Updates
To keep you informed, find the latest news, events, and reports coming out of our office—plus the provost’s Letters to the Community.
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Search for new SMART leader
Professor Gene Fitzgerald will step down as director and chief executive officer in December 2024, and a search for his successor will begin shortly. -
Community Building Seed Grant Fund call for proposals
The Community Building Seed Grant Fund will encourage community-building efforts among faculty and instructor colleagues. -
Faculty career resources
Resources are available through the MIT Provost Office of Faculty Programs to support you throughout your career. -
Eric Evans to step down as director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Evans established new R&D mission areas, strengthened ties to the MIT community, and increased inclusion and education efforts. -
Update on research administration
Vice Provost Anne White provides an update on the ongoing transformation of MIT’s research and sponsored activity enterprise. -
Judgment, reason, and the university
MIT’s Malick Ghachem extends the “Dialogues across Differences” lecture series with a talk about the past and present of university politics. -
Scholarship keeps John F. Kennedy’s legacy alive at MIT
In the 60 years since President Kennedy’s death, a scholarship in his name has sent generations of British students to study tuition-free at MIT and Harvard University. -
Nominate MLK Visiting Scholars for Academic Year 2024-2025
For decades, MLK Scholars have been enriching the intellectual life of the Institute with their research and teaching. -
Campus safety and policies around protests, postering and free expression
The provost shares a letter highlighting important policies around postering, protests and free expression. -
How to decarbonize the world, at scale
The MIT Energy Initiative’s Annual Research Conference highlights strategies for implementing large-scale reductions in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. -
Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks about nuclear power’s role at a critical moment in history
At MIT, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency addresses the world’s urgent energy and environmental challenges. -
Morris Chang ’52, SM ’53 describes the secrets of semiconductor success
At MIT, a driving force in the chip-making industry discusses the rise of TSMC and Taiwan as a manufacturing center.