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| Zuckerman Fellowships at Harvard UniversityThis fellowship, established through a gift from Mortimer B. Zuckerman, responds to the need by enabling students who are already enrolled in, or who have recently graduated from, professional degree programs in medicine, law, or business to pursue an additional degree at one of Harvard's public service schools: the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Graduate School of Education, or the School of Public Health. read more ...
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| Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Black Students Union January 18th, 2008 P R E S S R E L E A S E
Letter to 2008 US Presidential Candidates
(Cambridge, MA) Black student organizations at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sent a letter to the 2008 US presidential candidates seeking their policy prescriptions on three issues that “are eroding the social, economic, and ethical fabric of the United States”, namely, (i) school funding being a function of property taxes and test score rankings, (ii) shares in American prisons being traded on our nation’s stock exchanges, and (iii) the disproportionate loss of homes by lower-income Americans due to the actions of sub-prime mortgage lenders. click here to read entire press release MIT BSU 2008 Presidential Priorities Initiative - for the video click here 
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| Become a BAMIT MemberMembership dues range from $50 for regular annual membership to $1000 for life membership read more ...
| BAMIT Supports the MIT Educational Council (EC) ProgramUndergraduate and graduate alumni of MIT may participate in Educational Council work read more ...
| BAMIT Supports the MIT Institute Career Assistance Network (ICAN)The purpose of ICAN is to provide alumni to alumni, and alumni to student support for networking and career advising read more ...
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| Hammond named Bayer Professor in Chemical EngineeringDecember 14, 2007 - Paula Hammond has been named the MIT Bayer Professor in Chemical Engineering thanks to a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Bayer Foundation. read more ...
| The 'Campus CEO' - CNN InterviewNovember 3, 2007 - Dr. Randal Pinkett, winner of "The Apprentice," calls himself an entrepreneur, author, scholar and community servant. read more ...
| Megachurch’s pastor a visionary and business executiveOctober 9, 2007 - McBath, 47, grew up in Tennessee, where he started preaching at 13 in the Pentecostal Church of God. A farm lad who strung tobacco and baled hay, he earned grades high enough to attract top university recruiters. He took an offer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and studied nuclear engineering and humanities. read more ...
| NSF fellow to appear on 'Dancing with the Stars'September 28, 2007 - MIT Ph.D. student and NSF fellow Rhonda Jordan, whose passions include engineering and rhythm tap, is scheduled to perform Sept. 26 with accomplished tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover on ABC Television's "Dancing with the Stars." Jordan will appear during the final day of the program's three-day season kickoff. read more ...
| Four MIT faculty win NIH awardsSeptember 20, 2007 - Professor Emery Brown is among 12 scientists nationwide to receive 2007 Pioneer Awards, while three other faculty are among 29 winners of New Innovator Awards. Pioneer Awards support scientists at any career stage, while New Innovator Awards are reserved for new investigators. read more ...
| Discrimination in academiaSeptember 16, 2007 - The Scientist - Frank Douglas resigned from senior positions at MIT earlier this summer, in the wake of the Institute's controversial denial of tenure to James Sherley, who staged a hunger strike in protest in February. In this piece, which will run in the October issue of The Scientist, Douglas describes his reasons for resigning, which go beyond the Sherley case. read more ...
| Liskov, Harris to share new leadership position for faculty equitySeptember 7, 2007 - Barbara Liskov, Ford Professor of Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Wesley Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and currently head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, have been selected to share the office of Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, Provost L. Rafael Reif announced on Sept. 7. read more ...
| Alumnus Withdraws From Corp. Citing Sherley, Racial ConcernsAugust 30, 2007 - An African American alumnus and former MIT Corporation trustee withdrew from activities supporting MIT on July 2 in protest of the Institute’s handling of the tenure case of James L. Sherley. Sherley, an African American and former associate professor in the Biological Engineering Department, left MIT on June 30 after an unsuccessful hunger strike to have his tenure case re-examined. read more ...
