MIT’s Soljacic and Ochsendorf Win MacArthur Prizes
A Harvard neurobiologist who regularly does surgery on fruit fly brains smaller than a poppy seed, and an MIT structural engineer who searches for modern design principles in Gothic churches, are among the 25 winners of the $500,000 MacArthur “genius” grants announced last week.
MIT E-Voting Project To Analyze Experience Of Voters in Election
As the election approaches, a question lingers with increasing urgency on the minds of concerned citizens: to e-vote or not to e-vote?
Shift From Double Degrees to Double Majors Removes Extra 90 Units Req.
Two years after a recommendation by the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons, MIT is transitioning from double degrees to the double major program which eliminates the need for 90 additional units for the second degree program in an effort to make the study of two fields less constraining for students.
Hockfield Delivers State of the Institute, Discusses Endowment
President Susan J. Hockfield delivered the State of the Institute address in Kresge Auditorium yesterday, highlighting MIT’s continued growth amidst troubled times. Her message was echoed by the other speakers, Provost L. Rafael Reif, Chancellor Phillip L. Clay PhD ’75, and Executive Vice President and Treasurer Theresa M. Stone.
EmTech Conference Attracts 900, Features Cutting-Edge Products
Did you notice the swarm of people in suits taking over Kresge Lawn with their huge white tent and fancy LCD name tags?
News Briefs
After 21 percent of undergraduates voted to elect 26 new members to the Undergraduate Association Senate this fall, East Campus faced a tie for the second seat in the senate. The run-off election to break the tie between Harrison Bralower ’11 and Sarah Dee ’10 ended on Tuesday, Sept. 23. One hundred and thirty-four East Campus residents voted in the run-off, which resulted in Dee becoming the twenty-seventh new member of the Senate. Dee was a write-in candidate.
On Tikatok Website, Children Get the Chance to Become Published Authors
Can you imagine publishing a book before age 11?
New Sorority Pi Beta Phi Offering Bids Sunday, Aims to Buy a House
After registering students in Lobby 10 for the past two weeks, new sorority Pi Beta Phi will give bids this Sunday to 60–80 undergraduate women.
After CLC Decision, ATO’s Future Hinges On IFC Presidents’ Vote
Having lost the housing license to its water-damaged fraternity house, and facing allegations of rush misconduct by the Interfraternity Council, Alpha Tau Omega may be expelled from MIT.
News Briefs
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (Building 46) was evacuated for about two hours on Wednesday afternoon after a sprinkler on the sixth floor activated, setting off the fire alarm and releasing approximately 1,800 gallons of water.
Upcoming Career Fairs
For those who missed the fall Career Fair, there will be many more opportunities to interact with recruiters.
Pell Grant Changes Proposed
A panel of education experts and researchers on Thursday proposed a broad reconfiguration of federal policies on financial aid for college, including a simpler application process, Pell grant maximums linked to the consumer price index and, most radically, federally financed college savings accounts for children in low-income families.
MIT Washington Office Stresses Importance of Science/Tech in Election
MIT is a multitasker. In addition to being an institute of higher education, MIT is a political force with its own office in Washington.
2012 Class Council, New Senate Elected
About 20 percent of undergraduates voted to elect new members to the Undergraduate Association Senate and the 2012 Class Council this fall. Rishi Dixit ’12 and Andy D. Kalenderian ’12 have been elected Class of 2012 president and vice president. Twenty-six new members have been elected to the senate, the majority of which are freshmen.
No. 6 Leaves IFC, Citing Privacy
Delta Psi, better known as the No. 6 Club, left the Interfraternity Council to join the Living Group Council before rush this fall following disagreements with the IFC over the Clearinghouse system policies.
Colleges Move Away From ACT, SAT Tests
A commission convened by some of the country’s most influential college admissions officials is recommending that colleges and universities move away from their reliance on SAT and ACT scores and shift toward admissions exams more closely tied to the high school curriculum and achievement.
The Search for Conservative Profs.
Acknowledging that 20 years and millions of dollars spent loudly and bitterly attacking the liberal leanings of American campuses have failed to make much of a dent in the way undergraduates are educated, some conservatives have decided to try a new strategy.