An open letter regarding faculty and the graduate student union

By Edmund Bertschinger, Sally Haslanger, Thomas Kochan, and Phil Thompson Mar. 10, 2022

We pledge to not attempt to persuade graduate students how to vote on unionization and to avoid presenting one-sided views for or against unionization.

Opinion guest column

The struggle to democratize MIT

By Rodrigo Ochigame, Alan Lundgard, Alonso Espinosa Dominguez, Jonathan Zong, Gabrielle Ballard, Sally Haslanger, Edmund Bertschinger, Mani Mengiste, and Ruth Perry Oct. 23, 2019

“Those who make unethical decisions for personal and institutional gain continue to do so without accountability, enabled by MIT’s entrenched system of top-down, closed-door decision-making."