| Kristala Jones Prather, Ph.D. - Tech Review 35 - 2007 Young InnovatorAugust 15, 2007 - Kristala Jones Prather, a MIT assistant professor of chemical engineering, is developing a promising strategy for synthesizing commercial molecules biologically, from start to finish. read more ...
| MIT baseball program hits home run for learning (STEM)July 27, 2007 - A program launched at MIT this summer is taking advantage of middle school boys' love of baseball to get them excited about topics that might not normally interest them--science and mathematics. read more ...
| MIT Initiative on Faculty Race Issues: Preliminary ReportJuly 20, 2007 - Letter to the Community - Provost L. Rafael Reif read more ...
| Shirley Ann Jackson, Leader in Higher Education, to Receive the Vannevar Bush AwardShirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. '68, who has led a national movement to respond to what she calls a "quiet crisis" in the science and engineering work force, will receive the Vannevar Bush Award for a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy. Currently, Jackson is president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the first African-American woman to receive the Bush award in its 27-year history. read more ...
| Dr. Julianne Malveaux is Appointed Bennett College for Women’s 15th PresidentMarch 26, 2007 - The Bennett College for Women Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Dr. Julianne Malveaux '80 as the 15th President of Bennett College. Recognized for her provocative, progressive and insightful observations, Malveaux, is an economist, author and commentator. Described by Dr. Cornel West as “the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country”, Dr. Malveaux’s contributions to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender, and their economic impacts, are helping to shape public opinion in 21st century America. read more ...
| Imara Project: Making a DifferenceMarch 20, 2007 - Aisha Walcott, a graduate student at MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), recently traveled to Laare, Kenya as a representative of the Imara outreach program, which was funded by a grant from the MIT Public Service Center. Her mission was to teach educators and other residents of the small rural village how to use computers, to help put in place strategies for sustaining the technology center and to ensure that it had the greatest impact possible. read more ...
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| Christopher Rose, Ph.D. '79 - IEEE FellowThe IEEE Board of Directors, at its meeting on November 19, 2006, elevated Christopher Rose, Ph.D. '79 to IEEE Fellow, effective 1 January 2007, with the following citation: for contributions to wireless communication systems theory
Recognizing the achievements of its members is an important part of the mission of the IEEE. Each year, following a rigorous evaluation procedure, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of recipients for one of the Institute’s most prestigious honors, elevation to IEEE Fellow. read more ...
| Professor Wes Harris and Dean Ike Colbert - Honorary Members of MIT AAAt the Tech Day lunch, three people were named Honorary Members of the MIT Alumni Association, a tradition since 1897. Dean for Graduate Students Ike Colbert, Aeronautics and Astronautics Head Wesley L. Harris, and New House Housemaster Liba Mikic earned the honor for their outstanding service to the Association and the Institute. read more ...
| BAMIT Members Receive 2006 ALC AwardsDr. Bernard Loyd '83 (Lobdell Award); Leslie Miller Fraser '78 and Darryl Fraser '80 (Morgan Award) read more ...
| Dr. Paula T. Hammond '84 - Promoted to Full ProfessorThe MIT Corporation's Executive Committee has approved 16 faculty members for promotion from associate professor with tenure to full professor. See TechTalk 24MAY06 (page 2) read more ...
| Dr. Kristala L. Jones Prather '94 - New center to focus on synthetic biologyKristala Jones Prather, an assistant professor in MIT's Department of Chemical Engineering and SynBERC investigator, will lead a project to engineer microbes to produce vincristine and vinblastine -- two drugs that are given as treatments for some types of cancer but that today must be extracted at high cost from Madagascar periwinkle plants. read more ...
| Dr. Carol Espy-Wilson '87 named FellowAssociate Professor Carol Espy-Wilson, Ph.D. '87 University of Maryland (ECE/ISR) has been named a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America "for contributions to speech communication and mentoring." read more ...
| Sherley and Sabeti named TrailblazersTwo MIT scientists have been chosen as 2006 Trailblazers by Science Spectrum magazine. The award honors outstanding Hispanic, Asian American, Native American and black professionals in science whose leadership and innovative thinking extend throughout and beyond their industry. read more ...
