Undergraduate Enrolled Student Survey results released
The results of the Undergraduate Enrolled Student Survey (ESS), a survey MIT administers every four years in the spring, were emailed to students last Thursday. The survey, with a 38% response rate, indicated that the student body generally feels positively about the campus community and their learning, but a significant proportion of students also frequently feel overwhelmed or stressed. Other factors surveyed include extracurricular participation, majors, and eating habits.
Spring break shuttle service, host for CPW
Shuttle service from Kresge to Logan Airport is available from Thursday to Saturday at scheduled departure times.
6-9, 22-ENG majors proposed at faculty meeting
Two new Bachelor of Science majors were proposed at the faculty meeting March 20. One is a joint major between the EECS and Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) departments, and the other is a flexible nuclear science engineering major.
Phi Sigma Rho sorority inducts new members
MIT’s colony of the Phi Sigma Rho sorority joined the Interfraternity Council as a probationary member Oct. 11 this past fall. The sorority inducted its new candidates this past weekend.
MIT releases Class of 2023 regular action decisions
MIT released its Regular Action decisions for the Class of 2023 on March 14, Pi Day. Of the 21,312 students who applied (including Early Action), 1,410 students were admitted. Of these, 707 students were admitted early, from a record high Early Action pool of 9,600 students.
East Campus to build Blue Origin-themed REX ride
East Campus will theme one of its 2019 REX rides after aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin in exchange for funding from Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos.
CSAIL responds to tweet from Trump about pilots, MIT computer scientists
The official Twitter account of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory replied, “We're very happy to help. But maybe we can keep the pilots, too?”
Graduate PE registration, nominations for MIT Awards
Graduate registration is open for fourth quarter Physical Education classes.
Tent parties to be replaced with early evening cultural festival
The committee hopes to plan tent parties at least once every four years so that students can experience them at least once in their undergraduate career.
Dorm leaders present first-year rooming assignment designs in workshop
EC proposed running an algorithm to assign first years to rooms (based on their rankings) 10 times to generate 10 sets of dorm-wide placements. Each hall’s upper-level students would then rank the results.
Add date, PE registration
The last day to add a full-term subject is tomorrow March 8.
Protesters gather against College of Computing celebration
At intermittent points, organizers led protestors in chants, such as “Kissinger you can’t hide, you committed genocide.”
Henry Kissinger speaks at College of Computing celebration
In the talk, Kissinger argued that machines aren’t governed by ethical or philosophical norms. “Right now, technology is way ahead of the humanists,” said Kissinger during the talk. “You have science … without having a philosophical framework within which to put [technology].”
Worker killed, two others injured in Vassar dorm construction accident
“The preliminary investigation suggests that a crew was working on a lower floor when material collapsed down on top of workers from an above floor,” a statement said.
Protestors gather against invitation of Indian politician Subramanian Swamy
Over two dozen protestors held up posters with messages including “MIT Kick out Brahminical Fascists” and “MIT Welcomes Hate Speech.”
CUP proposes ‘Phase Two’ continuation of the First-Year Experiment at faculty meeting
In their presentation, the CUP put forth a timeline that hopes to have further discussion of the Phase Two proposal in March and to be able to explain the experimental policy to prospective students and their parents by CPW.
Makeup ring sales, associate advising, add date
Today is the last day of Celebrations for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. The schedule of events and other information is available at helloworld.mit.edu.
A cold start to March
The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center is predicting a colder-than-normal month ahead, with the cold starting this weekend. After the snow last night, another low pressure system is expected to hit the Northeast this weekend, potentially bringing in more snow and rain on Saturday night.
Dan Huttenlocher named College of Computing dean
There was “a lot of fluidity” in the mid to late 1800s about what the engineering disciplines were, Huttenlocher said. “We’re about to enter a very similar time period of figuring out what computing is and what the different disciplines are.”
CPW hosting, ring sales, minor completion form
Celebrations for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing are next week (Feb. 26-28). The schedule of events and other information is available at helloworld.mit.edu.