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Letter announces Reif's intention to step down as president at the end of 2022, and names Cynthia Barnhart as provost.

Nobles’ extensive responsibilities as chancellor will entail tending to the welfare of students, supporting them, raising funds on their behalf, framing strategy, handling admission matters, addressing sexual harassment affairs and misconduct concerns, in addition to addressing other matters such as learning. “As educators, we want to teach the whole student,” Nobles said in the MIT announcement. “At MIT, you shouldn’t hide your interests. We say to students, ‘Be your whole self.” Additionally, Noble will supervise the vice chancellor and vice president and MIT’s dean for stud...

Credits: Image: Bryce Vickmark Next image Earlier this month, President L. Rafael Reif announced that Cynthia Barnhart SM ’86, PhD ’88, MIT’s chancellor since 2014, will step down this summer. Following a sabbatical leave, she’ll return to teaching and research. At MIT, the chancellor has responsibility for “all things students”: graduate and undergraduate education, student life, student services, and other areas that affect the student experience. In sharing the news of Chancellor Barnhart’s decision, President Reif wrote that he has launched...