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Inaugural Address | MIT Office of the President | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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I’m so grateful you chose to be part of this solemn, ancient ceremony. And this afternoon, I hope to inspire you to join us in something important and new. * * So, ideally, I’ve piqued your curiosity! Now: Please hold on to that sensation – that wanting to know – while I offer a few observations. * * * (To my fellow university leaders: I’m starting with a question that may feel a little bit…close to home. But I don’t worry! I’ve got you!) “What are university leaders good for?” I got my first inkling about 30 years ago. Before I was a vice dean or a provost or a president, I was a cancer biologist. A hands-on, pipette-and-centrifuge, buckets-and-buckets-of-frog-eggs biologist. My lab had maybe 12 people – and we did the most fundamental, curiosity-driven research you can imagine, tinkering and tinkering with biological systems to understand the deep cell biology and biochemistry that go wrong when cells turn cancerous. It was fascinating. And I loved it. Ther

Inaugural Address MIT President Sally Kornbluth May 1, 2023 Thank you, Madam Chair. President Hockfield. President Reif. For everything you’ve done to foster the strength, spirit and potential of MIT – thank you! I aspire to build on what you achieved for the Institute. President Sheares Ashby – Valerie, my old friend! I’m a little overcome by the kindness of your remarks. And I can’t believe you even managed to be here, with your own inauguration barely in the rearview mirror! To our dear, distinguished guests from across higher education – the warmest welcome and hello! To all those who may

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