| Chiquita V. White '85 - Elected to the MIT CorporationThe MIT Corporation, the Institute's board of trustees, elected 10 term members at its quarterly meeting on Friday, June 9. Dana G. Mead, chair of the Corporation, announced the election results. read more ...
| MIT establishes new position to promote faculty equityMIT President Susan Hockfield and Provost L. Rafael Reif recently announced the creation of a new senior leadership position, associate provost for faculty equity, within the Office of the Provost. read more ...
| Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson '68 RPI Board of Trustees Enthusiastically Endorses Leadership and Presidency of Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson - Trustees Cite Transformational Progress Made Under The Rensselaer Plan read more ...
| MITES director, students face new challenges togetherThe 62 high school seniors who recently arrived at MIT for the annual summer MITES (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science) program discovered a mentor who shares with them the experience of taking on a new challenge. In April, Dr. Dedric Carter (S.B., M.Eng. '99) left a career in industry to become the director of Engineering Outreach Programs, academic enrichment programs for middle and high school students primarily from populations underrepresented in engineering and science. The oldest of these programs is MITES; it began one year before Carter, 30, was born. read more ...
| William A. Gilchrist '77 - Recognized by AIA College of FellowsThe 2006 Jury of Fellows from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 82 AIA members to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession. read more ...
| Hastings named undergraduate deanPresident Susan Hockfield and Chancellor Phillip L. Clay have announced the appointment of Daniel Hastings, currently director of the MIT Engineering Systems Division, as dean for undergraduate education read more ...
| DUSP Alumni of Color Dinner SeriesChanging communities is the business of graduates of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP). This spring, a dinner series showcased the work of four alumni who have made an impact—an L.A. housing advocate, an Aspen Institute policy and social change expert, a political scientist working on Latin American policy, and a New York economic development executive. read more ...
| MIT Sloan alum Bruce S. Gordon poised to reinvigorate NAACPBruce S. Gordon, a 1988 MIT Sloan Fellow, is that rare hybrid, a social visionary and an astute businessman. The combination has made him a powerful leader in both corporate and nonprofit enterprises and has landed him in a high-profile position requiring both. Gordon took the helm as president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2005. read more ...
| Karl W. Reid '84MIT Chancellor Phillip L. Clay announced today that alumnus Karl W. Reid (S.B. 1984, S.M.) will become assistant to the chancellor and associate dean for undergraduate education effective Oct. 1. As assistant to the chancellor and associate dean, Reid will be responsible for coordinating many of MIT's endeavors to increase diversity in the undergraduate and graduate student populations. He also will have the title of director of the Office of Minority Education. read more ...
| | Dr. Woodrow Whitlow Jr. - Director at NASA NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced Woodrow Whitlow Jr. will be the director of NASA's John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Whitlow, was serving as deputy director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
| Dr. Randal Pinkett is the ApprenticeRandal, 34, is the founder, president and CEO of his fifth venture "BCT Partners," a multi-million dollar management, technology and policy consulting firm based in Newark, N.J., that works with corporations, government agencies, philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. read more ...
| | Dale LeFebvre '93 Dale LeFebvre '93 featured in Black Enterpise (December 2005) Hot List '05 - They're bold, innovative, powerful -- and all under 40. Also, Dale resided at Chocolate City and is a MITEES alumnus.
| Featured Member WebsiteDr. Christopher Rose '79 - Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Paper which appeared on the cover of Nature and has generated some significant press flap. The topic, strangely enough, is interstellar communication, and the main result is that we might do better to look for physical artifacts (messages in a bottle) from the stars than to listen using radiotelescopes. read more ...
| Cleve Killingsworth '75 - Health Care CEOCleve Killingsworth '75 envisions better health care for more people. At a time when more than 40 million U.S. residents lack health insurance, the president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts believes that the real problem—and its solutions—lies with skyrocketing costs. read more ...
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| S. Jim Gates, Ph.D. '73Jim Gates, Ph.D. '73 appeared on PBS Wired Science on October 24, 2007. read more ...
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