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...distinguished MIT linguist Noam Chomsky delivered a broad-ranging indictment of the global economic system and American foreign policy in a discussion today at a freshman seminar on capitalism and 20th-century history...
...hypocrisy is rather easy to spot if you’ve been around long enough to remember when it was leaders of the radical left, led by MIT linguist Noam Chomsky, who were trying to intrude on the tenure process for political reasons. I recall vividly when Chomsky campaigned to prevent Columbia from granting a tenured position to Henry Kissinger. Chomsky spoke at a noisy rally against Kissinger’s tenure. It was that same Chomsky who complained when I wrote a letter—in response to a request from the former chairman of the political science department?...
...thing that everyone has been debating is: what are the catalysts for consolidation?" says William Swelbar, a research engineer with MIT's International Center for Air Transportation. "We had $85 oil a month ago and tried to test $100 last week. Any time an industry is facing unprecedented cost increases like that it is time to start looking at ways to shed fixed cost." The price of oil is a pinch felt by everyone, and Swelbar says that any merger will signal "game on" to the industry. "If this pushes that first domino, everybody has hinted they will respond...
...abutting the Cambridge University computer science department), and two newer outposts, in Beijing and Bangalore. The strategy is partly to go where the world's great universities are: the Beijing lab is placed squarely between Beijing and Tsinghua universities, the so-called Harvard and MIT of China. But part of it is also a recognition that as more countries move from developing to developed, with the amenities and job opportunities that used to only be found elsewhere, the talent in many cases would rather stay home. "We realize that increasingly we will not be successful in recruiting the best people...
...infrastructure,” he said.Dean of the Extension School Michael Shinagel, who is also vice-chair of the Coop’s board of directors, brought up concerns about the potential costs of such a program.“Chaos and dark night would reign at Harvard and MIT,” Shinagel said. “It would cost a significant amount of money to create institutions to do what Coop is doing now. They’ve been doing it for 125 years.”Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen said that differences...