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The new funding to the Broad Institute, which doubles the $100 million originally announced by the billionaire couple in 2003, will be made through Harvard and will be distributed over 10 years.
When the initial donation was made to MIT last year, the gift was considered “seed” money for an eventual $300 million fund to be raised through donations from alumni and other donors. But during the press conference that followed the announcement yesterday, founding director of...
Besides these sorts of social events, the most important way to draw and keep student interest is to provide real political debate. The problem is not a lack of differing views amongst IOP-goers but rather the lack of a specific forum for expressing them. This can give the Institute...
It is this kind of rigorous debate that should be at the very heart of what the IOP does. The Institute should foster an atmosphere of dynamic political discussion, where students’ core beliefs are challenged and assumptions and prejudices are threatened. This is what political engagement means.
A new President needs to be willing to open the IOP to a reform of priorities, not just structure. It is important not to disparage every aspect of the IOP. Parts of it are running with great success, but the Institute lacks a diverse community of students regularly engaging in...