State of the Institute: Hockfield Reports

MIT News Office

MIT appears to have weathered the economic downturn and is in a position to celebrate both its past and its future, President Susan Hockfield reported Wednesday at the annual State of the Institute forum held at Kresge Auditorium.

“We’ve stuck to our mission and preserved our strengths, and I can be reasonably hopeful that the worst is behind us,” Hockfield said in her address to several hundred members of the MIT community. The one-hour forum began with an address by Hockfield, who was later joined onstage by Provost L. Rafael Reif, Chancellor Phillip Clay and Executive Vice President and Treasurer Theresa M. Stone. The four answered questions from the MIT community, some of which had been submitted in advance and others of which came from the live audience.

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