grounded in universal ideals but also speaks to MIT’s distinctive character and culture.

3 Questions: David Friedrich on graduate student housing and financial support

News · At the start of the of 2019-20 academic year, Housing and Residential Services (HRS) began to work with the Eastgate Apartments community to prepare for the building’s closure and residents’ transition to new housing.

3 Questions: John Dozier on Dialogues Across Difference

News · A new campus series intends to inspire conversation about building community across the Institute.

MIT inaugurates “Dialogues Across Difference” series

News · Featuring philosopher John Tomasi, a lecture and conversation event launches a set of community gatherings.

Past committees

MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2023-24

News · Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty.

Eric Evans to step down as director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory

News · Evans established new R&D mission areas, strengthened ties to the MIT community, and increased inclusion and education efforts.

Infinite Mile Awards

Awards · The Infinite Mile Awards Program for the Offices of the Provost and Vice President for Research recognizes individuals or teams who have made extraordinary contributions within their own organizations to help the Institute carry out its mission.

MIT welcomes nine MLK Scholars for 2024-25

News · Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars enhance community through engagement with MIT students and faculty.

Strategic Plan – Faculty Advisory Council

MIT Press announces new Faculty and Alumni Book Awards

News · Awards honor the enduring importance of books and their authors within the MIT community.

Access

Teaching + Learning Lab

Research & teaching · Research-based resources that members of the MIT community may use and/or adapt as needed in their own teaching and learning contexts.

Staff members honored with 2025 Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service

News · The MIT community celebrates their fellow staff members’ talent and dedication to the Institute.

By attracting the world’s sharpest talent, MIT helps keep the US a step ahead

News · MIT is a global community whose international engagement bestows benefits well beyond the Cambridge campus.

Strategic Planning for Departments

Community support · Tools, templates, and evidence-informed guidance for faculty leadership to shape the future of their unit.

Build Your Team – Strategic Planning for Departments

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Define Priorities – Strategic Planning for Departments

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Provost’s Faculty Advisory Council (PFAC)

The Provost’s Faculty Advisory Council (PFAC) provides strategic, informed, and constructive counsel to the provost on matters of importance that affect the Institute’s mission, priorities, finances, and academic community. Membership Emery Brown, School of Engineering Olivier de Weck, School of Engineering Bevin Engelward, Associate Chair of the Faculty Ernest Fraenkel, School of Engineering Peko Hosoi, […]