Drop date, student-faculty dinners, leadership award
Students have until 11:59 p.m. Nov. 20 to submit approved changes for drop date, to change a subject from credit to listener, or to petition a December advanced standing exam.
Meal Plan Working Group to develop a new meal plan model
Director of Campus Dining Mark Hayes said that the Meal Plan Working Group is receiving input from students by including members of the House Dining Committee (HDC) in working group meetings, facilitating discussions with different dorms and their respective heads of houses and interested residents, and opening up an online form where students can provide feedback.
Koch portrait in Building 66 covered by artwork ‘Tarnished Horizons’
An email sent to The Tech by the anonymous group describes the painting as “an impressionist rendering of a flaming offshore drilling rig filling the sky with smoke and the sea with oil.”
UA Vice President resigns, Charlotte Minsky appointed as successor
Elango wrote in an email to The Tech that Green resigned because he is taking a leave of absence from MIT.
Brothers Marketplace opens in Kendall Square
The store offers higher-priced organic and locally-sourced options. The cooked foods section of the store includes a bakery and cafe, a salad bar, a deli, a hot pretzel display, and a sushi display.
MIT Libraries support staff vote to unionize
Sixty members of the support staff voted in favor, while four voted against.
Preliminary unofficial results of Cambridge City Council election released
Incumbents Dennis J. Carlone, Alanna M. Mallon, Marc C. McGovern, E. Denise Simmons, Sumbul Siddiqui, Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., and Quinton Y. Zondervan SM ’95 were re-elected. Patricia M. Nolan and Jivan-Sobrinho-Wheeler were newly elected.
2023 class council, Veterans Day, Drop date
Voting for 2023 class council closes 5pm Friday.
Graduate Family Support Working Group interim report released
As a result of the working group’s discoveries, a new mailing list has been launched, a summer orientation webinar has been developed, an Atlas for New Grads family tile is being developed, and a WhatsApp group specially made for graduate families has been created.
Reif announces new reforms in response to community reaction to Epstein funding
In response to the Oct. 7 staff and Oct. 11 research staff forums, Ramona Allen, vice president for human resources, will gather staff from around campus to share their ideas and perspectives.
Barnhart holds community forum on sexual misconduct
Barnhart said, “To address sexual misconduct is also to address culture and climate issues [in higher education] more generally. You have to have solutions that resonate at the community level, the department level, the student level."
BioMakerspace to open this coming IAP in Building 26
A new biology makerspace, called the “BioMakerspace,” is scheduled to open this coming IAP in the basement of Building 26. The space, which is currently under construction, will be open to “the entirety of the MIT community” to be “used for whatever the student users really want to use it for,” said Justin Buck PhD ’12 in an interview with The Tech. Buck is the manager of the BioMakerspace and is currently overseeing its construction.
Half-term add date, Veterans’ Day
Fri, Nov. 1 is the last day to add a half-term subject offered in the second half of term.
Two student committees created to address outside engagements and campus climate
The Student Committee on Campus Climate and Policies around Discrimination and Misconduct will “investigate systemic injustices on campus and their corrallaries.” The Student Committee on Guidelines for Outside Engagements “will review and discuss MIT core values and the metrics by which outside engagements should be evaluated.”
U.S. Department of Transportation holds groundbreaking ceremony for Volpe site
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) held a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 30 to celebrate the start of construction for the new John A. Volpe Transportation Systems Center in Kendall Square. The construction of the new facility is expected to be completed in 2023.
Students required to sign Inventions and Proprietary Information Agreement for UROP
Currently, students participating in UROPs that meet these conditions are required to sign the IPIA, but under the new policy, all students will be required to sign it during the UROP application process.
House Democrats propose College Affordability Act
House Democrats proposed the College Affordability Act Oct. 15. According to the Education and Labor Committee website, the act is a “comprehensive overhaul of the higher education system” aimed at lowering costs and expanding educational access for college students.
Woodie Flowers dies at 75
Woodie Flowers PhD ’73, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering, died Oct. 11. Flowers is remembered for his passion, enthusiasm, and kindness that have inspired millions of engineering students around the world.
Two committees formed to examine MIT’s outside engagements
The findings and recommendations will be shared with the MIT community for comment by spring 2020.
MIT groups collaborate to create community sustainability garden
UA Sustain, MIT’s Office of Sustainability, and MIT Ground Services collaborated to create The Hive, a sustainability garden located on Saxon Lawn near Walker Memorial. The garden is the product of a 2017 survey conducted by UA Sustain. According to the Office of Sustainability, the survey indicated great student interest in a community garden.