In a wide-ranging live conversation, MIT President Sally Kornbluth joined Jim Braude and Margery Eagan live in studio for GBH's Boston Public Radio on Thursday, February 5. They talked about MIT, the pressures facing America's research enterprise, the importance of science, that Congressional hearing on antisemitism in 2023, and more ' including Sally's experience as a Type 1 diabetic. With new financial pressures facing universities, increased competition for talented students and scholars from outside the U.S., as well as unprecedented pressures on university leaders and campuses, co-host Eagan asks Kornbluth what she thinks will happen in years to come. 'For us, one of the hardest things now is the endowment tax,' remarks Kornbluth. 'That is $240 million a year. Think about how much science you can get for $240 million a year. Are we managing it' Yes. Are we still forging ahead on all of our exciting initiatives' Yes. But we've had to reconfigure things. We've had to merge...
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