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Susan Hockfield discusses the Institute’s budget and the need for MIT to take leadership roles regarding economic and energy issues during the annual State of the Institute Forum on Sept. 29 in Kresge.
September 30, 2008
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.
September 30, 2008
As the election approaches, a question lingers with increasing urgency on the minds of concerned citizens: to e-vote or not to e-vote?
September 30, 2008
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.
THE BOSTON GLOBE
September 30, 2008
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.
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World and Nation
- Dow Plunges 777 Points as Bailout Plan Fails to Pass (9/30/08)
- With Bill Stalled, Fed and Treasury Have Other Options (9/30/08)
- Justice Department Inquiry Ties Prosecutor Firings to Politics (9/30/08)
- Concerns About Palin’s Candidacy As She Crams for Thursday Debate (9/30/08)
- Shorts (left) (9/30/08)
- Shorts (right) (9/30/08)
- Weather: October Sky (9/30/08)
Opinion
- This Isn’t a Bailout — It’s a Stickup (9/30/08)
- Letters to the Editor (9/30/08)
- Preventing Binge Drinking (9/30/08)
- An Insider’s Take on the Amethyst Initiative (9/30/08)
- The State of the Institute Hacker (9/30/08)
Sports
- MIT Football Beats Nichols in Pounding Rain Saturday 43-42 (9/30/08)
- Sports Shorts (9/30/08)
- Upcoming Home Events (9/30/08)
- Scoreboard (9/30/08)
Campus Life
- Talk Nerdy To Me (9/30/08)
- Brouhaha Rhythm (9/30/08)
- A VP Debate Drinking Game (9/30/08)
- Underground Inquiry (9/30/08)
- IHTFO(utfit) (9/30/08)
Arts
- Arts was not published this issue.
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