Barnhart ’88 is acting Dean of Engineering
MIT has appointed Cynthia Barnhart PhD ’88 as acting dean of the School of Engineering, while it waits patiently to see if the current dean, Subra Suresh ScD ’81, will be confirmed by the United States Senate as the next director of the National Science Foundation.
MIT prestige key at Career Fair
MIT students remained in high demand with recruiters at yesterday’s Career Fair, where more than 330 companies came to campus, up 50 from the previous year.
S^3 adds hours and tweaks process for readmission
Student Support Services (S^3) is increasing its hours and has tweaked its readmission process, following a review of the program during the 2009-2010 academic year. Two deans are now available to help with new walk-in hours, provided 9–10 a.m., Monday through Friday, and the office will be open on Tuesdays until 7 p.m.
PBE suspended by IFC for hazing
The Phi Beta Epsilon (PBE) fraternity was closed and given a four-year suspension by the Interfraternity Council (IFC) on Tuesday for violating no-tolerance policies on hazing, according to a statement by IFC president Ryan Schoen ’11.
Plantiffs reject Univ. of California involvement in stem cell lawsuit
Both the National Institutes of Health and the plaintiffs, James L. Sherley and Theresa A. Deisher, told a court yesterday that they opposed the University of California’s request to join the stem cell lawsuit.
Corrections
Tuesday’s article about the Class of 2014 council incorrectly reported that Jonathan Chien ’14, Oliver R. Song ’14, and Jean Xin ’14 are publicity co-chairs. Chien is the sole publicity chair. Song and Xin are social co-chairs.
Two developments in human stem cell case
Two new developments occurred yesterday in Sherley v. Sebelius, the case that has halted and restarted federally funded human embryonic stem cell research.
Four Bexleyites on 2014 class council
Four of the seven new officers in the freshman class council hail from Bexley this year, the UA announced on Saturday.
Recession is over, but jobs outlook remains dim
The U.S. economy has lost more jobs than it has added since the recovery began more than a year ago.
Love appointed new dean of FSILG office
Marlena Martinez Love has been promoted to assistant dean and director of Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups. She replaces Kaya Miller, who left to accept a position with the national sorority Alpha Omicron Pi in Nashville, Tennessee.
Where gender is all, girls will be boys in Afghan families
KABUL, Afghanistan — Six-year-old Mehran Rafaat is like many girls her age. She likes to be the center of attention. She is often frustrated when things do not go her way. Like her three older sisters, she is eager to discover the world outside the family’s apartment in their middle-class neighborhood of Kabul.
Tang moves closer to court and class
Anna L. Tang is moving from Framingham to Brighton while under house arrest to be closer to her trial and the class she is taking at Boston University.
Is Boston a hotspot for bank theft?
According to <i>The Town</i>, the Ben Affleck crime drama released in theaters today, there are over 300 bank robberies in Boston each year. The movie poster portrays masked robbers wielding weapons in nun costumes with the tagline, “Welcome to the Bank Robbery Capital of America,” hanging ominously above them.
Corrections
Because of an editing error, the Tuesday, Sept. 14 story about tenure at MIT referred to Charles C. Mills ’12 as a “former student.” Mills is a former student of Professor Eric Hudson and is currently a junior.
Three-judge panel asks for oral arguments on stem cell ban
The Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said Wednesday that it will hear oral arguments about whether to suspend a lower court’s preliminary injunction barring federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.
A flurry of packages at desk
Dormitory desks have recently been flooded with packages — and tense e-mails asking residents to please pick up their packages.
E62 is business school’s new home
E62, the $142 million Sloan School of Management building, has opened for classes, for the first time bringing together all the different parts of the Sloan School into one place.