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Cynthia Barnhart SM ’86, PhD ’88 will step down from her role as chancellor and return to the faculty on July 1, President L. Rafael Reif announced today in an email to the MIT community.
During her seven years at the post, Barnhart and her team took a range of actions to make MIT a more caring environment where support is easier to find. She oversaw an expansion of student health and wellness programs, launched a campaign to prevent and respond to sexual misconduct on campus, and focused on new efforts to enhance undergraduate and graduate education.
“From the start, she has been a fearless advocate for student wellbeing, a calm, insistent force for new thinking and creative change, and one of my most trusted and thoughtful advisors,” Reif wrote to the community.
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Faculty members discussed MIT’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategic Action Plan, issues surrounding MIT’s relations with China and international research collaborations, and updates on vaccine roll-out at the Feb. 17 faculty meeting.
Associate Provost Tim Jamison, Institute Community and Equity Officer (ICEO) John Dozier, and Deputy ICEO Maryanne Kirkbride presented updates on MIT’s development of a strategic action plan for DEI. Those involved with developing the plan include the DEI steering team which includes the Institute’s Committee on Race and Diversity.
An estimated timeline for the strategic plan presented to faculty projects that a first draft of the plan will be available in March and a second draft in April. Both drafts will receive community engagement before a final draft is developed in May, as well as an implementation plan and a public launch of the strategic action plan.
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