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EZRide Shuttle will increase its service and implement new stop locations in University Park beginning Monday, July 14. Service on Sidney St. will be relocated to Landsdowne St. to provide better commute service for MIT graduate students, according to the Graduate Student Council. See http://www.charlesrivertma.org/program_ezride_advisories.htm.
Timothy J. Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has been named the 3Com Founders Professor of Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Sherwin Greenblatt ’62, former executive vice president and treasurer of MIT, will serve as the interim executive vice president and CEO of the MIT Alumni Association as a search is conducted to find Elizabeth A. Garvin’s replacement. Garvin is leaving MIT to become vice president for institutional engagement at the Rhode Island School of Design, effective Aug. 1.
Former MIT President Charles M. Vest was appointed a member of West Virginia University’s Board of Governors, effective July 1. Vest received an undergraduate degree from WVU in 1963.